2010 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina
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Of the 13 elections, the races in the 2nd, 8th and 11th districts were rated as competitive by ''Sabato's Crystal Ball'', while the 2nd, 7th, 8th and 11th districts were rated as competitive by ''CQ Politics'' and ''The Rothenberg Political Report'', and the 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th and 11th districts were rated as competitive by ''The Cook Political Report''. Of North Carolina's 13 incumbents, 12 were re-elected while one (Bob Etheridge of the 2nd district) unsuccessfully sought re-election.
In total, seven Democrats and six Republicans were elected. A total of 2,662,529 votes were cast, of which 1,440,913 (54.12 percent) were for Republican candidates, 1,204,635 (45.24 percent) were for Democratic candidates, 16,562 (0.62 percent) were for Libertarian candidates and 439 (0.02 percent) were for write-in candidates. As of 2023, this is the last time that Democrats won a majority of North Carolina's congressional districts. North Carolina was one of two states (along with New Jersey) where the party that won the most seats did not win the most votes in the state. Provided by Wikipedia