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2012 North Carolina gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	2012 North Carolina gubernatorial election
country	North Carolina
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election
previous_year	2008
next_election	2016 North Carolina gubernatorial election
next_year	2016
turnout	67.30%
election_date
image_size	x150px
image1	File:Pat-McCrory June-2015(crop).jpg
nominee1	Pat McCrory
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	2,440,707
percentage1	54.62%
image2	File:Walter Dalton (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Walter H. Dalton
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	1,931,580
percentage2	43.23%
map_image
map_size	325px
map_caption	McCrory:
Dalton:
Tie:
title	Governor
before_election	Bev Perdue
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Pat McCrory
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Dalton:
Tie: The 2012 North Carolina gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 United States presidential election, U.S. House election, statewide judicial election, Council of State election and various local elections.

Incumbent Democratic governor Bev Perdue was eligible to run for re-election, but announced on January 26, 2012 that she would not seek a second term. Incumbent lieutenant governor Walter H. Dalton won the Democratic nomination, while former mayor of Charlotte and 2008 gubernatorial nominee Pat McCrory won the Republican nomination. McCrory won the election with almost 55 percent of the vote to Dalton's 43 percent, the largest margin of victory for a Republican in a race for governor in history, surpassing the previous record set in 1868.

Libertarian nominee Barbara Howe took 2% of the vote. When McCrory was inaugurated as the 74th governor of North Carolina on January 5, 2013, he became the state's first Republican governor since 1993 and the Republicans held complete control of state government for the first time since 1871. As of , this is the last time a Republican was elected Governor of North Carolina, and the only time since 1988. It was also the last time the state concurrently voted for a gubernatorial and presidential candidate of the same party, and the last time a Republican candidate won Mecklenburg County in a statewide election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Bruce Blackmon, physician
Walter H. Dalton, Lieutenant Governor
Gary M. Dunn, salesman and UNC-Charlotte student
Bob Etheridge, former U.S. Representative
Bill Faison, state representative
Gardenia Henley, retired U.S. Agency for International Development auditor

Declined

Dan Blue, state senator
Erskine Bowles, chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, former UNC System president, former White House Chief of Staff
Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina
Janet Cowell, state treasurer
Cal Cunningham, former state senator
Anthony Foxx, mayor of Charlotte
Kay Hagan, U.S. Senator
Jim Hunt, former governor
Allen Joines, Mayor of Winston-Salem
Mike McIntyre, U.S. Representative
Brad Miller, U.S. Representative
Richard H. Moore, former North Carolina State Treasurer and candidate for governor in 2008
Bev Perdue, incumbent governor
Heath Shuler, U.S. Representative

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Bruce
Blackmon	Walter H.
Dalton	Gary
Dunn	Bob
Etheridge	Bill
Faison	Gardenia
Henley	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	May 5–6, 2012	500	± 3.1%	2%	34%	4%	29%	4%	4%	24%
Survey USA	April 26–30, 2012	560	± 4.2%	2%	32%	5%	23%	5%	3%	30%
Public Policy Polling	April 27–29, 2012	500	± 4.4%	3%	36%	2%	26%	5%	3%	25%
Civitas/Survey USA	April 20–23, 2012	448	± 4.7%	3%	32%	3%	27%	4%	2%	27%
Public Policy Polling	April 20–22, 2012	500	± 4.4%	4%	26%	4%	25%	5%	2%	35%
Public Policy Polling	March 23–25, 2012	505	± 4.4%	5%	15%	4%	26%	3%	2%	45%
Public Policy Polling	February 29 – March 1, 2012	499	± 4.4%	5%	19%	2%	26%	2%	4%	41%

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Dan
Blue	Walter H.
Dalton	Bob
Etheridge	Bill
Faison	Mike
McIntyre	Brad
Miller	Richard
Moore	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	February 3–5, 2012	400	± 4.9%	13%	10%	21%	2%	6%	8%	7%	33%
11%	20%	24%	4%	—	—	—	41%
—	22%	25%	6%	7%	—	—	40%
—	20%	24%	4%	—	11%	—	41%
—	21%	24%	5%	—	—	8%	41%
—	24%	30%	6%	—	—	—	39%

