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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.
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 ...
Incumbent Auditor Les Merritt was defeated by Beth Wood, Former Director of Training for the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor on November 4, 2008. [7] [8] [6] Wood had previously defeated Fred Aikens, a retired state employee and retired colonel in the North Carolina Army National Guard, in the Democratic primary. [9]
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.
In 2020, former President Donald Trump won North Carolina with just 1.3% of the vote, but ultimately lost the election to Biden and Harris. Trump did not have a closer margin in any other state he ...
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in North Carolina, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1789, North Carolina has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy.
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 had been under fire for controversial remarks made by Jeremiah Wright, and his lead in North Carolina polls had been reduced to single digits, so Clinton's double-digit loss in that state was a major disappointment. Further hurting Clinton's campaign was the time-zone differences, as the defeat was reported in prime time, and the news of ...