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 County results Cooper: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Crumley: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 North Carolina Attorney General election was held on November 4, 2008, concurrently with the other elections to the Council of State and the gubernatorial election. Incumbent Democratic State Attorney General Roy Cooper won re-election and received the highest number of votes for any statewide Democrat in this year.[1]
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Declared[edit]
- Roy Cooper, incumbent Attorney General
Republican primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Declared[edit]
- Bob Crumley
General election[edit]
Polling[edit]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Roy Cooper (D) |
Bob Crumley (R) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Polling | October 18–18, 2008 | 59% | 32% |
| Public Policy Polling | September 28–29, 2008 | 54% | 32% |
| Public Policy Polling | August 20–23, 2008 | 48% | 30% |
| Public Policy Polling | July 23–27, 2008 | 50% | 35% |
| Public Policy Polling | May 8–9, 2008 | 47% | 34% |
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Roy Cooper (incumbent) | 2,538,178 | 61.10 | ||
| Republican | Bob Crumley | 1,615,762 | 38.90 | ||
| Total votes | 4,153,940 | 100.00 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ "Roy Cooper, N.C.'s most popular Democrat". Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ NC Attorney General Election, 2008
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