2008 North Carolina Attorney General election

2008 North Carolina Attorney General election

November 4, 2008 (2008-11-04)

Nominee Roy Cooper Bob Crumley Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,538,178 1,615,762 Percentage 61.1% 38.9%

Cooper:      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

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

• Roy Cooper, incumbent Attorney General

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