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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 ...
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 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% ...
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 ...
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.
The nine members of the North Carolina Council of State are statewide-elected officers serving four-year terms. [3] In the 2012 elections, all incumbents who ran for new terms were re-elected, while the Governor and Lieutenant Governor 's seats were open following incumbent Bev Perdue 's decision to retire, and Walter Dalton 's decision to run ...
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 ...