Candidates for N.C. State Offices
The following people registered with the state Board of Elections as candidates in the Democratic and Republican primaries on May 6.
Governor |
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![]() Richard H. Moore Kittrell Bio | Web site | Video Interview Moore on: Priorities | Economy | Transportation
| ![]() Beverly Perdue New Bern Bio | Web site | Video Interview Perdue on: Priorities | Economy | Transportation | |||||
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Democratic Candidates: Watch the Debate | ||||||
![]() Bill Graham Salisbury Bio | Web site | Video Interview Graham on: Priorities | Economy | Transportation | ![]() Pat McCrory Charlotte Bio | Web site | Video Interview McCrory on: Priorities | Economy | Transportation | |||||
![]() Bob Orr Burnsville Bio | Web site | | Video Interview Orr on: Priorities | Economy | Transportation | ![]() E. Powers Roseboro Web site | |||||
![]() Fred Smith Clayton Bio | Web site | Video Interview Smith on: Priorities | Economy | Transportation | ||||||
Lieutenant Governor | ||||||
| Democratic Candidates | ||||||
| ![]() Walter H. Dalton Rutherfordton Web site Dalton on Priorities | |||||
![]() Hampton Dellinger Durham Web site Dellinger on Priorities | ![]() Pat Smathers Canton Web site Smathers on Priorities | |||||
| Republican Candidates | ||||||
![]() Timothy Cook Canton Web site | ![]() Greg Dority Washington Web site Dority on Priorities | |||||
![]() Robert Pittenger Charlotte, NC Web site Pittenger on Priorities | ![]() Jim Snyder Lexington Web site Snyder on Priorities | |||||
Attorney General | ||||||
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![]() Roy Cooper Raleigh Web site | ![]() Bob Crumley Asheboro Web site | |||||
Secretary of State | ||||||
| Democratic Candidate | Republican Candidate | |||||
![]() Elaine F. Marshall Lillington Web site | Jack Sawyer Mebane Web site (No picture available) | |||||
State Treasurer | ||||||
| Democratic Candidates | ||||||
![]() Janet Cowell Raleigh Web site | ![]() Michael Weisel Raleigh Web site | |||||
![]() David Young Asheville Web site | ||||||
| Republican Candidate | ||||||
![]() Bill Daughtridge Rocky Mount Web site | ||||||
State Auditor | ||||||
| Democratic Candidates | ||||||
![]() Fred Aikens Raleigh Web site | ![]() Beth A. Wood Raleigh Web site | |||||
| Republican Candidate | ||||||
![]() Leslie Merritt Zebulon Web site | ||||||
Commissioner of Agriculture | ||||||
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![]() Ronnie Ansley Wake Forest Web site | ![]() Steve Troxler Brown Summit | |||||
Commissioner of Labor | ||||||
| Democratic Candidates | ||||||
![]() Robin Anderson Cary Web site | ![]() Mary Fant Donnan Winston-Salem Web site | |||||
| Republican Candidate | ||||||
![]() Cherie Berry Newton Web site | ||||||
| No picture available: John C. Brooks, D, Raleigh; Ty Richardson, D, Middlesex | ||||||
Commissioner of Insurance(No pictures available) | ||||||
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David C. Smith
| John Odom Raleigh | |||||
Superintendent of Public Instruction | ||||||
| Democratic Candidates | ||||||
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| No picture available: Eddie Davis, D, of Durham | ||||||
| Republican Candidates | ||||||
![]() Joe Johnson Tryon Web site | ![]() Richard Morgan Eagle Springs | |||||
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State Supreme Court | ||||||
| ![]() Suzanne Reynolds Winston-Salem Web site | |||||
Court of Appeals | ||||||
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| No picture available: Robert N. Hunter Jr., Morehead City | Web site; John C. Martin, Raleigh (incumbent) | ||||||
![]() Doug McCullough (incumbent) Atlantic Beach Web site | ![]() Cheri Beasley Fayetteville Web site | |||||
![]() Linda Stephens (incumbent) Raleigh Web site | ||||||
| No picture available: Dan Barrett, Advance | ||||||
| ![]() Kristin Ruth Raleigh, NC Web site | |||||
| No picture available: Sam J. Ervin IV, Morganton; Janet Pueschel, Raleigh | ||||||
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| No picture available: James A. Wynn (incumbent), Cary; Jewel Ann Farlow, Gibsonville | ||||||
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