2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election

2008 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election
	November 4, 2008
	November 4, 2008
	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 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.

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.

As of 2021, this is the last time a Democrat was elected Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina.

Primary elections

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

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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter H. Dalton	608,290	45.73%
	Democratic	Hampton Dellinger	446,678	33.58%
	Democratic	Pat Smathers	182,607	13.73%
	Democratic	Dan Besse	92,616	6.96%
Total votes			1,330,191	100.00%

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

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[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Pittenger	261,834	58.94%
	Republican	Jim Snyder	84,403	19.00%
	Republican	Timothy Cook	53,353	12.01%
	Republican	Greg Dority	44,668	10.05%
Total votes			444,258	100.00%

[3]

General election

Candidates

Result

North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2008[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter H. Dalton	2,133,058	51.10%
	Republican	Robert Pittenger	1,915,012	45.88%
	Libertarian	Phillip Rhodes	126,074	3.02%
Total votes			4,174,144	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Footnotes

http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/1875/4822/en/summary.html
http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/1875/4822/en/summary.html
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.
"NC Libertarians release candidate slate". Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
"NC SBOE Candidate List". Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
"2008 General Election". North Carolina Board of Elections. Retrieved January 30, 2011.

External links

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[1] ttp://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/1875/4822/en/summary.html

[2] ttp://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/1875/4822/en/summary.html

[3] 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.

[4] "NC Libertarians release candidate slate". Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2010-01-03.

[5] "NC SBOE Candidate List". Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved 2010-01-03.

[6] "2008 General Election". North Carolina Board of Elections. Retrieved January 30, 2011.