2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election

2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election
November 4, 2008 (2008-11-04)
 
Nominee Walter Dalton Robert Pittenger
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,133,058 1,915,012
Percentage 51.1% 45.9%
County results
Dalton:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Pittenger:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Bev Perdue
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Walter Dalton
Democratic

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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.

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.

This was the last election until 2024 where a Democrat would be elected Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina.

Primary elections

Democratic Party

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
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

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
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%

[2]

General election

Candidates

Results

North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2008[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
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

References

  1. ^ a b "Results". Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "NC Libertarians release candidate slate". Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
  4. ^ "NC SBOE Candidate List". Archived from the original on March 21, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
  5. ^ "2008 General Election". North Carolina Board of Elections. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
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