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2008 North Carolina Attorney General election

← 2004 November 4, 2008 (2008-11-04) 2012 →
 
Nominee Roy Cooper Bob Crumley
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,538,178 1,615,762
Percentage 61.10% 38.90%

County results Congressional district resultsCooper:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Crumley:      50–60%      60–70%

Attorney General before election

Roy Cooper
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Roy Cooper
Democratic

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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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Bob Crumley

General election

Polling

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

General election results
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

  1. "Roy Cooper, N.C.'s most popular Democrat". Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  2. NC Attorney General Election, 2008
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