- North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2008
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The North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election of 2008 was held on 4 November 2008, as part of the elections to the Council of State. North Carolina also held a gubernatorial election on the same day, but the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected independently.
Democrat Walter H. Dalton was elected Lieutenant Governor, succeeding term-limited Beverly Perdue, who was elected governor the same day. Dalton won a slightly larger percentage of the vote than did Perdue in her gubernatorial race, while Republican Robert Pittenger won a slightly smaller percentage than GOP gubernatorial nominee Pat McCrory and Libertarian Phillip Rhodes won a slightly larger percentage than his party's nominee for governor, Michael Munger.
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Primary elections
Democratic Party
- Walter H. Dalton, North Carolina State Senator
- Hampton Dellinger, former Deputy Attorney General of North Carolina and former legal counsel to Governor Mike Easley
- Patrick Smathers, Mayor of Canton, NC
- Dan Besse, Winston-Salem City Councilman
Democratic primary results[1] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Democratic Walter H. Dalton 608,290 45.73% Democratic Hampton Dellinger 446,678 33.58% Democratic Pat Smathers 182,607 13.73% Democratic Dan Besse 92,616 6.96% Totals 1,330,191 100.00% Republican Party
- Robert Pittenger, North Carolina State Senator
- Jim Snyder, 2004 nominee for Lt. Governor
- Timothy Cook, alternative fuel chemist
- Greg Dority, security consultant
Republican primary results[2] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Republican Robert Pittenger 261,834 58.94% Republican Jim Snyder 84,403 19.00% Republican Timothy Cook 53,353 12.01% Republican Greg Dority 44,668 10.05% Totals 444,258 100.00% General election
Candidates
Result
North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2008[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Walter H. Dalton 2,109,356 51.08% -4.48% Republican Robert Pittenger 1,894,890 45.89% +3.11% Libertarian Phillip Rhodes 125,164 3.03% +1.37% Majority 214,466 5.19% -7.60% Turnout 4,129,410 Footnotes
- ^ http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/1875/4822/en/summary.html
- ^ http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/1875/4822/en/summary.html
- ^ Note: Winners of primaries are in italics. Vote totals are official and were derived from the NC State Board of Elections website, accessed on June 11, 2008.
- ^ NC Libertarians release candidate slate
- ^ NC SBOE Candidate List
- ^ "2008 General Election". North Carolina Board of Elections. April 2008. http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/7937/13362/en/summary.html. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
External links
Categories:- North Carolina elections, 2008
- Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina elections
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