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However, when it became evident that McCain would need to win an improbable majority of these votes to overcome Obama's election night lead, the major news networks finally called the state's 15 electoral votes for Obama. North Carolina was the second-closest state in 2008; only in Missouri was the race closer.
The 2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House elections, Council of State and statewide judicial elections. Democrat Bev Perdue won the election. [1] With a margin of 3.39%, this election was the closest race of the 2008 gubernatorial election cycle. This ...
North Carolina elections to choose members of the Council of State (who head various executive branch departments) were held November 4, 2008. This coincided with the presidential , U.S. Senate , U.S. House , gubernatorial , and statewide judicial elections.
Obama won the primary. North Carolina sent 134 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. 115 delegates were tied to the results of the primary, with the remainder being unelected superdelegates not pledged to any candidate. [1] Registered Democrats and unaffiliated voters (but not registered Republicans) were allowed to participate. [2]
Two candidates are facing off to be North Carolina’s secretary of state in this year’s general election. The incumbent, Elaine Marshall, a Democrat who has held the role for over 25 years, is ...
Obama was the last Democrat who ran for president to win North Carolina, in 2008, and many in the party believe Harris could be the candidate to break Republicans’ winning streak.
Polling had shown Obama a few points ahead in North Carolina and Clinton similarly leading in Indiana. [33] [34] In the actual results, Obama outperformed the polls by several points in both states, winning by a significant margin in North Carolina [35] and losing by only 1.1% in Indiana (50.56% to 49.44%). [36]
Lt. Governor. North Carolina’s lieutenant governor has a seat on the State Board of Education and a tie-breaking vote in the NC Senate, but there’s little else to the job other than the pulpit ...