Debates

A series of televised debates between candidates Dalton, Etheridge and Faison, held April 16–18, was considered potentially pivotal, since "the governor’s race has so far attracted little attention, created little buzz and produced few political commercials" and "polls suggest there is still a large swath of Democratic voters who have yet to decide" for whom to vote. The first debate, conducted by WRAL-TV and broadcast statewide, featured few differences between the candidates, but Faison was seen as the aggressor. The second debate (conducted by UNC-TV) was more contentious, with Dalton criticizing Etheridge's support of a free trade agreement while he was in Congress, and Etheridge attacking Dalton over his attendance record on boards and commissions and his alleged failure to speak out against the actions of the majority-Republican legislature. In the final debate of the series, this one conducted by WNCN-TV and the North Carolina League of Women Voters, candidates were considered to be more "muted" in their criticisms of each other. All three spoke out strongly against a voter ID bill proposed by Republicans in the state legislature. Dalton emphasized modernizing the state's economy, Etheridge continued his themes of leadership and education, and Faison most sharply attacked Republicans and called for action on the state's unemployment problem.

Results

Primary results by county:

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Republican primary

Candidates

Jim Harney, businessman
Scott Jones, businessman
Jim Mahan, small businessman and former teacher
Pat McCrory, former mayor of Charlotte and nominee for governor in 2008
Charles Kenneth Moss, businessman and preacher
Paul Wright, attorney and former District Court and Superior Court judge

Declined

Phil Berger, State Senate President Pro Tem
Cherie Berry, state labor commissioner (running for re-election)
Peter Brunstetter, state senator
Paul Coble, former mayor of Raleigh and current chairman of the Wake County Board of Commissioners (running for Congress)
Steve Troxler, state Agriculture Commissioner (running for re-election)

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Jim
Harney	Scott
Jones	Jim
Mahan	Pat
McCrory	Charles
Moss	Paul
Wright	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	May 5–6, 2012	496	± 4.4%	2%	3%	2%	70%	1%	2%	20%
Survey USA	April 26–30, 2012	451	± 4.5%	3%	3%	2%	65%	3%	2%	21%
Public Policy Polling	April 27–29, 2012	486	± 4.4%	4%	2%	2%	66%	0%	2%	24%
Public Policy Polling	April 20–22, 2012	521	± 4.3%	3%	1%	2%	67%	1%	2%	23%
Public Policy Polling	March 22–25, 2012	561	± 4.1%	2%	1%	3%	64%	2%	0%	28%

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Pat
McCrory	Someone more
conservative	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	September 1–4, 2011	400	± 4.9%	40%	46%	—	15%

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Phil
Berger	Cherie
Berry	Tom
Fetzer	Virginia
Foxx	Pat
McCrory	Patrick
McHenry	Sue
Myrick	Fred
Smith	Other/
Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 19–21, 2010	400	± 4.9%	2%	3%	12%	11%	37%	3%	6%	4%	22%

Results

General election

Candidates

Walter H. Dalton (D), lieutenant governor
Barbara Howe (L), nominee for governor in 2000 and 2004
Pat McCrory (R), former mayor of Charlotte and nominee for governor in 2008

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 1, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 5, 2012
Rothenberg Political Report		November 2, 2012
Real Clear Politics		November 5, 2012

Debates

Complete video of debate, October 3, 2012 - C-SPAN
Complete video of debate, October 16, 2012 - C-SPAN
Complete video of debate, October 24, 2012 - C-SPAN

Dalton and McCrory met for their first televised debate at the studios of UNC-TV on October 3, 2012. Two debates were sponsored by the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters Educational Foundation, with the third and final debate sponsored by WRAL-TV and the Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce. Howe was not invited to participate in any of the scheduled debates. The Associated Press characterized Dalton as going "on the offensive" against McCrory in the first debate. The final encounter between the two candidates, held Oct. 24 on the campus of North Carolina Wesleyan College, featured "more subdued disagreements over taxes, education, health care and mental health."

