NC GOP Candidate for Governor is Charlotte's Mayor Pat McCrory

The Unofficial 2008 Primary Election results for NC GOP candidate for Governor

May 7, 2008

COUNTY NC NEWS -- Below are the Unofficial 2008 Primary Election results for NC GOP candidate for Governor. Of the 5,811,778 registered North Carolina voters, 2,116,439 cast ballots in the election. Voter turnout equaled 36.42 %, with Durham County and Tyrrell County having the highest turnout, 50% to 60%, among all one hundred counties.

Candidate	Election Day	Provisional	Absentee / One Stop	Total	Percent
Bill Graham	39,285	7,502	13	46,800	9.26%
Pat McCrory	194,918	38,926	33	233,877	46.25%
Robert F. (Bob) Orr	26,818	7,276	10	34,104	6.74%
E. Powers	3,630	821	0	4,451	0.88%
Fred Smith	153,346	33,014	42	186,402	36.87%

Charlotte's Mayor Pat McCrory, the winner of the NC GOP Primary, will now face Democrat nominee Beverly Purdue in November.

Below, Democratic Primary results show an overwhelming support for Lieutenant Governor Purdue.

Candidate	Election Day	Provisional	Absentee / One Stop	Total	Percent
Richard H. Moore	446,088	154,873	110	601,071	39.87%
Dennis Nielsen	45,558	15,084	11	60,653	4.02%
Bev Perdue	634,922	210,560	216	845,698	56.10%

Lieutenant Governor Purdue, carried most of the state, except for eight counties won by NC Treasurer, Richard Moore.

Anson
Caldwell
Granville
Vance
Moore
Swain
Transylvania
Warren

Finally, we would like to congratulate both Republican and Democrat candidates. Furthermore, we want to refer our readers to the North Carolina State Board of Election website, which has done an excellent job this year posting the primary results. We highly recommend visiting the site for North Carolina county election results.

Published by:
Rob Cross
mailto:editor@357news.com

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