2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Nomination and announcement
At 2 pm on the day of announcement, a crowd of about 100 journalists, supporters, and friends who had gathered outside the main entrance to the Beijing housing estate where the Lius resided were denied entry. The South China Morning Post reported that policemen stationed inside their apartment at the time of the announcement prevented Liu Xia from meeting with journalists and other well-wishers. It was not immediately clear whether Liu Xiaobo was aware of the award. By that time, Liu Xia said she had been told she would be taken to Liaoning to see her husband in prison. Meetings and gatherings to celebrate in several cities were prevented or abruptly broken up by police; one such celebration dinner in Beijing, attended by 20 people, was broken up by police, and the attendees were detained.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Chinese media
The Chinese media avoided the story of Liu's Peace Prize, in marked contrast with their previous announcements of other recipients of Nobel Prizes. The official Xinhua News Agency downplayed all but the literature prize, and most other mainland news portals followed the Xinhua lead; popular internet portals such as Sina.com and NetEase deleted pages dedicated to stories related to all five Nobel Prizes.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Chinese media
According to a well-informed Twitter user, cited by the China Media Project at the University of Hong Kong, the Information Office of the State Council issued a directive immediately after the announcement that "Liu Xiaobo" and "Peace Prize" would be prohibited search terms for microblog services across the country; fora, blogs and other interactive media were forbidden from releasing any information. At 6 pm, the source said that although the official news release had been issued, all media were ordered by the Central Propaganda Department not to publish it.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Chinese media
Standard copy on Liu Xiaobo winning the Nobel Peace Prize has been approved for distribution, but all media outlets are not allowed to publish it. This included all print and online media.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Chinese media
Major domestic newspapers in China had coverage on their inner pages. Guangming Daily, Economic Daily, Beijing Daily, The Beijing News, and Shanghai's Wen Hui Bao published the Xinhua-sanctioned report the following day. China Central Television's main evening news programme, Xinwen Lianbo, did not report on it. Chinese journalists and dissidents said the Central Propaganda Department had instructed media to censor or otherwise under-report on Liu Xiaobo and the peace prize award.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Chinese media
The Chinese government ordered the deletion of all print and broadcast stories on the topic; In an editorial, the Communist Party–run Global Times attacked the Nobel Peace Prize as a "political tool of Western interests" that was being used to foment "endless political strife in Chinese society, causing a Soviet-style breakup." Another Global Times article said the award was "another expression of this prejudice, and behind it lies an extraordinary terror of China's rise and the Chinese model". It said the award was a concerted ideologically motivated attack on China's economic interests by developed nations and foreign business interests who "even hope that China will one day collapse under the West's ideological crusade."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Chinese media
Foreign broadcast coverage, such as from the BBC and CNN, was blacked out whenever Liu was mentioned. In Guangdong, signal carriers for Hong Kong TVB were interrupted for approximately eight minutes during the 6 pm evening news programme, blocking the news item for the Nobel Peace Prize.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Chinese media
After a week of denunciation in China's English-language media, with most journals silent about the award except for perfunctory quotes from the foreign ministry, the country's Chinese-language media launched a concerted assault on Liu and the award, accompanied by renewed attacks in the English-language media. Xinhua argued on 17 October that the Communist Party had made "unremitting efforts to promote and safeguard human rights", and questioned how Liu's actions had contributed to human rights progress for the Chinese people.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Chinese media
The agency cited a journal from Saudi Arabia, and one from Russia, that had denounced the award; it quoted the Pakistani Foreign Office as saying, "the politicization of the Nobel Peace Prize for the purposes of interference in the domestic affairs of states is not only contrary to the recognized principles of inter-State conduct, but also a negation of the underlying spirit conceived by the founder of the Prize."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Chinese media
In what was described by Chinese media–watchers as a surprise because of its historical professionalism, China Youth Daily published an article containing Beijing students' expressions of anger and disbelief over the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu. The journal employed the traditional hard-liner phrase "people with ulterior motives" (别有用心的人)—directed to at least one student. It further denounced the "farcical" Nobel decision to use the award as "a tool ... in their relentless effort to undermine China and frustrate its development".


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Chinese media
The Beijing Daily published an editorial on the day of the award ceremony entitled "Why not give the peace prize to Julian Assange?". It suggested that Assange, the head of WikiLeaks, was not awarded the prize because he could not "become a tool for Western forces in attacking countries with different ideologies ... even if this tool is serving out a prison sentence for violating the law."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Central government
Following the announcement on 8 October 2010, Xinhua relayed the Russian state-owned news agency's denunciation of the prize. China summoned the Norwegian ambassador in Beijing "to officially share their opinion, their disagreement and their protest." A PRC foreign ministry spokesman accused politicians from "some countries" for using the award to further their own political agendas: "This is not only disrespect for China's judicial system but also puts a big question mark on their true intention." The ministry's statement, labelling the decision "a blasphemy", was carried on Chinese state television.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Central government
The Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded to people who contribute to national harmony, country-to-country friendship, advancing disarmament, and convening and propagandizing peace conferences. Liu was a criminal sentenced by the Chinese judicial authorities for violating Chinese law ... The Nobel committee's decision to award such a person the peace prize runs contrary to and desecrates the prize.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Central government
China protested to Norway, saying that China–Norway relations had been damaged. A planned meeting in Beijing between Norwegian Fisheries Minister Lisbeth Berg-Hansen and Chinese food control authorities was cancelled at the last minute, ostensibly because their counterparts had "other engagements"; Norwegian officials said that a meeting, due to be held the same day between Berg-Hansen and the Chinese vice-minister for fisheries, had been cancelled in reaction to the award. Elsewhere, performances of a Norwegian musical starring Alexander Rybak scheduled for the following month also fell victim to the diplomatic fallout, according to the composer.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Central government
In early December, Norway said its bilateral trade talks with China had been delayed indefinitely. Haakon Hjelde, Norway's negotiator, reported that the postponement was not directly linked to the award, but Henning Kristofferson, director of international relations of the BI Norwegian School of Management, said it was fairly obvious that the PRC government would "never hold a high-level meeting with Norway shortly before or after the award ceremony", having made it plain that the award to Liu was "a big mistake."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Law enforcement
In the days immediately preceding the award ceremony, foreign media reported that Liu's home was under tight security. By what a correspondent for The Guardian called "a peculiar coincidence", construction barriers were erected on both sides of the road at the southern entrance of the residential complex which obscured the estate. Police cars were positioned on every nearby street corner; uniformed and plain-clothes police officers patrolled outside the apartment block, and a radio surveillance vehicle was stationed at the entrance to the compound. Neighbouring businesses were affected: the owner of a nearby restaurant was quoted as saying government officials had told him to close the business temporarily.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Law enforcement
Liu Xia was under house-arrest almost immediately after the announcement, and was escorted to Liaoning to visit her imprisoned husband. She reported that she was denied visitors, her telephones were repeatedly down, and complained that even her elderly mother had not been able to get through to her. Visitors were denied entrance to her residential compound, including Norwegian diplomats who had tried to visit her on 12 October; she was able to send out a few messages through Twitter. Chinese police stationed there cordoned off the area.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Law enforcement
Thus, journalists and well-wishers were kept at bay for several hours after the announcement; as she was being taken away to see her husband, Reuters heard her say "they are forcing me to leave Beijing". Dissident groups reported on 18 October that numerous supporters and associates of Liu may have been detained by police—that Tiananmen Mother Ding Zilin, and her husband Jiang Peikun, had not been seen or heard of for four days, and that their phones were cut off. Writer Jiang Qisheng went missing just days after the Nobel announcement.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Law enforcement
As exiled prominent activists and former activists were reportedly preparing to attend the award ceremony, some prominent individuals and activists inside China experienced travel problems. Economist Mao Yushi (who had signed Charter 08), Ai Weiwei, and the human-rights lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan were all barred from outbound travel at Beijing's airport, ostensibly because their departure from China could "endanger state security". Liu's lawyer, Mo Shaoping, and Peking University law professor He Weifang were stopped from boarding their flight to London in November.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Law enforcement
The South China Morning Post reported that even the spouses and children of some outspoken intellectuals experienced outbound travel restrictions. Ai speculated that the refusal to let him board a flight for Korea may have been directly connected with the following week's prize-giving ceremony. Chinese Human Rights Defenders also believed that "officials are increasing their efforts to bar prominent members of Chinese civil society from travelling internationally as the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony approaches."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Law enforcement
The BBC, citing the UN, said there was information that China had detained at least 20 activists prior to the ceremony; it reported sources saying that 120 more activists were subjected to house arrest, travel restrictions, forced relocations, or "other acts of intimidation" ahead of the ceremony; external Chinese sources put the figure of people so restricted at approximately 270.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Liu Xia and Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xia expressed her gratitude to the Nobel Committee, Liu's proposers, and those who have been supporting him since 1989, including the Tiananmen Mothers—family members or representatives of those who were killed, or had disappeared, in the military crackdown of the protests of 4 June 1989. She said, "The prize should belong to all who signed Charter 08 and were jailed due to their support".


