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2008 North Carolina Attorney General election 
Summary
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.[1]
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 County results Cooper: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Crumley: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
Declared edit
- Roy Cooper, incumbent Attorney General
Republican primary edit
Candidates edit
Declared edit
- Bob Crumley
General election edit
Polling edit
| 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 edit
| 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 | |||||