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The 2008 North Carolina Attorney General election was held on November 4, 2008, concurrently with the other elections to the Council of State and the gubernatorial election. Incumbent Democratic State Attorney General Roy Cooper won re-election and received the highest number of votes for any statewide Democrat in this year. [1]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Roy Cooper (D) | Bob Crumley (R) |
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| Public Policy Polling | October 18–18, 2008 | 59% | 32% |
| Public Policy Polling | September 28–29, 2008 | 54% | 32% |
| Public Policy Polling | August 20–23, 2008 | 48% | 30% |
| Public Policy Polling | July 23–27, 2008 | 50% | 35% |
| Public Policy Polling | May 8–9, 2008 | 47% | 34% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Democratic | Roy Cooper (incumbent) | 2,538,178 | 61.10 | ||
| Republican | Bob Crumley | 1,615,762 | 38.90 | ||
| Total votes | 4,153,940 | 100.00 | |||
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