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Liu Xia and Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xia informed the laureate of his award during a visit to Jinzhou Prison on 9 October 2010, one day after the official announcement. She reported that Liu wept and dedicated the award to those who suffered as a result of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, saying: "The award is first and foremost for the Tiananmen martyrs" After Ms. Liu returned home, she was put under house arrest and was watched by armed guards. She expressed the desire to attend the prize-giving in Norway in December, but was sceptical of her chances of being allowed to do so. Liu Xia wrote an open letter to 143 prominent figures, encouraging them to attend the award ceremony in Oslo.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Intellectuals
We're calling upon Chinese authorities to respond to the peace prize with rationality and realism, and to take stock of warm responses from home and abroad to gain clear understanding of the world's opinion and where people have placed their hearts.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Intellectuals
Open letter from mainland intellectuals urging Beijing government to release Liu Xiaobo


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Intellectuals
John Pomfret of The Washington Post said a wide spectrum of Chinese and foreigners believed that Liu's award "could actually resonate more deeply within China than any similar act in years". The open letter by Xu Youyu et al, which described Liu as "a splendid choice" because of his advancement of human rights causes and the peaceful fight against social injustice, amassed signatures from about 200 mainland intellectuals and activists; it was posted in Chinese, English, French and Japanese on websites hosted outside China.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Intellectuals
Artist and critic Ai Weiwei said that, although the regime ought to feel the most ashamed, "intellectuals who had drifted away from their public responsibilities" should bear some of that burden for betraying values they once strove for. Ai said that the Prize was a message from the international community to the Chinese government to respect universal human values, notwithstanding China's economic performance. Writer Liao Yiwu, a close friend of Liu, described it as "a big moment in Chinese history".


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Intellectuals
Another writer, Yu Jie, said he spent the night awake with tears streaming down his face – "Twenty years ago Liu Xiaobo said that China needed someone with moral clarity about what China needs. Now he has become just that person, that he himself was looking for", he said. Former Chinese diplomat Yang Hengjun described it as a strong signal to the Chinese government to speed up political reform "or you will have a lot of enemies around you and within you."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Intellectuals
Exiled 1989 student leader Wang Dan said he was "ecstatic". Human rights lawyer Li Heping called the award "huge encouragement for the Chinese people ... an affirmation that there are people around the world who really care about human rights and the legal system in China, that the world hasn't forgotten us." He added that others, such as Gao Zhisheng, Chen Guangcheng, and Hu Jia, also deserved the prize. The Globe and Mail said that while many activists agreed he was worthy of the award, some radical reformers within Chinese democracy movement, such as Wei Jingsheng, see the moderate Liu as the wrong choice due to his advocacy of a gradual path to constitutional democracy in China.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Intellectuals
Renmin University professor Zhang Ming felt the award would not have much direct impact. However, economist Mao Yushi believed that there were many factors affecting political reform in China. He stated that the prize was an impetus from the international community for the process of reform that was already under way, and that the impact of the award to Liu would be felt by the current generation of leaders, and beyond.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Internet community
Liu was once an eminent scholar, but was reportedly little-known inside the People's Republic of China (PRC) at the time of the award due to official censorship. Those who had heard about Liu had mixed views about him. Some clearly supported the government position, whereas one university student was quoted as saying "George Orwell probably had no idea that what he wrote would end up being the reality of China now." "Liu Xiaobo" and "Nobel Peace Prize" became the most searched terms among internet users in China.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Internet community
However, some time after the release of the official response from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, government censors screened the news item, and there were reports of searches in China using Chinese search engines returning error pages. Web searches using Chinese search engines for "Liu Xiaobo" in Chinese without attaching the words "Peace Prize," gave information about Liu. Yet most sites found "Liu" plus "Peace Prize" yield only the official foreign ministry response. CNN reported that any mention of "Nobel Prize" on microblogging sites was censored.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Internet community
One person claimed that his SIM card was deactivated after he sent a text message to a relative about the Nobel Peace Prize. Accustomed to circumventing Chinese internet censorship, bloggers and forum-users used variants of Liu's name and posted subtle or cryptic messages to express their elation about the award or sarcasm towards the state. The statement on 8 October by blogger Han Han consisted of only a pair of double quote marks.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Internet community
Less than three weeks after the announcement of the award to Liu, the Nobel Peace Prize website came under a cyber attack. There was an attempt to hack into the computer of the secretary of the Nobel Committee, Geir Lundestad by a forged email on 3 November. A number of individuals received an email containing a trojan horse purportedly disguised as a pdf-file invitation to the award ceremony from the Oslo Freedom Forum. Investigators traced both the attack and the email to an intermediate server reportedly in a Taiwanese university.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Internet community
Experts say the address had been falsified, and the exact origin was unknown; it was emphasised that no link to any party in mainland China could be established. After activists posted photographs of a symbolic empty chair on Internet fora and noticeboards, censors responded by removing the images and making "empty chair" a banned search term.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Hong Kong
Many political groups—including the Democratic Party and the Hong Kong Journalists Association—welcomed the decision and congratulated Liu. The Journalists Association expressed their gratitude and encouragement for Liu's award, and their hope for the early unconditional release of Liu. Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, and government ministers Leung Chun-ying, and Gregory So, all declined to comment to the press.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Hong Kong
The South China Morning Post in Hong Kong said Liu's courage to stand up for the rights of all people—for the fourth time since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests—made him worthy of joining the company of other similarly persecuted peace prize recipients such as Nelson Mandela: "Liu is just one of a long line of like-minded Chinese citizens to be silenced. The award will be seen in many quarters as acknowledging their sacrifice for the values it upholds." Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television, which transmits throughout mainland China by satellite, limited its report to the foreign ministry's statement denouncing the honour.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Hong Kong
About twenty activists held a celebration in front of the central government liaison office. Their celebration was broken up and the activists were arrested for assault after a guard was accidentally sprayed with champagne. A human rights monitor, and a Democratic Party legislator, denounced the "absurd" reaction of the police. The Speaker of Hong Kong's legislature turned down an adjournment motion on 15 October submitted by Leung Kwok-hung that called for the release of Liu on grounds that such debate "lacked urgency and would not produce irreversible consequences".


