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2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election

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election_name	2004 North Carolina gubernatorial election
country	North Carolina
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2000 North Carolina gubernatorial election
previous_year	2000
next_election	2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election
next_year	2008
election_date	November 2, 2004
image_size	x150px
image1	File:Mike Easley.jpg
nominee1	Mike Easley
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	1,939,154
percentage1	55.62%
image2	File:Senator Patrick J. Ballantine (cropped).gif
nominee2	Patrick Ballantine
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	1,495,021
percentage2	42.88%
map_image
map_size	325px
map_caption	Easley:
Ballantine:
Tie:
title	Governor
before_election	Mike Easley
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Mike Easley
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Ballantine:
Tie:

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.

Primaries

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.

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

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

Candidates

Declared

Mike Easley, incumbent governor
Rickey Kipfer, businessman

Results

Republican

Candidates

Declared

Patrick J. Ballantine, Minority Leader of the North Carolina Senate (1999–2004)
Dan Barett, attorney and Davie County Commissioner
Bill Cobey, Chair of the North Carolina Republican Party (1999–2003) and U.S. Representative from NC-04 (1985–1987)
George Little, insurance executive
Fern Shubert, state senator (2003–2005)
Richard Vinroot, Mayor of Charlotte (1991–1995), nominee for governor in 2000 and candidate for governor in 1996

Withdrawn

Timothy Cook, chemist (running for lieutenant governor)

Declined

James Cain, former president of the Carolina Hurricanes
I. Beverly Lake Jr., Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2001–2006)

Results

Primary results by county:

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General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 1, 2004

Polling

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

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Cleveland (largest town: Shelby)
Polk (Largest city: Tryon)
Rutherford (Largest city: Forest City)
Surry (Largest city: Mount Airy)
Mecklenburg (Largest city: Charlotte)
Alleghany (largest town: Sparta)

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Currituck (largest town: Moyock)
Johnston (largest town: Clayton)

Notes

References

(19 July 2004). "Republicans not Easley's only competition". Wilmington Star News.
(21 July 2004). "Vinroot, Ballantine To Meet In GOP Gubernatorial Runoff". WRAL.com.
(17 April 2004). "Ballantine may step back from position". Wilmington Star News.
(7 May 2004). "Fields set for N.C. elections in 2004". Greensboro News and Record.
(20 May 2003). "Davie lawyer, Republican, to run for governor". Wilmington Star News.
"The Final Predictions".
[https://www.surveyusa.com/2004Elec.html SurveyUSA]
(April 2008). "North Carolina DataNet #46". [[University of North Carolina]].

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