2008 North Carolina Attorney General election

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2008 North Carolina Attorney General election
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 2004November 4, 2008 (2008-11-04) 2012  
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Nominee Roy Cooper Bob Crumley
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,538,1781,615,762
Percentage61.1%38.9%

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County results
Cooper:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Crumley:     50–60%     60–70%

Attorney General before election

Roy Cooper
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Roy Cooper
Democratic

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]

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Bob Crumley

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Roy
Cooper (D)
Bob
Crumley (R)
Public Policy PollingOctober 18–18, 200859%32%
Public Policy PollingSeptember 28–29, 200854%32%
Public Policy PollingAugust 20–23, 200848%30%
Public Policy PollingJuly 23–27, 200850%35%
Public Policy PollingMay 8–9, 200847%34%

Results

General election results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Roy Cooper (incumbent) 2,538,178 61.10
Republican Bob Crumley1,615,76238.90
Total votes4,153,940 100.00
Democratic hold

Footnotes

  1. "Roy Cooper, N.C.'s most popular Democrat". Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  2. NC Attorney General Election, 2008

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