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Hong Kong
On 17 October, thirty supporters of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China—organisers of the annual commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen protests—held a march to the central government liaison office, calling on the central government to release Liu and allow him to attend the prize-giving in December. A candlelight ceremony was held in the city's central business district to coincide with the award ceremony; organisers said 1,000 people attended.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Hong Kong
The Chinese-language press reported on rumours that Chinese officials had approached high-level executives at TVB and CableTV, asking them not to broadcast the ceremony live on their channels; executives affirmed their plans to broadcast—scheduling for the event was immutable. TVB News and now TV executives categorically denied having been contacted by Chinese authorities to pull the plug on coverage. An editorial in the South China Morning Post said: "this heavy-handed reaction [to Liu's award] is counterproductive to [China's] image and the respect it wants as a peaceful superpower. Liu's award did pose a dilemma, but having made its point at the outset Beijing had little further to gain. Attempts to meddle in the process did nothing to dignify its stand."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Taiwan
One day after the award announcement, President Ma Ying-jeou's office urged China to exercise greater tolerance of dissidents; the president himself pleaded for the release of Liu, to "solve major human rights incidents with honesty and confidence." Forty-eight non-governmental organisations jointly issued a two-page statement expressing optimism for political change in China. The statement said that the world "stands in solidarity with [the] Chinese people who share Liu's vision for a strong, prosperous and above all, democratic, China."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Reactions inside China, Taiwan
The Taipei Times said the award suggested strong support for China's democracy movement, and predicted the inevitability of change. "The CCP needs to decide whether to attempt to obstruct democracy or facilitate its development. If it chooses the former then history will pass it by, just as it did the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. If, however, the CCP decides to embrace change then it could ... remain a political force" like the Kuomintang in Taiwan.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Norway
In advance of an official Chinese response to the Nobel Committee's decision, Norwegian foreign minister Jonas Gahr Støre said that a Chinese complaint to the Norwegian government would be in vain, since the committee is independent of the Norwegian government, even though it is appointed by the Parliament of Norway. This official position was reiterated to the People's Republic of China by their Norwegian ambassador. After the announcement, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said the decision "directs a spotlight on the human rights situation in China, and underscores the links between development, democracy and universal human rights."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Norway
Norway summoned the Chinese ambassador to Norway to express its regret at China's reaction, to urge for the release of Liu, and to remove restrictions on his wife. The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten revealed that Foreign Minister Støre had a pre-emptive meeting with Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjørn Jagland, about Liu as the expected recipient, two weeks before the announcement. According to anonymous sources within both the Foreign Ministry and the Nobel Committee itself, Støre is said to have raised certain "concerns".


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Norway
The Norwegian press quoted Jagland as saying that this enquiry was of such a peculiar kind that he would have to present the Nobel Committee with the minutes of the meeting. Former Nobel Committee chairman Ole Danbolt Mjøs and a number of Norwegian researchers and politicians criticised Støre for breaching protocol and meddling in the work of the Committee.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Norway
Norwegian peace activist and author, Fredrik S. Heffermehl criticised the Nobel Committee for failing to follow Alfred Nobel's dying wish to promote disarmament, by giving the award to Liu. Heffermehl said that less than 50 percent of the awards made after World War II had been made in accordance with Nobel's will.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Governments and politicians
While the Cuban and Venezuelan governments were notably critical, leading politicians in the Western world welcomed the news and called for the release of Liu. Non -aligned and developing countries such as Russia, Brazil and India, many Asian and Middle Eastern countries were silent. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recognised China's "remarkable economic advances [that have] lifted millions out of poverty", and said he hoped "any differences on this decision will not detract from advancement of the human rights agenda globally or the high prestige and inspirational power of the award". President of the United States Barack Obama lauded Liu's eloquence and courage, while his government called for his immediate release.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Governments and politicians
The European Union and member governments praised the decision, and also called on China to release Liu. European Commission President José Manuel Barroso stated that "the decision of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee is a strong message of support to all those around the world who, sometimes with great personal sacrifice, are struggling for freedom and human rights." The Polish foreign ministry said it was appreciative of the decision to award Liu.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Governments and politicians
Japan greeted the award and emphasised the need for respect of human rights, but did not call for Liu's release; Premier Naoto Kan told a parliamentary committee Liu's release was "desirable". The Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard, said Australia was strongly against Liu's imprisonment, and "welcome[d] the fact that his work has been recognised internationally now with the Nobel Peace Prize", while the Australian Greens leader Bob Brown described the decision as "inspiring". Brown contrasted Norway's courage with the "sheer ignorance and gutlessness of most of Australia's politicians on the plight of campaigning democrats in China". The Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper expressed his delight, and said he hoped the award "would cause our friends in the Chinese government to look seriously at that issue of his release from prison."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Governments and politicians
However, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sided with China, saying the award should be given to those who "have done the most for fraternity between nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies and promotion of peace congresses". Pakistan and Cuba denounced the choice, saying Liu was exactly "the type of 'dissident' that the United States has been designing for decades to use ... as fifth columns in those countries that they disagree with because those countries dissent from [American] hegemony." The United Arab Emirates expressed regret over the "politically motivated" decision to award Liu, which it said was "against the UAE's fundamental belief in respecting other nations' sovereignty and non-interference."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Governments and politicians
On 8 December, the United States House of Representatives voted by 402 to 1 to congratulate Liu and honour his "promotion of democratic reform in China, and the courage with which he has borne repeated imprisonment ... and [call] on the government of China to cease censoring media and internet reporting of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo and to cease its campaign of defamation against Liu Xiaobo." The Chinese Foreign Ministry responded by accusing US lawmakers of possessing an "arrogant and unreasonable attitude" and "lacking respect for China's judicial sovereignty."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Governments and politicians
Ahead of the award ceremony, Barack Obama said "Mr Liu Xiaobo is far more deserving of this award than I was ... [ He] reminds us that human dignity also depends upon the advance of democracy, open society, and the rule of law ... The values he espouses are universal, his struggle is peaceful, and he should be released as soon as possible."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Human rights groups and academics
The Dalai Lama expressed confidence that China would one day enjoy responsible governance through the efforts of Liu and others calling for democracy and freedom. He praised the award as "the international community's recognition of the increasing voices among the Chinese people in pushing China towards political, legal and constitutional reforms." Former Polish president Lech Wałęsa said he was "very satisfied", describing the award as "a challenge for China and the entire world, [which] must declare whether it is ready to help China enter a zone where there is respect for the principles and values".


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Human rights groups and academics
However, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, who were awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics, attacked the Nobel committee as "retired Norwegian politicians who have spent all their careers in a safe environment, in an oil-rich modern country. They try to extend their views of the world, how the world should work and how democracy works in another country." They also felt that China should be given due credit for undisputed improvements in human rights and the economy over the last 10 years. Novoselov questioned: "What is a dictatorship?


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Human rights groups and academics
It is not as if people are being constantly killed there," The pair were rebutted by 2010 Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, who said it was a timely reminder that China was still a dictatorship and quite monolithic regarding politics, and that the award was "a tribute to all Chinese dissidents and all Chinese who want not just economic but also political growth and progress in China."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Human rights groups and academics
Human Rights Watch said the 2010 award honours "all those in China who struggle daily to make the government more accountable" and "shatter[s] the myth where the Communist Party presents itself as the voice of the Chinese people". Canadian academic Professor Josephine Chiu-Duke believed that many Communist Party members were "hoping that China can be free, democratic and civilized", and hoped that the award would "encourag[e] more Chinese to speak up." Former British diplomat in Beijing, Kerry Brown, lamented that, economically powerful though China is, its sole Nobel laureate languished in prison.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Human rights groups and academics
The Secretary General of Amnesty International, said: "the Chinese government might see this is as a victory, but they would be mistaken ... Because, while the other chairs in the packed hall on the day of the awards ceremony will each hold only one person, Liu's empty chair will hold ... the thousands of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience [who were] victims of prosecution and persecution simply for having the courage to voice their views."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Human rights groups and academics
On the other hand, in an article appearing in China Daily, David Gosset of the China Europe International Business School said the award was "a sad paradox, a prize without any real winner, which generates mistrust and perplexity when understanding and clarity are most needed".


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Human rights groups and academics
Gosset believed that only citizens were able to define the exact terms and pace of democratisation in their own country, and lamented the "fallacy" of implicitly associating the PRC with German Nazism or South African apartheid, and emphasised that China, a developing country with a per capita GDP of $3,700, could hardly adopt the socio-political standards of the developed world without attenuating its development.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Human rights groups and academics
He also argued that the choice of Liu was divisive in view of China's memory of Western imperialism, and of Alfred Nobel's dying wish to reward a person "who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations". Professor Sidney Rittenberg said: "One does not have to approve of Mr Liu's imprisonment in order to disapprove of his choice as a Nobel laureate ...