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Walter H.
Dalton (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Barbara
Howe (L)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 3–4, 2012	926	± 3.2%	43%	50%	4%	—	3%
Public Policy Polling	October 29–31, 2012	730	± 3.6%	39%	50%	4%	—	7%
WRAL News/SurveyUSA	October 26–29, 2012	682	± 3.8%	36%	53%	—	—	11%
Elon University	October 21–26, 2012	1,238	± 2.8%	38%	52%	—	2%	8%
Rasmussen Reports	October 25, 2012	500	± 4.5%	35%	54%	—	1%	10%
Public Policy Polling	October 23–25, 2012	880	± 3.3%	37%	50%	5%	—	8%
Rasmussen Reports	October 17, 2012	500	± 4.5%	42%	53%	—	—	4%
Public Policy Polling	October 12–14, 2012	1,084	± 3%	37%	47%	5%	—	11%
Rasmussen Reports	October 9, 2012	500	± 4.5%	38%	52%	—	—	10%
Gravis Marketing	October 6–8, 2012	1,325	± 2.9%	33%	50%	—	—	17%
Rasmussen Reports	October 2, 2012	500	± 4.5%	38%	54%	—	1%	7%
Survey USA	September 29 – October 1, 2012	573	± 4.2%	39%	51%	3%	—	7%
Public Policy Polling	September 27–30, 2012	981	± 3.1%	37%	47%	5%	—	10%
WSJ/NBC News/Marist	September 23–25, 2012	1,035	± 3.4%	39%	52%	—	—	8%
Civitas	September 18–19, 2012	600	± 4%	38%	49%	3%	—	10%
Rasmussen Reports	September 13, 2012	500	± 3.4%	38%	51%	1%	—	10%
Survey USA/Civitas	September 4–6, 2012	500	± 3.4%	39%	55%	4%	—	29%
Public Policy Polling	August 31 – September 2, 2012	1,012	± 3.4%	39%	45%	5%	—	10%
Elon Univ./Charlotte Observer	August 25–30, 2012	1,089	± 3.4%	37%	52%	—	—	11%
Public Policy Polling	August 2–5, 2012	813	± 3.4%	38%	45%	7%	—	11%
Rasmussen Reports	July 27, 2012	500	± 4.5%	41%	46%	—	3%	10%
Civitas	July 16–18, 2012	600	± 4%	37%	47%	6%	—	4%
Public Policy Polling	July 5–8, 2012	775	± 3.5%	36%	43%	9%	—	12%
Survey USA	June 29 – July 1, 2012	558	± 4.2%	44%	46%	7%	—	3%
Rasmussen Reports	June 25, 2012	500	± 4.5%	35%	49%	—	4%	12%
NBC News/Marist	June 24–25, 2012	1,019	± 3.1%	41%	43%	—	—	17%
Public Policy Polling	June 7–10, 2012	810	± 3.4%	40%	47%	—	—	13%
Survey USA	May 18–21, 2012	524	± 4.4%	39%	44%	7%	—	10%
Civitas	May 19–20, 2012	600	± 4%	38%	48%	—	—	12%
Rasmussen Reports	May 14, 2012	500	± 4.5%	41%	50%	—	1%	8%
Public Policy Polling	May 10–13, 2012	666	± 3.8%	40%	46%	—	—	13%
Rasmussen Reports	April 10, 2012	500	± 4.5%	36%	45%	—	5%	14%
Public Policy Polling	March 8–11, 2012	804	± 3.5%	35%	46%	—	—	19%
Civitas	February 27–28, 2012	600	± 4%	29%	49%	—	—	22%
Public Policy Polling	January 27–29, 2012	554	± 4.2%	35%	50%	—	—	15%
Public Policy Polling	September 30 – October 3, 2011	760	± 3.6%	32%	46%	—	—	23%
Public Policy Polling	March 17–20, 2011	584	± 4.1%	27%	47%	—	—	26%

