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North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2008

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November 4, 2008 (2008-11-04)
  
2012 →

51.1%
  
45.9%

2,133,058
  
1,915,012

Start date
  
November 4, 2008

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Winner
  
Walter H Dalton

The North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election of 2008 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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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.

Democratic Party

  • 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

    • Republican Party

  • Robert Pittenger, North Carolina State Senator
  • Jim Snyder, former State Representative and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2004
  • Timothy Cook, alternative fuel chemist
  • Greg Dority, security consultant

    • Candidates

  • Walter H. Dalton (Democratic)
  • Robert Pittenger (Republican)
  • Phillip Rhodes (Libertarian)

    • References

    North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2008 Wikipedia
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