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  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > North Carolina > Governor
OfficeGovernor
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline February 29, 2008 - 12:00pm
Polls Open May 06, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close May 06, 2008 - 06:30pm
Term Start January 10, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 12, 2013 - 12:00pm
ContributorU Ole Polecat
Last ModifiedChronicler May 04, 2020 08:51am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/2004
NameMike Easley Votes1,939,154 (55.62%)
Term01/15/2005 - 01/10/2009 Margin444,133 (+12.74%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Patrick L. "Pat" McCrory
Lean 5
Slight 10
Fred J. Smith, Jr.
Slight 2
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

01/02/2007 05/04/2008

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Mayor Patrick L. "Pat" McCrory St. Sen. Fred J. Smith, Jr. William "Bill" Graham Robert F. "Bob" Orr Elbie L. Powers
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Votes232,818 (46.11%) 186,843 (37.00%) 46,861 (9.28%) 34,007 (6.73%) 4,444 (0.88%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -45,975 (-9.10%) -185,957 (-36.83%) -198,811 (-39.37%) -228,374 (-45.22%)
Predict Avg.41.50% 32.41% 6.84% 7.59% 0.75%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Survey USA 
05/03-05/04
38.00% (+2.0) 32.00% (+0.0) 8.00% (+3.0) 9.00% (+2.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Public Policy Polling 
05/03-05/04
39.00% (+3.0) 35.00% (+4.0) 6.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
04/28-04/29
31.00% (+0.0) 32.00% (+0.0) 7.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
04/26-04/28
36.00% (+1.0) 32.00% (+8.0) 5.00% (-3.0) 7.00% (-2.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Public Policy Polling 
04/26-04/27
36.00% (+2.0) 31.00% (+6.0) 6.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+1.0)
Survey USA 
04/19-04/21
35.00% (-3.0) 24.00% (+5.0) 8.00% (-1.0) 9.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
R SC-Conservative
  Charlotte Observer
R James G. "Jim" Martin [L]
R James E. "Jim" Holshouser, Jr. [L]
F Blue Republican
R Philip E. "Phil" Berger [L]
R Jerry W. Tillman [L]
R Paul Stam [L]
R Ron Paul

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jan 14, 2008 11:00pm Announcement McCrory Expected to Enter (NC) Governor's Race Tuesday  Article SC-Conservative 
Jan 10, 2008 02:00pm News (Charlotte Mayor Pat) McCrory takes formal step toward run for (NC) governor  Article U Ole Polecat 
Mar 24, 2007 09:00pm News State Sen. Fred Smith to run for [NC] governor  Article ArmyDem 
Jan 31, 2007 08:00pm News Orr announces run for (NC) governor  Article RP 

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