North Carolina Council of State election, 2008

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Elections to choose members of the North Carolina Council of State (who head various executive branch departments) are set to be held in November 2008 at the same time as the 2008 elections for Governor and Lieutenant Governor (officers who are also members of the Council).

Primary elections were held on May 6, 2008 for races in which more than one candidate filed for a party's nomination.^[1]

1 Secretary of State
2 State Auditor
3 Attorney General
4 State Treasurer
5 Superintendent of Public Instruction
6 Commissioner of Agriculture
7 Commissioner of Labor
8 Commissioner of Insurance
9 References
10 External links

[edit] Secretary of State

Incumbent Secretary of State Elaine Marshall (Democratic) will face attorney Jack Sawyer (Republican). ^[2]

[edit] State Auditor

Incumbent Auditor Les Merritt (Republican) will face Beth Wood, Former Director of Training for the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor, ^[3]^[4] who defeated Fred Aikens, a retired state employee and retired colonel in the North Carolina Army National Guard, in the Democratic primary. ^[5] Wood won approximately 65% of the vote.

[edit] Attorney General

Incumbent AG Roy A. Cooper (Democratic) is opposed by Bob Crumley (Republican), an attorney and owner of Crumley and Associates.

[edit] State Treasurer

Incumbent Richard H. Moore (Democratic) announced on May 22, 2007 that he would seek the 2008 Democratic nomination for Governor.

Candidates to succeed him included three Democrats -- state Sen. Janet Cowell, ^[6] Michael Weisel, ^[7] and Buncombe County Commissioner David Young ^[8] -- and one Republican, state Rep. Bill Daughtridge.

Cowell won the Democratic primary with approximately 46 percent of the vote. Young came in second, with 36 percent.

[edit] Superintendent of Public Instruction

Incumbent Superintendent June Atkinson (Democratic) won renomination by defeating North Carolina Association of Educators president Eddie Davis in the Democratic primary (with about 53 percent of the vote). ^[9] Republicans Joe Johnson ^[10] and Eric H. Smith ^[11] lost to former state House co-Speaker Richard T. Morgan in the Republican primary.

[edit] Commissioner of Agriculture

Incumbent Commissioner Steve Troxler (Republican) is opposed by attorney Ronnie Ansley (Democratic). ^[12]

[edit] Commissioner of Labor

Four Democrats -- Robin Anderson, chair of the State Personnel Commission, ^[13] Ty Richardson, Mary Fant Donnan, a former N.C. Department of Labor official, ^[14] and former Labor Commissioner John C. Brooks -- filed to run against incumbent Commissioner Cherie Berry (Republican).

Mary Fant Donnan finished first, with almost 28 percent of the vote, in the May 6 primary. Brooks was the runner-up. Brooks called for a June 24 runoff, which was his right, because no candidate won more than 40 percent of the vote in the first primary.^[15] ^[16]

[edit] Commissioner of Insurance

Incumbent Commissioner Jim Long (Democratic) surprised observers by not seeking another term.^[17] His chosen successor, assistant Commissioner and former state Rep. Wayne Goodwin, defeated David C. Smith in the Democratic primary by winning about 56 percent of the vote. John Odom, a former Raleigh city councilman, is the only Republican candidate.

Other North Carolina Council of State elections: 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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