Mike Causey

John Michael Causey (born September 11, 1950) is an American politician who has served as the North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance since 2017.^[1][2]

Mike Causey
Causey in 2022
11th Insurance Commissioner of North Carolina
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2017
Governor	Roy Cooper Josh Stein
Preceded by	Wayne Goodwin
Personal details
Born	(1950-09-11) September 11, 1950 (age 74) Guilford County, North Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	University of North Carolina, Charlotte High Point University (BA)

Early life

Causey grew up in rural Guilford County on a produce farm. He sold produce at local farm markets and owned Greensboro Downtown Farm Market which closed after Causey went to work in Raleigh with the North Carolina Department of Transportation in 2013.^[3]

Political career

Causey ran for the office of commissioner of insurance in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2012 as the state Republican nominee, but lost each race. In 2014 he sought a seat in the U.S. Congress, but placed seventh in the Republican primary. In 2016, Causey again sought the office of insurance commissioner and defeated incumbent Democrat Wayne Goodwin.^[3]

Causey assumed the office of insurance commissioner in January 2017.^[3] Starting that year, Causey began cooperating with the FBI in the investigation of political corruption charges related to Greg Lindberg.^[4] After his conviction, Lindberg filed a lawsuit alleging Causey made materially false representations to the State Ethics Board of North Carolina, to the FBI and under oath in federal court.^[5] U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Eagles later dismissed the suit with prejudice.^[6]

Electoral history

1996 North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James E. Long (incumbent)	1,388,894	56.74
	Republican	Mike Causey	1,010,782	40.93
	Libertarian	Sean Haugh	26,258	1.07
	Natural Law	Stephen Wolfe	21,939	0.90
Turnout			2,447,873

2000 North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James E. Long (incumbent)	1,590,139	56.53	–0.20
	Republican	Mike Causey	1,222,527	43.47	+2.17
Turnout			2,812,666

2012 North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance election ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wayne Goodwin	2,226,344	51.86
	Republican	Mike Causey	2,066,601	48.14
Total votes			4,292,945	100

2014 Republican Primary Results for North Carolina's 6th congressional district^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Berger, Jr.	15,127	34.3
	Republican	Mark Walker	11,123	25.2
	Republican	Bruce VonCannon	5,055	11.4
	Republican	Zack Matheny	5,043	11.4
	Republican	Jeff Phillips	3,494	7.9
	Republican	Don Webb	1,899	4.3
	Republican	Mike Causey	1,427	3.2
	Republican	Kenn Kopf	510	1.2
	Republican	Charlie Sutherland	458	1.0
Total votes			44,136	100.0

North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance election, 2016^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Causey	2,270,841	50.40%	+2.26%
	Democratic	Wayne Goodwin (incumbent)	2,234,953	49.60%	−2.26%
Total votes			4,505,794	100.0%	N/A
	Republican gain from Democratic

North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance election, 2020^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Causey (incumbent)	2,775,488	51.76%	+1.36%
	Democratic	Wayne Goodwin	2,586,464	48.24%	−1.36%
Total votes			5,361,952	100.0%
	Republican hold

North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance election, 2024^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Causey (incumbent)	2,883,997	51.12%	−0.64%
	Democratic	Natasha Marcus	2,649,353	47.88%	+0.64%
Total votes			5,533,349	100.0%
	Republican hold