The next election to chose the Governor of North Carolina is scheduled to occur on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. The U.S. Presidential election, 2004, U.S. House election, 2004, U.S. Senate election, 2004, and North Carolina General Assembly election, 2004, are scheduled for the same day.

Table of contents

1 Candidates 1.1 Democrats 1.2 Republicans 1.3 Libertarians 1.4 Independents 2 Timeline 3 Important future dates 4 External links and references

Candidates

• Mike Easley, incumbent NC governor.

• Patrick Ballantine, North Carolina Senate Minority Leader
• Dan Barrett, Davie County commissioner
• Bill Cobey, former Representative
• George Little, former NC Secretary of Environmental Resources
• Fern Shubert, North Carolina State Senate Minority Whip
• Richard Vinroot, former Charlotte mayor

• Susan Hogarth, biologist, former General Assembly candidate.

• Robert Bradshaw, consultant, former General Assembly candidate.

• 2003
  • May 19 - Davie County Commissioner Dan Barrett announces his candidacy for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
  • July 28 - Former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms endorses Bill Cobey in the contest for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

• 2004
  • February 16 - Having not received approval from federal courts for new state legislative district maps, the North Carolina Board of Elections postpones North Carolina's party primaries from April to July.

• 2004
  • April 26 - Registration for candidates with the State Board of Elections opens.
  • May 7 - Filing deadline with State Board of Elections
  • July 20 - Republican and Democratic primaries.
  • November 2 - General election.

• 2005
  • Information missing - Inauguration day.