2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election
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  2004 November 4, 2008 (2008-11-04) 2012  
  Walter H. Dalton (2007-2008 Session) (cropped).jpg Robert Pittenger (2007-2009 Session) (cropped).jpg
Nominee Walter Dalton Robert Pittenger
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,133,0581,915,012
Percentage51.1%45.9%

2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
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

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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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

Primary results by county:
Dalton
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Dalton--81-90%
Dalton--71-80%
Dalton--61-70%
Dalton--51-60%
Dalton--41-50%
Dalton--31-40%
Dellinger
Dellinger--61-70%
Dellinger--51-60%
Dellinger--41-50%
Smathers
Smathers--51-60% 2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial Democratic primary county map.svg
Primary results by county:
Dalton
  •   Dalton—81-90%
  •   Dalton—71-80%
  •   Dalton—61-70%
  •   Dalton—51-60%
  •   Dalton—41-50%
  •   Dalton—31-40%
Dellinger
  •   Dellinger—61-70%
  •   Dellinger—51-60%
  •   Dellinger—41-50%
Smathers
  •   Smathers—51-60%
Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Walter H. Dalton 608,290 45.73%
Democratic Hampton Dellinger446,67833.58%
Democratic Pat Smathers182,60713.73%
Democratic Dan Besse92,6166.96%
Total votes1,330,191 100.00%

Republican Party

Primary results by county:
Pittenger
Pittenger--81-90%
Pittenger--71-80%
Pittenger--61-70%
Pittenger--51-60%
Pittenger--41-50%
Pittenger--31-40%
Pittenger--21-30%
Snyder
Snyder--41-50%
Snyder--31-40%
Cook
Cook--31-40%
Dority
Dority--41-50%
Dority--31-40% 2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial Republican primary county map.svg
Primary results by county:
Pittenger
  •   Pittenger—81-90%
  •   Pittenger—71-80%
  •   Pittenger—61-70%
  •   Pittenger—51-60%
  •   Pittenger—41-50%
  •   Pittenger—31-40%
  •   Pittenger—21-30%
Snyder
  •   Snyder—41-50%
  •   Snyder—31-40%
Cook
  •   Cook—31-40%
Dority
  •   Dority—41-50%
  •   Dority—31-40%
Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert Pittenger 261,834 58.94%
Republican Jim Snyder84,40319.00%
Republican Timothy Cook53,35312.01%
Republican Greg Dority44,66810.05%
Total votes444,258 100.00%

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General election

Candidates

Results

North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2008 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Walter H. Dalton 2,133,058 51.10%
Republican Robert Pittenger 1,915,01245.88%
Libertarian Phillip Rhodes126,0743.02%
Total votes4,174,144 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. 1 2 "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.