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Human rights groups and academics
Not only have courageous, intelligent individuals like Mr Liu made no tangible contribution to China's advance, not only have their activities and his choice for a Nobel Prize made life more difficult for China's dissidents—but the main point is that his advocacy of a multiparty system for the China of today would almost certainly lead to disaster, if carried out. To wit, Iran after the overthrow of the shah."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Media
State-owned Russian news agency RIA Novosti immediately criticised the prize as a "political tool"—a denunciation swiftly picked up and relayed by Xinhua. Radio Free Europe reported Solidarnost (in Russia) planned to hold a public rally in support of Liu in Saint Petersburg, but the authorities refused permission. In the end, 10 activists staged a protest outside the Chinese consulate there.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Media
In an editorial, The Guardian said "to many western ears, the clamour of China's markets is louder than the pleas of its dissidents. The Nobel committee is one of few institutions with sufficient status to be heard around the world. Its most coveted prize can now amplify Mr Liu's voice." The Telegraph said that the award was justified not only by Liu's own courage, but was "a rebuke to Western governments, so hypnotised by China's riches and cowed by self-interest that they have shut their eyes and ears to the regime's abuses of human rights."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Media
The New York Times applauded the award: "Beijing is used to throwing its weight around these days—on currency, trade, the South China Sea and many other issues. Too many governments, and companies, are afraid to push back. Maybe someone in China’s leadership will now figure out that bullying is not a strategy for an aspiring world power." The French daily, Libération, referred to Liu as "the Chinese Havel", saying "the Chinese government wanted to show the world that nothing would stop it from silencing its critics. However, China is today a part of the international community, and must respect the norms it accepted when it signed up for UN membership. The pressure it exerted upon the Nobel prize committee not to award Liu is unacceptable."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Media
On the other hand, an article in The Guardian pointed out Liu's support for "the total westernisation of China" amongst other policies, such as the US invasion of Iraq, and on the tenor of the debate in the West: "Liu Xiaobo's politics have been reduced to a story of a heroic individual who upholds human rights and democracy. His views are largely omitted to avoid a discussion about them, resulting in a one-sided debate." Its survey of 500 press articles published in Hong Kong about Liu showed "only 10 were critical of the man or peace prize."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Media
News agencies reported the Confucius Peace Prize, established at the suggestion of Global Times in response to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to a jailed dissident. The organiser denied any involvement of the Chinese government in the award and the Minister of Culture said they only became aware of the prize due to the press coverage. Hong Kong's Ming Pao, which had obtained a copy of the letter from the organisers of the Confucius award to the 'winner', suggested that this was indeed unofficial – the letter did not bear the Ministry of Culture's official seal. Die Welt said the rival award was "stupid".


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Media
The Economist recalled how the Soviet Union prevented Andrei Sakharov from accepting his Nobel Peace Prize in 1975, and suggested that Chinese leadership would probably have expected such a comparison. Both it and Die Welt made direct reference to the creation of a similar German National Prize for Art and Science by Nazi Germany after von Ossietzky was prohibited from leaving the country to collect the 1935 prize.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, International reaction, Other Nobel Prize laureates
4 December 2012, 134 Nobel Prize laureates wrote to new General Secretary of Communist Party Xi Jinping, calling for the immediate release of Liu Xiaobo and the lifting of the house arrest of his wife Liu Xia.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Runup to the Award ceremony, Diplomatic pressure
In the lead-up to the award ceremony, the Chinese authorities began a campaign through state media to criticise both Liu and the prize; the Chinese foreign service in Beijing and abroad targeted Western government officials, urging them to stay away from the award ceremony in Oslo on 10 December and refrain from issuing any statements of support for Liu. At least two European embassies in Norway were sent letters by their Chinese counterparts, denouncing the prize for being an interference in China's internal affairs and reaffirming their stance that Liu had committed crimes in China.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Runup to the Award ceremony, Diplomatic pressure
One diplomat said his embassy's letter from the Chinese embassy requested obliquely that they "refrain from attending any activity directed against China." The Norwegian Nobel Committee said its invitation to the Chinese ambassador to attend the prize-giving was returned unanswered. The Chinese Vice Foreign Minister also warned countries supporting Liu's award that they would have to "take responsibility for the consequences".


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Runup to the Award ceremony, Diplomatic pressure
In December, the Chinese foreign ministry continued to denounce the award as "interference by a few clowns". It said "more than 100 countries and international organisations [had] expressed explicit support of China's position opposing this year's peace prize." However, according to the Nobel Committee, only the 65 countries with diplomatic missions were invited; acceptances had been received from 46 countries, including the previously non-committal India, while China and 19 others—Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tunisia, Venezuela and Vietnam—declined invitations to the award ceremony "for various reasons".


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Runup to the Award ceremony, Diplomatic pressure
On the eve of the award ceremony, China continued the rhetoric against the Nobel Committee and the West. A spokesman said: "We hope that those countries who have received invitations can tell right from wrong and uphold justice. It's not an issue of human rights. It's an issue of interfering in other countries' internal affairs"; the Nobel committee continued to be criticised for "encouraging crime"; the Global Times repeated earlier suggestions that the award was a Western conspiracy against Beijing, a "charge against China's ideology, aiming to undermine the benign surroundings for China's future development."


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Runup to the Award ceremony, Diplomatic pressure
Colombia, Serbia, the Philippines and Ukraine initially announced they would not attend the ceremony, but later accepted the invitation. The Philippines ultimately did not attend: President Benigno Aquino III defended the Philippine non-attendance as "in our national interest"; the Philippine government, which had been heavily criticised in its national press for its decision, revealed its hope that China would show clemency to five Filipinos on death row for drug trafficking.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Runup to the Award ceremony, Award ceremony
The award ceremony, held as planned in Oslo City Hall on the afternoon of 10 December, was attended by about 1,000 VIPs, diplomats and guests. Representing Norway were King Harald V, Queen Sonja and a number of politicians and officials; among the 48 foreign dignitaries was the US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi. The Chinese group was 46-strong, and included astrophysicist Professor Fang Lizhi, Yang Jianli, and exiled former Tiananmen student leaders Chai Ling, Wu'erkaixi, Feng Congde, and Fang Zheng, whose legs were crushed by a tank; the Hong Kong delegation comprised Albert Ho, Emily Lau, and Lee Cheuk-yan. Outside the hall, pro-democracy and human rights activists demonstrated; about 50 China supporters held a protest outside the Norwegian Parliament.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Runup to the Award ceremony, Award ceremony
I, filled with optimism, look forward to the advent of a future, free China. For there is no force that can put an end to the human quest for freedom, and China will in the end become a nation ruled by law, where human rights reign supreme.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Runup to the Award ceremony, Award ceremony
The hall was decked with an immense portrait of Liu for the event. During the ceremony, the Nobel committee chairman Thorbjørn Jagland credited China's leaders with the "extraordinary" economic transformation that has lifted millions of people out of poverty, but said they "must regard criticism as positive" considering the nation's new status as a world power.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Runup to the Award ceremony, Award ceremony
Liu's award marks the third occasion that the Prize has been bestowed upon a person in prison or detention, after Carl von Ossietzky (1935) and Aung San Suu Kyi (1991); Liu and Ossietzky were the only ones not to be present or represented by close family at the awards ceremony. The Nobel diploma and the prize were symbolically placed by Jagland on an empty chair meant for the absent laureate. Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann read I Have No Enemies, an essay by Liu written for his trial in December 2009.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Runup to the Award ceremony, Award ceremony
The proceedings were televised by the international media, but broadcast signals of CNN and BBC inside China were reportedly blocked. Images of and references to 'empty chair' also became the target of official censorship. After the ceremony, the official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, continued the rhetoric against the award:


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Runup to the Award ceremony, Award ceremony
There are always some who cling to the Cold-War or even colonial mentality, even in this 21st century. They regard themselves as the judge, the teacher, even though they have never been selected by the people of developing countries. They have never experienced the real life in developing countries, but they tend to act like the Savior wherever they go. They assume that they can forever distort the fact and block the truth by using political maneuvers.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Runup to the Award ceremony, Award ceremony
Following the ceremony, an evening rally of more than 1,000 people in Oslo called for Liu's release. The marchers headed for the Grand Hotel, where laureates traditionally greet the crowd from the balcony. Assembled Chinese activists and dissidents said they were inspired by the award, that it was a much-needed morale-booster, and expressed hope that it would be a catalyst to resurrect the moribund Chinese pro-democracy movement.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Runup to the Award ceremony, Award ceremony
Yang Jianli said: "The most important change is the change in people's hearts ... this is the greatest achievement [of this award]," The Global Times said of the ceremony: "It’s unimaginable that such a farce, the like of which is more commonly seen in cults, is being staged on the civilised continent of Europe". On the other hand, a huge image with three empty chairs and five cranes adorned the front page the edition of 12 December of the Southern Metropolis Daily; ambiguously, the headline read: "2010 Asian Para Games Are Ready to Start Tonight in Guangzhou". China Digital Times offered the interpretation that 'crane' in Chinese (he) is a homonym for 'congratulations' and the first character of 'peace'.


