2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election

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2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election

The 2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2004. The general election was 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.

Quick Facts Nominee, Party ...
2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election

 2000 November 2, 2004 2008 
 
Nominee Mike Easley Patrick Ballantine
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,939,154 1,495,021
Percentage 55.62% 42.88%

Easley:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Ballantine:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Tie:      40–50%

Governor before election

Mike Easley
Democratic

Elected Governor

Mike Easley
Democratic

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Primaries

Summarize
Perspective

Democratic

Mike Easley was first elected as governor in 2000 and opted to run for a second term. He faced opposition in the Democratic primary from Rickey Kipfer, a former corporate manager from Lee County. Kipfer campaigned on a platform of abolishing North Carolina's personal income tax and exploring potential natural gas resources in the state. He envisioned the state replacing income tax revenue with revenue from natural gas exploration. Kipfer also proposed a system similar to the Alaska Permanent Fund as a means of distributing potential natural gas revenues to citizens in North Carolina.[1][2]

Easley's campaign manager stated that they did not consider Kipfer as serious competition.[1] Easley did not campaign against Kipfer.

Mike Easley won the primary comfortably with over 85% of the vote.[2]

Candidates

Declared

Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
2004 North Carolina gubernatorial Democratic primary election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Easley (incumbent) 379,498 85.37
Democratic Rickey Kipfer 65,061 14.63
Turnout 444,559 100
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Republican

Candidates

Declared
Withdrawn
Declined

Results

Primary results by county:
Ballantine
  •   Ballantine—81-90%
  •   Ballantine—71-80%
  •   Ballantine—61-70%
  •   Ballantine—51-60%
  •   Ballantine—41-50%
  •   Ballantine—31-40%
  •   Ballantine—21-30%
Vinroot
  •   Vinroot—41-50%
  •   Vinroot—31-40%
  •   Vinroot—21-30%
Cobey
  •   Cobey—51-60%
  •   Cobey—41-50%
  •   Cobey—31-40%
Barrett
  •   Barrett—51-60%
  •   Barrett—21-30%
Shubert
  •   Shubert—31-40%
Little
  •   Little—51-60%
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2004 North Carolina gubernatorial Republican primary election[3]
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 364,420 100
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General election

Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...
Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7] Likely D November 1, 2004
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Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Mike
Easley (D)
Patrick
Ballantine (R)
Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA[8] October 29–31, 2004 617 (LV) ± 4.0% 55% 41% 5%
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mike Easley (incumbent) 1,939,154 55.62% +3.60%
Republican Patrick J. Ballantine 1,495,021 42.88% −3.38%
Libertarian Barbara Howe 52,513 1.51% +0.06%
Turnout 3,486,688
Democratic hold Swing
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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References

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