| 2008 General Election Results |
| Overall totals | Brunswick | New Hanover | Pender |
| President: Electoral Votes |
| 270 needed to win |
| Barack Obama | 365 | 67.8% |
| John McCain | 173 | 32.2% |
| Bob Barr | 0 | 0.0% |
| President: National Results |
| 186634 of 187205 precincts reporting |
| Barack Obama | 67,112,833 | 52.8% |
| John McCain | 58,451,426 | 45.9% |
| Bob Barr | 513,043 | 0.4% |
| President: N.C. Results |
| Obama/Biden | 2,142,373 | 49.7% |
| McCain/Palin | 2,128,084 | 49.4% |
| Barr/Root | 25,717 | 0.6% |
| WRITE-IN | 13,946 | 0.3% |
| U.S. Senate |
| Kay Hagan | 2,249,024 | 52.7% |
| Elizabeth Dole | 1,887,192 | 44.2% |
| Christopher Cole | 133,390 | 3.1% |
| WRITE-IN | 1,719 | 0.0% |
| U.S. House District 7 |
| Mike McIntyre | 215,325 | 63.0% |
| Will Breazeale | 97,399 | 28.5% |
| Governor |
| Bev Perdue | 2,144,947 | 50.3% |
| Pat McCrory | 2,000,858 | 46.9% |
| Michael C. Munger | 122,456 | 2.9% |
| Lieutenant Governor |
| Walter H. Dalton | 2,132,113 | 51.1% |
| Robert Pittenger | 1,914,656 | 45.9% |
| Phillip Rhodes | 126,788 | 3.0% |
| Attorney General |
| Roy Cooper | 2,537,742 | 61.1% |
| Bob Crumley | 1,615,530 | 38.9% |
| Auditor |
| Beth A. Wood | 2,174,875 | 53.6% |
| Leslie Merritt | 1,884,981 | 46.4% |
| Commissioner of Agriculture |
| Steve Troxler | 2,129,716 | 52.0% |
| Ronnie Ansley | 1,962,517 | 48.0% |
| Commissioner of Insurance |
| Wayne Goodwin | 2,105,861 | 51.6% |
| John Odom | 1,821,342 | 44.6% |
| Mark McMains | 154,137 | 3.8% |
| WRITE-IN | 3,322 | 0.1% |
| Commissioner of Labor |
| Cherie Berry | 2,064,630 | 50.6% |
| Mary Fant Donnan | 2,015,298 | 49.4% |
| Secretary of State |
| Elaine F. Marshall | 2,316,602 | 56.8% |
| Jack Sawyer | 1,762,619 | 43.2% |
| Superintendent of Public Instruction |
| June St. Clair Atkinson | 2,177,682 | 53.7% |
| Richard Morgan | 1,880,726 | 46.3% |
| Treasurer |
| Janet Cowell | 2,179,366 | 53.6% |
| Bill Daughtridge | 1,885,439 | 46.4% |
| N.C. Senate District 8 |
| R.C. Soles, Jr. | 47,884 | 48.7% |
| Bettie Fennell | 44,998 | 45.8% |
| Rachel Joiner Merrill | 5,424 | 5.5% |
| N.C. Senate District 9 |
| Julia Boseman | 50,516 | 51.7% |
| Michael Lee | 47,244 | 48.3% |
| N.C. House District 16 |
| Carolyn Justice | 33,082 | 100.0% |
| N.C. House District 17 |
| Bonner Stiller | 28,009 | 62.0% |
| Vernon Ward | 17,186 | 38.0% |
| N.C. House District 18 |
| Sandra Spaulding Hughes | 20,218 | 67.2% |
| George J. Swart | 9,855 | 32.8% |
| N.C. House District 19 |
| Danny McComas | 31,354 | 100.0% |
| N.C. House District 20 |
| Dewey L. Hill | 22,712 | 100.0% |
| Supreme Court Associate Justice (Edmunds Seat) |
| Robert H. (Bob) Edmunds, Jr. | 1,577,394 | 51.0% |
| Suzanne Reynolds | 1,515,288 | 49.0% |
| Court of Appeals Judge (Martin Seat) |
| John C. Martin | 2,409,541 | 100.0% |
| Court of Appeals Judge (Wynn Seat) |
| James A. (Jim) Wynn | 1,598,972 | 54.2% |
| Jewel Ann Farlow | 1,349,378 | 45.8% |
| Court of Appeals Judge (Tyson Seat) |
| Sam J. Ervin, IV | 1,559,238 | 53.1% |
| Kristin Ruth | 1,378,079 | 46.9% |
| Court of Appeals Judge (McCullough Seat) |
| Cheri Beasley | 1,705,898 | 57.4% |
| Doug McCullough | 1,265,129 | 42.6% |
| Court of Appeals Judge (Stephens Seat) |
| Linda Stephens | 1,729,004 | 58.8% |
| Dan Barrett | 1,213,468 | 41.2% |
| Court of Appeals Judge (Arrowood Seat) |
| Robert N. (Bob) Hunter, Jr. | 1,544,533 | 53.7% |
| John S. Arrowood | 1,332,433 | 46.3% |