2004 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2004 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election?

Mike Easley won the 2004 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election. Mike Easley received 1,939,154 popular votes (55.62%). The main challenger was Patrick Ballantine (42.88%).

See the full head-to-head between Easley and Ballantine

Easley +12.7 pts · won by 444,133 votes
1,939,154 votes
1,495,021 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.5% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.