2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008, as part of the elections to the Council of State. North Carolina also held a gubernatorial election on the same day, but the offices of governor and lieutenant governor are elected independently.
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County results Dalton: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Pittenger: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democrat Walter H. Dalton was elected lieutenant governor, succeeding term-limited Beverly Perdue, who was elected governor the same day. Dalton won a slightly larger percentage of the vote than did Perdue in her gubernatorial race, while Republican Robert Pittenger won a slightly smaller percentage than GOP gubernatorial nominee Pat McCrory and Libertarian Phillip Rhodes won a slightly larger percentage than his party's nominee for governor, Michael Munger.
As of 2022[update], this was the last time a Democrat was elected Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina.
Primary elections edit
Democratic Party edit
- Walter H. Dalton, North Carolina State Senator
- Hampton Dellinger, former Deputy Attorney General of North Carolina and former legal counsel to Governor Mike Easley
- Patrick Smathers, Mayor of Canton
- Dan Besse, Winston-Salem City Councilman
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Walter H. Dalton | 608,290 | 45.73% | |
Democratic | Hampton Dellinger | 446,678 | 33.58% | |
Democratic | Pat Smathers | 182,607 | 13.73% | |
Democratic | Dan Besse | 92,616 | 6.96% | |
Total votes | 1,330,191 | 100.00% |
Republican Party edit
- Robert Pittenger, North Carolina State Senator
- Jim Snyder, former state representative and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2004
- Timothy Cook, alternative fuel chemist and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2004
- Greg Dority, security consultant
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert Pittenger | 261,834 | 58.94% | |
Republican | Jim Snyder | 84,403 | 19.00% | |
Republican | Timothy Cook | 53,353 | 12.01% | |
Republican | Greg Dority | 44,668 | 10.05% | |
Total votes | 444,258 | 100.00% |
General election edit
Candidates edit
Result edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Walter H. Dalton | 2,133,058 | 51.10% | ||
Republican | Robert Pittenger | 1,915,012 | 45.88% | ||
Libertarian | Phillip Rhodes | 126,074 | 3.02% | ||
Total votes | 4,174,144 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold |
Footnotes edit
- ^ a b "Results". Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
- ^ Note: Winners of primaries are in italics. Vote totals are official and were derived from the NC State Board of Elections website, accessed on June 11, 2008.
- ^ "NC Libertarians release candidate slate". Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
- ^ "NC SBOE Candidate List". Archived from the original on March 21, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
- ^ "2008 General Election". North Carolina Board of Elections. Retrieved January 30, 2011.