2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Runup to the Award ceremony, Award ceremony
The Nobel Peace Prize Concert to commemorate the 2010 prize was held on 11 December, the night following the award ceremony, as is the tradition. It was hosted by Denzel Washington and Anne Hathaway. The roster of confirmed performers announced before the award included Herbie Hancock, Florence and the Machine, Colbie Caillat, Elvis Costello. Those who were confirmed later included Barry Manilow, Jamiroquai, A. R. Rahman, India. Arie, Robyn and Sivert Høyem.


2010 Nobel Prize in Literature
The 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa  "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat." The prize was announced by the Swedish Academy on 7 October 2010.


2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, Laureate
Mario Vargas Llosa was one of the leading writers in the Latin American boom. His extensive authorship consists mostly of novels characterized by rich language and spanning a wide range of genres. His works also include plays, essays, literary criticism and journalism.


2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, Reactions
The Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa was well received around the world. "The world recognizes the intelligence and the will of freedom and democracy by Vargas Llosa and it is an act of enormous justice" said Alan García, president of Peru. Spanish writer Javier Marías said "it is one of those prizes that never or almost never needs to be discussed." Novelist William Boyd paid tribute to "a great chroncicler of the highs and lows of our carnal and passionate adventures as human beings". The prize was also celebrated by Bernard Kouchner, foreign minister of France, Felipe Calderón, president of Mexico, and the King of Spain Juan Carlos, among others.


2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, Reactions
Vargas Llosa himself said he was delighted but surprised: "For years I haven't thought about the Nobel prize at all. They didn't mention me in recent years so I didn't expect it. It's been a surprise, very nice, but a surprise. At first I thought it was a joke," he told RPP Noticias.


2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel lecture
In his Nobel lecture Elogio de la lectura y la ficción, delivered at the Swedish Academy on 7 December 2010, Vargas Llosa paid tribute to the power of fiction and said he believed it was essential to a healthy society. "We would be worse than we are without the good books we have read, more conformist, not as restless, more submissive, and the critical spirit, the engine of progress, would not even exist," he argued. "Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life. When we look in fiction for what is missing in life, we are saying, with no need to say it or even to know it, that life as it is does not satisfy our thirst for the absolute – the foundation of the human condition – and should be better."


2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, Award ceremony presentation speech
In his award ceremony speech on 10 December 2010 Per Wästberg, member of the Swedish Academy and chairman of the Nobel committee for literature, said of Vargas Llosa:


2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, Award ceremony presentation speech
"Mario Vargas Llosa's writing has shaped our image of South America and has its own chapter in the history of contemporary literature. In his early years, he was a renewer of the novel; today, an epic poet of not only Latin American stature. His wide embrace enfolds all literary genres. ", "Vargas Llosa has led us through unfamiliar milieux with an authority that lends the authenticity of a 19th-century explorer. He links the narrative tradition of Balzac and Tolstoy to the modernistic experiments of William Faulkner."


2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, Award ceremony presentation speech
"Vargas Llosa's novels never bow to diktat; they are polyphonic and open to interpretation, emphasising the diversity of Latin America's social and ethnic patterns. He lends voice to the silenced and oppressed – an aesthetic feat and an ethical act. He has an unreserved interest in people – from presidents to prostitutes – and nothing is alien to him, from the arrogance of statesmen to love's subtlest plots."


2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, Award ceremony presentation speech
"Vargas Llosa believes in the force of literature. Without literature there would be no rendition of mankind's possibilities and hidden places. It is a bulwark against prejudice, racism and intolerant nationalism, since in all great literature, men and women of the entire world are equally alive. It is harder to suppress a people that reads a lot."


2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, Award ceremony presentation speech
"So he has fought for freedom of expression and for human rights regardless of geography, and has done so with a passion for liberty and with political courage and common sense – these not always in harmony in important writers. In a time of tiresome narcissism he is what Émile Zola, André Gide and Camus embodied: an example and a bellwether."


2010 Nord LB Open
The 2010 Nord LB Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. This was the 17th edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Braunschweig, Germany between 28 June and 4 July 2010.


2010 Nord LB Open, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Nord LB Open, Champions, Doubles
Leonardo Tavares /  Simone Vagnozzi def. Igor Kunitsyn /  Yuri Schukin 7–5, 7–6(4)


2010 Nord LB Open – Doubles
Johan Brunström and Jean-Julien Rojer were the defending champions, but Rojer chose not to compete this year. Brunstrom partnered up with Mischa Zverev, but they lost in the first round against Pablo Santos and Ivan Sergeyev. Leonardo Tavares and Simone Vagnozzi won the final against Igor Kunitsyn and Yuri Schukin 7–5, 7–6(4).


2010 Nord LB Open – Singles
Óscar Hernández was the winner of tournament in 2009. He chose to defend his title, but he was eliminated by Ivan Sergeyev in the first round. Mikhail Kukushkin won the final against Marcos Daniel. Kukishkin was leading 6–2, 3–0 when Daniel retired.


2010 Nordic Figure Skating Championships
The 2010 Nordic Figure Skating Championships was held between February 4 and 7, 2010 at the Askerhallen in Asker, Norway. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles on the senior, junior, and novice levels.


2010 Nordic Figure Skating Championships, Eligibility
The senior-level competition was open to all ISU member nations. The junior and novice level competitions was open to skaters from Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland.


2010 Nordic Figure Skating Championships, Eligibility
Nordic countries were allowed to enter 3 skaters in the senior and novice events and 4 skaters in the junior events. Non -Nordic ISU members were allowed to enter 1 skater in each senior event.


2010 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2010 took place in Hinterzarten, Germany from 24 January to 1 February 2010. It was the 33rd Junior World Championships and the 5th Under-23 World Championships in nordic skiing.


2010 Nordic Opening
The 2010 Nordic Opening or the first Ruka Triple was the first edition of the Nordic Opening, an annual cross-country skiing event. The three-day event was the second competition round of the 2010–11 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, after Gällivare, Sweden.


2010 Nordic Opening, World Cup points distribution
The winners of the overall standings were awarded 200 World Cup points and the winners of each of the three stages were awarded 50 World Cup points.


2010 Nordic Opening, World Cup points distribution
A total of 350 points was possible to achieve if one athlete won all three stages and the overall standings.


2010 Norfolk County municipal election
The fourth municipal election in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada took place on October 25, 2010. The incumbent (and re-elected) mayor Dennis Travale and his challenger Clarence Wheaton were the official mayoral candidates for this municipal election.


2010 Norfolk County municipal election
As mayor, Travale's priority was to figure out how to further expand the town of Simcoe. This could be solved by either through getting new houses built, encouraging high-tech industries to build in the area, or helping new businesses start in the Queensway/downtown business area in addition to getting high speed Internet access to communities in Norfolk County that don't already have it. Other issues that will shape the face of Norfolk County for the next four years include: helping the county rebuild its fragile economy after being affected by the national economic slowdown, the careful placement of wind generators, and the management of the Ontario tobacco belt.


2010 Norfolk County municipal election
This was the second election in Norfolk County history to have electronic voting in place.


