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He also dramatically outspent McCain in the state and had an extensive grassroots campaign of organizing to get out the vote. This was also one of the closest statewide contests of 2008, as Obama captured North Carolina just by 0.32% of the vote - a margin of only 14,177 votes out of 4.2 million statewide.
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.
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 ...
The 2012 North Carolina Democratic primary was held May 8, 2012. North Carolina awarded 157 delegates proportionally. [2] No candidate ran against incumbent President Barack Obama in North Carolina's Democratic presidential preference primary. Obama received 766,079 votes, or 79.23% of the vote, with the remainder (200,810 votes, or 20.77% ...
Election Day has arrived. Here's what the latest polls show about who's ahead in the race for president and governor in North Carolina.
Former President Barack Obama plans to rally voters in North Carolina for Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday. He was the last Democratic presidential candidate to win the state.
Hillary Clinton had announced she would not stay on in a second Obama term. Obama nominated Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts as his Secretary of State. On January 29, 2013, John Kerry was confirmed by the Senate in a 94–3 vote to be Secretary of State. [39] John Kerry took office on February 1, 2013.
Democrats have tried mightily to cast North Carolina as a swing state after then-candidate Barack Obama won it in 2008. In each presidential election since, the state been decided by less than 4 ...