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Parents > United States > North Carolina > Governor
OfficeGovernor
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline April 01, 2008 - 12:00am
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 05:30pm
Term Start January 10, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 12, 2013 - 12:00pm
ContributorUser 490
Last ModifiedChronicler May 04, 2020 08:51am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/2004
NameMike Easley Votes1,939,154 (55.62%)
Term01/15/2005 - 01/10/2009 Margin444,133 (+12.74%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
May 06, 2008 NC Governor- D Primary Beverly Perdue
May 06, 2008 NC Governor- R Primary Patrick L. "Pat" McCrory
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 8.6667003632 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Patrick L. "Pat" McCrory
Lean 1
Slight 12
Beverly Perdue
Safe 1
Lean 11
Slight 32
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

11/12/2007 11/02/2008

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue Mayor Patrick L. "Pat" McCrory Michael Munger
PartyDemocratic Republican Libertarian
Votes2,146,189 (50.28%) 2,001,168 (46.88%) 121,584 (2.85%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -145,021 (-3.40%) -2,024,605 (-47.43%)
Predict Avg.49.85% 49.12% 0.92%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Survey USA 
10/30-11/02		 48.00% (+5.0) 47.00% (+1.0) 4.00% (-3.0)
Public Policy Polling 
10/31-11/02		 49.00% (+2.0) 48.00% (+4.0) 2.00% (-3.0)
Research 2000 
10/28-10/30		 49.00% (+1.0) 44.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Civitas Institute (R) 
10/27-10/29		 45.00% (+4.0) 43.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+1.0)
Public Policy Polling 
10/25-10/26		 47.00% (-1.0) 44.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (+1.0)
GfK 
10/22-10/26		 44.00% (+0.0) 44.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D NCdem
I JonathanNC
  Muslim American Public Affairs Council (MAPAC)
  Wilmington Star News
R ...
  Asheville Citizen-Times
  Durham Herald-Sun
  Raleigh News & Observer
S Tax Suchart
R CincinnatiReds1990
R Moving to Miami
Laf-W Craverguy

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 13, 2008 10:55am News Perdue sprinkles speeches with digs at Easley  Article The Sunset Provision 
Oct 01, 2008 06:30am Editorial Oh my (political) science!  Article Craverguy 

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