2010 Norfolk State Spartans football team
The 2010 Norfolk State Spartans football team represented Norfolk State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Spartans were led by sixth-year head coach Pete Adrian and played their home games at William "Dick" Price Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in MEAC play.


2010 Norfolk mayoral election
The Norfolk mayoral election of 2010 took place on May 4, 2010. Voters elected the Mayor of Norfolk. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Paul D. Fraim.


2010 Norrbotten county election
Norrbotten County held a county council election on 19 September 2010, on the same day as the general and municipal elections.


2010 Norrbotten county election, Results
The number of seats remained at 71 with the Social Democrats winning the most at 33, a gain of two seats from 2006. The party received around 43.1 % out of 160,783 valid votes.


2010 North African Cup Winners Cup
The 2010 North African Cup Winners Cup was the third edition of the competition initiated in 2008 by the UNAF. The competition pits the cup winners from Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.


2010 North African Cup Winners Cup
Algerian club ES Sétif won the competition after beating Libyan side Nasr 6-3 on aggregate in the final.


2010 North African Cup Winners Cup, Prize Money
The following prize money will be handed out for the 2010 edition:


2010 North African Cup Winners Cup, Draw
The draw was made in Tunis, Tunisia on September 14, 2010.


2010 North African Cup of Champions
The 2010 North African Cup of Champions was the third edition of the competition since its inception in 2008. The league champions from Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia will face off for the title.


2010 North African Cup of Champions
Tunisian side Club Africain won the title after defeating MC Alger of Algeria 3-1 on aggregate in the final. It was the second time that the club won the competition.


2010 North African Cup of Champions, Prize Money
The following prize money will be handed out for the 2010 edition:


2010 North African Futsal Tournament
The 2010 North African Futsal Cup was the 3rd Championship and it took place in Misrata, Libya from September 20-26, 2010, Organised by the Union of North African Football Federations. Palestine were invited after the withdrawal of Egypt.


2010 North African Super Cup
The 2010 North African Super Cup was the first edition of the competition initiated by the North African Football Union (UNAF), an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's North African Cup and North African Cup Winners Cup competitions.


2010 North African Super Cup
The match was contested by 2009 North African Cup of Champions winners, ES Sétif, and 2009 North African Cup Winners Cup Champions, CS Sfaxien at the Stade 8 Mai 1945 in Sétif on 8 August 2010. ES Sétif won with a goal from forward Nabil Hemani in the 86th minute.


2010 North Alabama Lions football team
The 2010 North Alabama Lions football team represented the University of North Alabama in the 2010 NCAA Division II football season.


2010 North American SuperLiga
The 2010 SuperLiga was the fourth edition of the SuperLiga. The top four overall Major League Soccer teams from the 2009 season not already qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League earned qualification as well as four clubs from the Primera División de México.


2010 North American SuperLiga, Qualification
The teams involved were selected based on qualification rules set by their respective leagues.


2010 North American SuperLiga, Qualification
On April 28, 2010, MLS announced that for the 2010 season the top four teams from the 2009 MLS regular season standings not competing in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League would qualify for SuperLiga 2010.


2010 North American SuperLiga, Qualification
The Primera División de México announced its participants would be the top four team from the 2009 overall standings (Clausura 2009 and Apertura 2009) that were not competing in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League. Furthermore, Club América (5th 2009 overall) declined to participate.


2010 North American SuperLiga, Group stage
There were two groups of four teams. Each group contained two clubs from each league with the top two teams from each groups advancing to the semifinals.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election
An election was held on November 2, 2010 to elect all 120 members to North Carolina's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. House of Representatives, and state senate. The primary election was held on May 4, 2010 with a primary run-off held on June 22, 2010.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 1
Incumbent Democrat Bill Owens has represented the 1st District since 1995.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 2
Incumbent Democrat Timothy Spear has represented the 2nd district since 2006.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 3
Incumbent Democrat Alice Graham Underhill has represented the 3rd district since 2005. Underhill was defeated for re-election by Republican Norman Sanderson.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 4
Incumbent Democrat Russell Tucker has represented the 4th district since 2005. Tucker didn't seek re-election and Republican Jimmy Dixon won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 5
Incumbent Democrat Annie Mobley has represented the 5th district since 2007.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 6
Incumbent Democrat Arthur Williams has represented the 6th district since 2003. He was defeated for re-election by Republican Bill Cook.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 7
Incumbent Democrat Angela Bryant has represented the 7th district since 2007.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 8
Incumbent Democrat Edith Warren has represented the 8th district and its predecessors since 1999.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 9
Incumbent Democrat Marian McLawhorn has represented the 9th district since 1999.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 10
Incumbent Democrat Van Braxton has represented the 10th district since 2007. Braxton was defeated for re-election by Republican Stephen LaRoque, who himself had represented this district from 2003 to 2007.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 11
Incumbent Republican Efton Sager has represented the 11th district since 2009.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 12
Incumbent Democrat William Wainwright has represented the 12th district and its predecessors since 1991.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 13
Incumbent Republican Pat McElraft has represented the 13th district since 2007.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 14
Incumbent Republican George Cleveland has represented the 14th district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 15
Incumbent Republican Robert Grady has represented the 15th district and its predecessors since 1987. Grady didn't seek re-election and Republican Phil Shepard won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 16
Incumbent Republican Carolyn Justice has represented the 16th district since 2003.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 17
Incumbent Republican Frank Iler has represented the 17th district since 2009.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 18
Incumbent Democrat Sandra Hughes has represented the 18th district since 2008. Hughes didn't seek re-election and Democrat Susi Hamilton won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 19
Incumbent Republican Danny McComas has represented the 19th district and its predecessors since 1995.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 20
Incumbent Democrat Dewey Hill has represented the 20th district and its predecessors since 1992.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 21
Incumbent Democrat Larry Bell has represented the 21st district since 2001.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 22
Incumbent Democrat William Brisson has represented the 22nd district since 2007.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 23
Incumbent Democrat Joe Tolson has represented the 23rd district and its predecessors since 1997.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 24
Incumbent Democrat Jean Farmer-Butterfield has represented the 24th district since 2003.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 25
Incumbent Democrat Randy Stewart has represented the 25th district since 2009. Stewart was defeated for re-election by Republican Jeff Collins.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 26
Incumbent Republican Leo Daughtry has represented the 26th district and its predecessors since 1993.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 27
Incumbent Democrat Michael Wray has represented the 27th district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 28
Incumbent Republican James Langdon Jr. has represented the 28th district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 29
Incumbent Democrat Larry Hall has represented the 29th district since 2006.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 30
Incumbent Democrat Paul Luebke has represented the 30th district and its predecessors since 1991.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 31
Incumbent Democrat Mickey Michaux has represented the 31st district and its predecessors since 1983.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 32
Incumbent Democrat Jim Crawford has represented the 32nd district and its predecessors since 1995.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 33
Incumbent Democrat Rosa Gill has represented the 33rd district since 2009.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 34
Incumbent Democrat Grier Martin has represented the 34th district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 35
Incumbent Democrat Jennifer Weiss has represented the 35th district and its predecessors since 1999.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 36
Incumbent Republican Nelson Dollar has represented the 36th district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 37
Incumbent Republican Minority Leader Paul Stam has represented the 37th district since 2003.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 38
Incumbent Democrat Deborah Ross has represented the 38th district since 2003.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 39
Incumbent Democrat Darren Jackson has represented the 39th district since his appointment in January 2009. Jackson was elected to his first full term.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 40
Incumbent Republican Marilyn Avila has represented the 40th district since 2007.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 41
Incumbent Republican Chris Heagarty has represented the 41st district since his appointment in October 2009. Heagarty sought election to a full term, but he was defeated by Republican Tom Murry.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 42
Incumbent Democrat Marvin Lucas has represented the 42nd district and its predecessors since 2001.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 43
Incumbent Democrat Elmer Floyd has represented the 43rd district since 2009.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 44
Incumbent Democrat Diane Parfitt has represented the 44th district since her appointment in 2010. Parfitt was elected to a full term.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 45
Incumbent Democrat Rick Glazier has represented the 45th district since 2003.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 46
Incumbent Democrat Douglas Yongue has represented the 46th district and its predecessors since 1994. Republican Gaston (G.L.) Pridgen


