North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2008
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The next election for North Carolina's Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and other Council of State members will take place on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the U.S. presidential election. Incumbet Mike Easley is term-limited, meaning this is an open-seat race. Primary elections are ordinarily held in May.
Potential candidates are listed below. Candidates who have officially declared their intention to run are in bold.
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[edit] Potential Candidates for Governor
[edit] Democrats
- Beverly Perdue, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
- Richard H. Moore, State Treasurer
- Bill Faison, NC State Representative
[edit] Republicans
- Pat McCrory, Mayor of Charlotte, NC
- Timothy Cook, Alternative Fuel Chemist, candidate in 2004 Lt. Governor Primary
- Patrick Ballantine, former NC Senate Minority Leader and 2004 GOP nominee
- Ric Flair, a professional wrestler who announced in the premiere issue of WWE magazine that he will run in 2008, saying "My platform will be education, crime, healthcare for the elderly, and highway tolls".
- Bill Graham, Salisbury attorney and head of conservative group
- I. Beverly Lake, former state Supreme Court Chief Justice and nominee for Governor in 1980
- Robert F. Orr, former state Supreme Court Associate Justice [1]
- Robert Pittenger, NC state senator
- Fred Smith, NC state senator [2]
- Richard Vinroot, former Mayor of Charlotte, NC, 2000 GOP nominee, candidate in 2004
[edit] Libertarians
[edit] Potential Candidates for Lieutenant Governor
[edit] Democrats
- Dan Besse, Winston-Salem city councilman and environmental advocate [4]
- Cynthia D. Brown, 2002 candidate for U.S. Senate
- Jim Harrell, NC state representative (recent reports indicate Harrell may run for North Carolina State Treasurer instead)
- Walter H. Dalton, NC state senator [5] [6]
- Hampton Dellinger, former deputy North Carolina attorney general and former legal counsel to Governor Mike Easley [7]
- Allen Joines, mayor of Winston-Salem
- Patrick Smathers, mayor of Canton, NC [8]
- A. B. Swindell, NC state senator
[edit] Republicans
- Timothy Cook, Alternative Fuel Chemist, candidate in 2004 Lt. Governor Primary
- Ferrell Blount, former chairman of the state Republican Party
