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NC Governor - D Primaries

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Parents

> United States > North Carolina > Governor

Office

Governor

Honorific

Governor - Abbr: Gov.

Type

Democratic Primary Election

Filing Deadline

April 01, 1908 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

May 02, 1908 - 05:30am Central

Polls Close

June 16, 1908 - 06:30pm Central

Term Start

January 12, 1909 - 11:00am

Term End

January 15, 1913 - 11:00am

Contributor

Chronicler

Last Modified

Chronicler June 16, 2020 01:14pm

Data Sources

Concord Times, 5/12 (Cabarrus); Raleigh North Carolinian 6/11 (Wake); Raleigh News & Observer 6/20 (Mecklenberg); Greensboro Patriot 5/20 and Greensboro Daily News 5/19 (Guilford); Charlotte Observer 5/5/1908 (Durham)

Description

County Democratic parties had the option of holding primaries to instruct delegates to the state convention for the first time in 1908. Each county could hold the primary as it chose. Some counties only held a primary for governor; some held a primary for all state races, including uncontested races; some counties only held a primary for contested races; some omitted specific races in which a county resident was a contender so the local contender could win the instruction of all county delegates.

In the larger counties, this was a primary in the modern sense, with the totals reported. In smaller counties, these events had the character of a caucus, in which the voters only instructed the delegates. Only the primary vote is reported here, not the delegate totals.