Democratic primary polling with Perdue

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Bill
Faison	Bev
Perdue	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	December 1–4, 2011	392	± 5.0%	23%	55%	—	23%
Public Policy Polling	September 30 – October 3, 2011	353	± 3.6%	18%	62%	—	20%

Republican primary with Ellmers, Troxler

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Renee
Ellmers	Pat
McCrory	Steve
Troxler	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	September 1–4, 2011	400	± 4.9%	10%	61%	—	—	29%
—	51%	15%	—	34%
10%	52%	19%	—	19%

General election polling

With Blue

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Dan
Blue (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 27–29, 2012	554	± 4.2%	31%	49%	—	19%
Public Policy Polling	March 17–20, 2011	584	± 4.1%	28%	48%	—	16%

With Blackmon

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Bruce
Blackmon (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	March 8–11, 2012	804	± 3.5%	33%	48%	—	18%

With Bowles

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Erskine
Bowles (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 27–29, 2012	554	± 4.2%	42%	44%	—	14%
Public Policy Polling	September 30 – October 3, 2011	760	± 3.6%	42%	42%	—	16%

With Cooper

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Roy
Cooper (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	September 30 – October 3, 2011	760	± 3.6%	39%	42%	—	19%
Public Policy Polling	March 17–20, 2011	584	± 4.1%	35%	43%	—	22%

With Foxx

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Anthony
Foxx (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 27–29, 2012	554	± 4.2%	32%	50%	—	18%

With Etheridge

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Bob
Etheridge (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	March 8–11, 2012	804	± 3.5%	36%	46%	—	18%
Public Policy Polling	January 27–29, 2012	554	± 4.2%	35%	50%	—	16%

With Faison

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Bill
Faison (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 27–29, 2012	554	± 4.2%	31%	50%	—	19%
Public Policy Polling	January 5–8, 2012	780	± 3.5%	27%	47%	—	26%
Public Policy Polling	December 1–4, 2011	865	± 3.3%	26%	47%	—	26%
Public Policy Polling	September 30 – October 3, 2011	760	± 3.6%	30%	45%	—	25%

With Henley

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Gardenia
Henley (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	March 8–11, 2012	804	± 3.5%	29%	49%	—	22%

With Hagan

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Kay
Hagan (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 27–29, 2012	554	± 4.2%	41%	48%	—	11%

With Joines

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Allan
Joines (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 27–29, 2012	554	± 4.2%	30%	50%	—	21%

With McIntyre

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Mike
McIntyre (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 27–29, 2012	554	± 4.2%	30%	50%	—	20%

With Meeker

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Charles
Meeker (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 27–29, 2012	554	± 4.2%	29%	49%	—	22%

With Miller

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Brad
Miller (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 27–29, 2012	554	± 4.2%	35%	49%	—	16%

With Moore

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Richard
Moore (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 27–29, 2012	554	± 4.2%	36%	47%	—	17%

With Perdue

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Bev
Perdue (D)	Renee
Ellmers (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	September 1–4, 2011	520	± 4.3%	45%	35%	—	20%

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Bev
Perdue (D)	Tom
Fetzer (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 19–21, 2010	517	± 4.3%	40%	42%	—	19%

