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2004 North Carolina's 1st congressional district special election

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Field	Value
election_name	North Carolina's 1st congressional district special election, 2004
country	North Carolina
type	Presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2002 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina#District 1
previous_year	2002
next_election	2004 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina#District 1
next_year	November 2004
election_date
image1	[[File:G. K. Butterfield, official photo portrait color.jpg	120px]]
nominee1	G. K. Butterfield
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	48,567
percentage1	71.15%
image2	[[File:No image.svg	120px]]
nominee2	Greg Dority
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	18,491
percentage2	27.09%
title	Representative
before_election	Frank Ballance
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	G. K. Butterfield
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)
map_image	[[File:2004 United States House of Representatives Special Election in North Carolina's 1st Congressional District.svg	250px]]
map_caption	County results
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The 2004 United States House of Representatives special election in North Carolina's 1st congressional district was held on July 20, 2004, to select the successor to Frank Ballance (D) who resigned due to health concerns and ongoing investigations which would ultimately culminate in criminal convictions on charges of committing money laundering and mail fraud. The election was won by a wide margin by former State Supreme Court Associate Justice G. K. Butterfield.

Republicans did not seriously contest this election given the strong Democratic tilt of the district, which has not elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives since Reconstruction nor been represented by a moderate to conservative Representative since 1992 when Walter B. Jones, Sr. (D), the father of former 3rd District Representative Walter B. Jones, Jr. (R) died.

Party primaries

Each party held a nominating convention to choose their nominee for the special election. Democrats nominated Superior Court Judge and former State Supreme Court Associate Justice G. K. Butterfield, while Republicans chose security consultant Greg Dority. Butterfield overwhelmingly won the election to fill out the rest of Ballance's unexpired term. On the same day, he and Dority both won their respective parties' primaries and would face each other again in the November general election, which Butterfield would win.

Election results

References

"Our Campaigns - NC District 1 - D Nomination Race - Jun 14, 2004".
"Our Campaigns - Race -".
Cindy George, "Former Justice Wins 1st District; Butterfield Fills Ballance's Seat," 21 July 2004, News and Observer:A16, Retrieved March 2, 2010
William L. Holmes, "Butterfield Wins Special Election; Will Face Dority in November," 21 July 2004, Associated Press, Retrieved March 2, 2010
"Our Campaigns - NC 1st District Special Election Run - July 20, 2004".

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