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 47
Incumbent Democrat Ronnie Sutton has represented the 47th district since 1995. Sutton didn't seek re-election and Democrat Charles Graham won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 48
Incumbent Democrat Garland Pierce has represented the 48th district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 49
Incumbent Democrat John May has represented the 49th district since his appointment in April 2010. May sought election to a full term, but he was defeated by Republican Glen Bradley.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 50
Incumbent Democrat Bill Faison has represented the 50th district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 51
Incumbent Democrat Jimmy L. Love, Sr. has represented the 51st district since 2006. Love was defeated for re-election by Republican Mike Stone.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 52
Incumbent Republican Jamie Boles has represented the 52nd district since 2009.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 53
Incumbent Republican David Lewis has represented the 53rd district since 2003.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 54
Incumbent Democrat Speaker of the House Joe Hackney has represented the 54th district and its predecessors since 1981.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 55
Incumbent Democrat Winkie Wilkins has represented the 55th district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 56
Incumbent Democrat Verla Insko has represented the 56th district and its predecessors since 1997.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 57
Incumbent Democrat Pricey Harrison has represented the 57th district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 58
Incumbent Democrat Alma Adams has represented the 58th district and its predecessors since 1994.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 40-59, District 59
Incumbent Democrat Maggie Jeffus has represented the 59th district since 1991.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 60
Incumbent Democrat Earl Jones has represented the 60th district since 2003. Jones didn't seek re-election and Democrat Marcus Brandon won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 61
Incumbent Republican Laura Wiley has represented the 61st District since 2005. Wiley didn't seek re-election and Republican John Faircloth won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 62
Incumbent Republican John Blust has represented the 62nd District and its predecessors since 2001.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 63
Incumbent Democrat Alice Bordsen has represented the 63rd District since 2003.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 64
Incumbent Republican Dan Ingle has represented the 64th District since 2009.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 65
Incumbent Democrat Nelson Cole has represented the 65th District since 1993. Cole was defeated for re-election by conservative independent Bert Jones. Jones chose to caucus with the Republican Party.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 66
Incumbent Democrat Melanie Wade Goodwin has represented the 66th District since 2005. Goodwin didn't seek re-election and Democrat Ken Goodman won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 67
Incumbent Republican Justin Burr has represented the 67th District since 2009.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 68
Incumbent Republican Curtis Blackwood has represented the 68th District since 2003. Blackwood didn't seek re-election and Republican Craig Horn won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 69
Incumbent Democrat Pryor Gibson has represented the 69th district and its predecessors since 1999.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 70
Incumbent Republican Pat Hurley has represented the 70th District since 2007.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 71
Incumbent Democrat Larry Womble has represented the 71st District and its predecessors since 1995.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 72
Incumbent Democrat Earline Parmon has represented the 72nd District since 2003.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 73
Incumbent Republican Larry Brown has represented the 73rd district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 74
Incumbent Republican Dale Folwell has represented the 74th District since 2005.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 75
Incumbent Republican William McGee has represented the 75th District and its predecessors since 1990.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 76
Incumbent Republican Fred Steen II has represented the 76th District since 2004.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 77
Incumbent Democrat Lorene Coates has represented the 77th District and its predecessors since 2001. Coates was defeated for re-election by Republican Harry Warren.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 78
Incumbent Republican Harold Brubaker has represented the 78th District and its predecessors since 1977.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 60-79, District 79
Incumbent Republican Julia Craven Howard has represented the 79th District and its predecessors since 1989.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 80
Incumbent Republican Jerry Dockham has represented the 80th district and its predecessors since 1991.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 81
Incumbent Democrat Hugh Holliman has represented the 81st District since 2001. He was defeated for re-election by Republican Rayne Brown.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 82
Incumbent Republican Jeff Barnhart has represented the 82nd District since 2001.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 83
Incumbent Republican Linda Johnson has represented the 83rd District and its predecessors since 2001.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 84
Incumbent Republican Phillip Frye has represented the 84th district since 2003.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 85
Incumbent Republican Mitch Gillespie has represented the 85th District since 1999.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 86
Incumbent Republican Hugh Blackwell has represented the 86th District since 2009.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 87
Incumbent Republican Edgar Starnes has represented the 87th District and its predecessors since 1997.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 88
Incumbent Democrat Ray Warren has represented the 88th district since 2007. Warren didn't seek re-election and former Republican representative Mark Hollo won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 89
Incumbent Republican Mitchell Setzer has represented the 89th District and its predecessors since 1999.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 90
Incumbent Republican Sarah Stevens has represented the 90th District since 2009.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 91
Incumbent Republican Bryan Holloway has represented the 91st District since 2005.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 92
Incumbent Republican Darrell McCormick has represented the 92nd district since 2009.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 93
Incumbent Democrat Cullie Tarleton has represented the 93rd district since 2007. He was defeated for re-election by Republican Jonathan Jordan.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 94
Incumbent Republican Shirley Randleman has represented the 94th District since 2009.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 95
Incumbent Republican Grey Mills has represented the 95th District since 2009.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 96
Incumbent Republican Mark Hilton has represented the 96th District and its predecessors since 2001.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 97
Incumbent Republican Johnthan Rhyne has represented the 97th District since 2009.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 98
Incumbent Republican Thom Tillis has represented the 98th District since 2007.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 80-99, District 99
Incumbent Democrat Nick Mackey has represented the 99th District since 2009. Mackey lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Rodney Moore. Moore Won the general election.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 100
Incumbent Democrat Tricia Cotham has represented the 100th District since 2007.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 101
Incumbent Democrat Beverly Earle has represented the 101st District and its predecessors since 1995.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 102
Incumbent Democrat Becky Carney has represented the 102nd District since 2003.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 103
Incumbent Republican Jim Gulley has represented the 103rd District and its predecessors since 1997. Gulley didn't seek re-election and Republican Bill Brawley won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 104
Incumbent Republican Ruth Samuelson has represented the 104th District since 2007.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 105
Incumbent Republican Ric Killian has represented the 105th District since 2006.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 106
Incumbent Democrat Martha Alexander has represented the 106th district and its predecessors since 1999.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 107
Incumbent Democrat Kelly Alexander has represented the 107th District since 2009.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 108
Incumbent Republican Wil Neumann has represented the 108th District since 2007. Neumann didn't seek re-election and Republican John Torbett won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 109
Incumbent Republican William Current has represented the 109th District since 2005.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 110
Incumbent Republican Pearl Burris-Floyd has represented the 110th District since 2009. Burris-Floyd lost re-nomination to fellow Republican Kelly Hastings. Hastings won the general election.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 111
Incumbent Republican Tim Moore has represented the 111th District since 2003.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 112
Incumbent Democrat Bob England has represented the 112th District since 2003. England didn't seek re-election and Republican Mike Hager won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 113
Incumbent Republican David Guice has represented the 113th District since 2009.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 114
Incumbent Democrat Susan Fisher has represented the 114th District since 2004.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 115
Incumbent Democrat Patsy Keever has represented the 115th District since 2010.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 116
Incumbent Democrat Jane Whilden has represented the 116th district since 2009. Whilden was defeated for re-election by Republican Tim Moffitt.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 117
Incumbent Republican Carolyn Justus has represented the 117th District since October 2002. Justus didn't seek re-election and Republican Chuck McGrady won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 118
Incumbent Democrat Ray Rapp has represented the 118th District since 2003.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 119
Incumbent Democrat Phil Haire has represented the 119th District and its predecessors since 1999.


2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 100-120, District 120
Incumbent Republican Roger West has represented the 120th District and its predecessors since 2000.


