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Parents > United States > North Carolina > Governor
OfficeGovernor
HonorificGovernor - Abbr: Gov.
TypeRepublican Primary Election
Filing Deadline May 07, 2004 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open July 20, 2004 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close July 20, 2004 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 15, 2005 - 12:00pm
Term End January 10, 2009 - 12:00pm
ContributorU Ole Polecat
Last ModifiedChronicler May 04, 2020 08:49am
Data Sources[Link]
Description Vinroot decided against forcing a runoff election with Ballantine, and didn't request run off.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/07/2000
NameMike Easley Votes1,530,324 (52.02%)
Term01/06/2001 - 01/15/2005 Margin169,364 (+5.76%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/2004
NameMike Easley Votes1,939,154 (55.62%)
Term01/15/2005 - 01/10/2009 Margin444,133 (+12.74%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceNC Governor 11/02/2004
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
06/02/2003 07/20/2004
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Patrick J. Ballantine 7 3 ----
Richard A. Vinroot 9 7 ----
William W. "Bill" Cobey, Jr. 1 ------
Leaning Call: Richard A. Vinroot (62.16%)
Weighted Call: Richard A. Vinroot (98.93%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

01/05/2004 07/18/2004

CANDIDATES
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Name St. Sen. Patrick J. Ballantine Mayor Richard A. Vinroot Rep. William W. "Bill" Cobey, Jr. C. Daniel "Dan" Barrett St. Sen. Fern H. Shubert George W. Little  
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 110,726 (30.38%) 109,217 (29.97%) 97,461 (26.74%) 19,097 (5.24%) 14,445 (3.96%) 13,474 (3.70%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -1,509 (-0.41%) -13,265 (-3.64%) -91,629 (-25.14%) -96,281 (-26.42%) -97,252 (-26.69%)  
Predict Avg.31.00% 36.50% 25.00% 1.00% 4.00% 1.50%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 05/12/2003 05/28/2003 07/21/2003 05/19/2003 08/26/2003 04/17/2003  
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MATCHUP POLLS (8 from 4 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg22.37%-- 32.36%-- 21.73%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
Survey USA 
07/16/04-07/18/04		 24.00% -- 32.00% -- 25.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
07/18/04-07/18/04		 24.00% -- 35.00% -- 24.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
07/16/04-07/16/04		 19.00% 8.0 30.00% 1.0 16.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
07/10/04-07/12/04		 24.00% -- 35.00% -- 20.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
06/18/04-06/19/04		 15.00% -- 33.00% -- 23.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
05/16/04-05/16/04		 11.00% -- 29.00% -- 17.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
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R SC-Conservative
R N. Leo Daughtry
R Virginia Foxx
R Jesse A. Helms 🔗
 


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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jul 22, 2004 12:00am News Ex-Charlotte Mayor Drops GOP Governor Bid  Article PaGuy 
Jul 22, 2004 12:00am News Vinroot drops out of race  Article None Entered 
Jul 22, 2004 12:00am News Ballantine Reacts to Vinroot dropping out  Article Mr. Techno 
Dec 06, 2003 12:00am News [Richard] Vinroot runs 1st TV ads of 2004 [NC]governor's race  Article User 490 
Aug 13, 2003 12:00am News (NC St. Sen. Fern) Shubert mulls campaign (for NC Governor)  Article U Ole Polecat 
May 29, 2003 08:05am News (Richard) Vinroot makes it official: He's running for (NC) governor  Article U Ole Polecat 

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