2020 North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction election
On November 3, 2020, North Carolina voters chose a new Superintendent of Public Instruction. The race was between Republican Catherine Truitt, a former education adviser to Governor Pat McCrory, and Democrat Jen Mangrum, a college professor and former state senate candidate. The incumbent Republican, Mark Johnson, did not run for re-election; he instead ran for lieutenant governor but was not successful.
Primary elections were held on March 3, 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, any runoff elections were postponed to June 23.
In the general election, Catherine Truitt won with 51.38% of the vote (2,753,220 total), while Jen Mangrum received 48.62% (2,605,169 total). Truitt became the state’s Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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