North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2004

North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2004

November 2, 2004

Nominee Mike Easley Patrick J. Ballantine Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,939,154 1,495,021 Percentage 55.62% 42.88%

County Results

Governor before election Mike Easley Democratic Elected Governor Mike Easley Democratic

The North Carolina gubernatorial election of 2004 was held on 2 November 2004. The general election was fought between the Democratic incumbent Mike Easley and the Republican nominee Patrick J. Ballantine. Easley won by 56% to 43%, winning his second term as Governor.

Primaries

Democratic

2004 North Carolina gubernatorial Democratic primary election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Mike Easley (Incumbent)	379,498	85.37
	Democratic	Rickey Kipfer	65,061	14.63
Turnout			444,559

Republican

2004 North Carolina gubernatorial Republican primary election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Patrick J. Ballantine	110,726	30.38
	Republican	Richard Vinroot	109,217	29.97
	Republican	Bill Cobey	97,461	26.74
	Republican	Dan Barrett	19,097	5.24
	Republican	Fern Shubert	14,445	3.96
	Republican	George Little	13,474	3.70
Turnout			364,420

General elections results

2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Mike Easley (Incumbent)	1,939,154	55.62
	Republican	Patrick J. Ballantine	1,495,021	42.88
	Libertarian	Barbara Howe	52,513	1.51
Turnout			3,486,688

Footnotes

1. "North Carolina DataNet #46" (PDF). University of North Carolina. April 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-12.

External links

• 2004 Gubernatorial Republican Primary Election Results