2010 North Carolina Senate election
An election was held on November 2, 2010 to elect all 50 members to North Carolina's Senate. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, U.S Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and state house. The primary election was held on May 4, 2010 with a run-off on June 22, 2010.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 1
Incumbent Democratic President Pro Tempore Marc Basnight has represented the 1st district since 1985.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 2
Incumbent Republican Jean Preston has represented the 2nd district since 2007.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 3
Incumbent Democrat Clark Jenkins has represented the 3rd district since 2003.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 4
Incumbent Democrat Ed Jones has represented the 4th district since 2007.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 5
Incumbent Democrat Donald G. Davis has represented the 5th district since 2009. In a rematch of the 2008 election, Davis was defeated for re-election by Republican Louis Pate.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 6
Incumbent Republican Harry Brown has represented the 6th district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 7
Incumbent Democrat Doug Berger has represented the 7th district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 8
Incumbent Democrat R. C. Soles Jr. has represented the 8th district and its predecessors since 1977. Soles didn't seek re-election and Republican Bill Rabon won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 9
Incumbent Democrat Julia Boseman has represented the 9th district since 2005. Boseman didn't seek re-election and instead ran for New Hanover County District Court Judge. Republican Thom Goolsby won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 10
Incumbent Democrat Charles Albertson has represented the 10th district and its predecessors since 1993. Albertson didn't seek re-election and Republican Brent Jackson won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 11
Incumbent Democrat A.B. Swindell has represented the 11th district since 2001. Swindell was defeated for re-election by Republican Buck Newton.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 12
Incumbent Republican David Rouzer has represented the 12th district since 2009.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 13
Incumbent Democrat Michael Walters has represented the 13th district since 2009.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 14
Incumbent Democrat Dan Blue has represented the 14th district since 2009.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 15
Incumbent Republican Neal Hunt has represented the 15th district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 16
Incumbent Democrat Josh Stein has represented the 16th district since 2009.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 17
Incumbent Republican Richard Stevens has represented the 17th district since 2003.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 18
Incumbent Democrat Bob Atwater has represented the 18th district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 19
Incumbent Democrat Margaret Dickson has represented the 19th district since 2010.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 20
Incumbent Democrat Floyd McKissick Jr. has represented the 20th district since 2007.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 21
Incumbent Democrat Larry Shaw has represented the 21st district and its predecessors since 1995. Shaw didn't seek re-election and Democrat Eric Mansfield won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 22
Incumbent Republican Harris Blake has represented the 22nd district since 2003.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 23
Incumbent Democrat Eleanor Kinnaird has represented the 23rd district and its predecessors since 1997.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 24
Incumbent Democrat Anthony "Tony" Foriest has represented the 24th district since 2007. He was defeated for re-election by Republican Rick Gunn.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-25, District 25
Incumbent Democrat Bill Purcell has represented the 25th district and its predecessors since 1997.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 26
Incumbent Republican Minority Leader Phil Berger has represented the 26th district since and its predecessors since 2001.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 27
Incumbent Democrat Don Vaughan has represented the 27th district since 2009.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 28
Incumbent Democrat Katie G. Dorsett has represented the 28th district since 2003. Dorsett didn't seek re-election and Democrat Gladys Robinson won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 29
Incumbent Republican Jerry Tillman has represented the 29th district since 2003


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 30
Incumbent Republican Don East has represented the 30th district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 31
Incumbent Republican Pete Brunstetter has represented the 31st district since 2006.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 32
Incumbent Democrat Linda Garrou has represented the 32nd district and its predecessors since 1999.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 33
Incumbent Republican Stan Bingham has represented the 33rd district and its predecessors since 2001.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 34
Incumbent Republican Andrew Brock has represented the 34th district since 2003.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 35
Incumbent Republican W. Edward Goodall has represented the 35th district since 2005. Goodall didn't seek re-election and Republican Tommy Tucker won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 36
Incumbent Republican Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. has represented the 36th district and its predecessors since 1991.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 37
Incumbent Democrat Dan Clodfelter has represented the 37th district and its predecessors since 1999.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 38
Incumbent Democrat Charlie Dannelly has represented the 38th district and its predecessors since 1995.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 39
Incumbent Republican Bob Rucho has represented the 39th district and its predecessors since 2008 and previously from 1997 to 2005.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 40
Incumbent Democrat Maclom Graham has represented the 40th district since 2005.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 41
Incumbent Republican James Forrester has represented the 41st district and its predecessors since 1991.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 42
Incumbent Republican Austin Allran has represented the 42nd district and its predecessors since 1987.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 43
Incumbent Democrat David W. Hoyle has represented the 43rd district and its predecessors since 1993. Hoyle didn't seek re-election and Republican Kathy Harrington won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 44
Incumbent Republican Jim Jacumin has represented the 44th district since 2005. Jacumin didn't seek re-election and Republican Warren Daniel won the open seat.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 45
Incumbent Democrat Steve Goss has represented the 45th district since 2007. Goss was defeated for re-election by Republican Dan Soucek.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 46
Incumbent Republican Debbie Clary has represented the 46th district since 2009


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 47
Incumbent Democrat Joe Sam Queen has represented the 47th district since 2007, and previously from 2003 to 2005. Queen was defeated for re-election by Republican Ralph Hise.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 48
Incumbent Republican Tom Apodaca has represented the 48th district since 2003.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 49
Incumbent Democratic Majority Leader Martin Nesbitt has represented the 49th district since 2004.


2010 North Carolina Senate election, Detailed Results, Districts 26-50, District 50
Incumbent Democrat John Snow has represented the 50th district since 2005. He was defeated for re-election by Republican Jim Davis.


2010 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 2010 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Butch Davis, the Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina finished the season 8–5 overall and 4–4 in ACC play to tie for third in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Music City Bowl, where they defeated Tennessee, 30–27, in two overtimes.


2010 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, NCAA investigations
On July 15, 2010, ESPN reported that players at the University of North Carolina were being investigated and interviewed by the NCAA for possible rules violations concerning sports agents and improper gifts. The next day, it was confirmed that certain members of the football team were thought to have received improper gifts from agents, which is not allowed by NCAA rules.


2010 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, NCAA investigations
Marvin Austin, one of the players suspected in the probe, had made numerous Twitter posts with questionable content, which the NCAA investigated, and he was the first UNC player to be indefinitely suspended, though for violation of team rules, and not the NCAA probe. Butch Davis, the head coach, did not say much about the probe, as he, and many others, expected a quick resolution to the investigation, and he was known for running a clean program.


2010 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, NCAA investigations
Soon after though, the NCAA began to look at defensive line coach John Blake, his relationship with certain agents, and whether or not he had received money from them. He later resigned. Also, former UNC lineman Kentwan Balmer admitted that he had paid for a trip to California for two current players. It soon became apparent that things would be much worse, and 13 players were suspended for the opening game. Furthermore, the university launched its own probe, and found academic misconduct within the football team.


2010 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, NFL Draft
Twelve Tar Heels were invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, more than any other team in the nation. Nineteen players participated in the annual university pro day, which attracted nearly 100 scouts and coaches from the National Football League (NFL). Many of the players participating, however, missed either part or all of the games played this season due to the above-mentioned investigation. With nine players selected in the 2011 NFL Draft, the Tar Heels were tied with USC for the most players selected.


2010 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, NFL Draft
* did not play in the 2010 season due to investigation


2010 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, NFL Draft
† missed part of the 2010 season due to investigation


2010 North Carolina elections
Elections were held in North Carolina on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections took place on May 4, 2010.


2010 North Carolina elections, Federal, United States Senate
Incumbent Republican Richard Burr won re-election against a crowded field.


2010 North Carolina elections, Federal, United States House
All 13 seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010. All thirteen incumbents sought re-election.


2010 North Carolina elections, State
Statewide offices in North Carolina, including Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, and Auditor, were not up for election in 2010.


2010 North Carolina elections, State, State Senate
All 50 seats in the North Carolina Senate were up for election in 2010.


2010 North Carolina elections, State, State House of Representatives
All 120 seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.


2010 North Carolina elections, State, Judicial positions
At least one North Carolina Supreme Court seat and four North Carolina Court of Appeals seats were up for election in 2010. Vacancies on either court that occurred before the election may increased the number of seats on the ballot.