North Carolina lieutenant governor election, 2004
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The North Carolina lieutenant governor election of 2004 was held on November 2, 2008, as part of the elections to the Council of State
. North Carolina
also held a gubernatorial election
on the same day, but the offices of Governor
and Lieutenant Governor
are elected independently.
North Carolina Council of State
The Council of State is a group of popularly elected executive offices in North Carolina, USA. It is separate from the North Carolina Cabinet, which is appointed by the Governor of North Carolina, and makes up the rest of the executive leadership of the government...
. North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
also held a gubernatorial election
North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2004
The North Carolina gubernatorial election of 2004 was held on 2 November 2004. The general election was fought between the and the Democrat incumbent Mike Easley and the Republican nominee Patrick J. Ballantine. Easley won by 52% to 46%, winning his second term as...
on the same day, but the offices of Governor
Governor of North Carolina
The Governor of North Carolina is the chief executive of the State of North Carolina, one of the U.S. states. The current governor is Bev Perdue, North Carolina's first female governor.-Powers:...
and Lieutenant Governor
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
The Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is the second highest elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is the only elected official to have powers in both the legislative and executive branches of state government...
are elected independently.
Result
Republicans
- Timothy Cook – chemist
- Jim SnyderJames Snyder, Jr.James Eugene "Jim" Snyder, Jr. is a North Carolina politician, attorney and author.He earned a bachelor's degree in history from Wake Forest College in 1967 and a law degree there in 1970...
– attorney and former U.S. SenateUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
Candidate - Thomas Stith, IIIThomas Stith, IIIThomas A. Stith, III was a member of the city council of Durham, North Carolina from 1999 to 2007.An alumnus of North Carolina Central University, Stith was first elected to the Durham City Council in 1999, holding one of the at-large seats on the council....
– DurhamDurham, North CarolinaDurham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...
City Councilman