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Bev
Perdue (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 5–8, 2012	780	± 3.5%	41%	52%	—	7%
Public Policy Polling	December 1–4, 2011	865	± 3.3%	40%	50%	—	10%
Public Policy Polling	October 27–31, 2011	615	± 4.0%	39%	48%	—	13%
Public Policy Polling	September 30 – October 3, 2011	760	± 3.6%	42%	47%	—	10%
Public Policy Polling	September 1–4, 2011	520	± 4.3%	41%	45%	—	14%
Public Policy Polling	August 4–7, 2011	780	± 3.5%	39%	47%	—	14%
Civitas Institute	July 12–13, 2011	600	± 4.0%	35%	55%	—	8%
Public Policy Polling	July 7–10, 2011	651	± 3.8%	39%	47%	—	14%
Public Policy Polling	June 8–11, 2011	563	± 4.1%	39%	45%	—	16%
Public Policy Polling	May 12–15, 2011	835	± 3.4%	39%	46%	—	15%
Public Policy Polling	April 14–17, 2011	507	± 4.4%	38%	49%	—	13%
Survey USA	April 14–15, 2011	500	± 4.5%	39%	51%	5%	4%
Public Policy Polling	March 17–20, 2011	584	± 4.1%	36%	50%	—	14%
Public Policy Polling	February 16–21, 2011	650	± 3.8%	37%	49%	—	15%
Public Policy Polling	January 20–23, 2011	575	± 4.1%	40%	47%	—	14%
Civitas Institute	December 15–16, 2010	600	± 4.0%	36%	51%	—	12%
Public Policy Polling	November 19–21, 2010	517	± 4.3%	37%	49%	—	14%
Civitas Institute	June 15–18, 2010	600	± 4.0%	37%	46%	—	17%

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Bev
Perdue (D)	Steve
Troxler (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	September 1–4, 2011	520	± 4.3%	42%	37%	—	22%

With Shuler

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Heath
Shuler (D)	Pat
McCrory (R)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	January 27–29, 2012	554	± 4.2%	31%	48%	—	21%

Results

Pat McCrory celebrating his election victory

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Alleghany (largest town: Sparta)
Beaufort (Largest city: Washington)
Caswell (Largest city: Yanceyville)
Chatham (largest municipality: Siler City)
Chowan (largest municipality: Edenton)
Columbus (largest municipality: Whiteville)
Craven (largest town: New Bern)
Dare (Largest city: Kill Devil Hills)
Duplin (Largest city: Wallace)
Forsyth (largest town: Winston-Salem)
Franklin (Largest city: Wake Forest)
Granville (largest city: Oxford)
Greene (largest municipality: Snow Hill)
Haywood (Largest city: Waynesville)
Hyde (largest community: Ocracoke)
Jackson (largest town: Cullowhee)
Jones (Largest city: Maysville)
Lee (largest municipality: Sanford)
Lenoir (largest town: Kinston)
Madison (Largest city: Mars Hill)
Mecklenburg (Largest city: Charlotte)
Montgomery (Largest city: Troy)
Nash (largest municipality: Rocky Mount)
New Hanover (largest municipality: Wilmington)
Onslow (largest town: Jacksonville)
Pamlico (largest town: Bayboro)
Perquimans (Largest city: Hertford)
Person (largest municipality: Roxboro)
Richmond (largest city: Rockingham)
Rockingham (Largest municipality: Eden)
Sampson (largest municipality: Clinton)
Swain (largest municipality: Cherokee)
Tyrrell (largest municipality: Columbia)
Wake (largest town: Raleigh)
Watauga (Largest city: Boone)
Wayne (largest town: Goldsboro)
Yancey (largest municipality: Burnsville)

By congressional district

McCrory won ten of the state's 13 congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.

District	McCrory	Representative
29.35%	69.26%	G. K. Butterfield
60.13%	37.63%	Renee Ellmers
59.34%	38.22%	Walter B. Jones Jr.
31.29%	65.74%	David Price
63.66%	34.12%	Virginia Foxx
61.21%	36.51%	Howard Coble
61.37%	36.63%	Mike McIntyre
62.7%	35.59%	Larry Kissell
	Richard Hudson
67.81%	30.47%	Sue Myrick
	Robert Pittenger
61.68%	36.3%	Patrick McHenry
63.14%	34.18%	Heath Shuler
	Mark Meadows
26.85%	71.37%	Mel Watt
59.34%	38.49%	Brad Miller
	George Holding

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"NC Now {{!}} Governor Pat McCrory Swearing In Ceremony {{!}} Season 2013 {{!}} Episode 3004".
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[http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/dalton_makes_it_official_he_will_seek_governors_office Dalton makes it official: He will seek governor's office. newsobserver.com projects]
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