THESE ARE the races on this fall's ballot (D=Democrats, R=Republicans, incumbents are in italics):
President: D: Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton; R: John McCain
U.S. House, 1st District: D: G.K. Butterfield, Wilson; R: Dean Stephens, Colerain
2nd District: D: Bob Etheridge, Lillington; R: Dan Mansell, Selma
3rd District: R: Walter B. Jones, Farmville; D: Craig Weber, Morehead City
U.S. Senate: R: Elizabeth Dole, Salisbury; D: Kay Hagan, Greensboro
Governor: D: Bev Perdue, New Bern; R: Pat McCrory, Charlotte
Lt. Governor: R: Robert Pittenger, Charlotte; D: Walter Dalton, Rutherfordton
Attorney General: D: Roy Cooper, Raleigh; R: Bob Crumley, Asheboro
Auditor: R: Leslie Merritt, Zebulon; D: Beth A. Wood, Raleigh
Commissioner of Agriculture: D: Ronnie Ansley, Wake Forest; R: Steve Troxler, Brown Summit
Commissioner of Insurance: D: Wayne Goodwin, Rockingham; R: John Odom, Raleigh
Commissioner of Labor: R: Cherie Berry, Newton; D: Winner of a June 24 runoff between John C. Brooks, of Raleigh, and Mary Fant Donnan, of Winston-Salem.
Secretary of State: D: Elaine Marshall, Lillington; R: Jack Sawyer, Mebane
Superintendent of Public Instruction: D: June Atkinson, Raleigh; R: Richard Morgan, Eagle Springs
Treasurer: R: Bill Daughtridge, Rocky Mount; D: Janet Cowell, Raleigh
N.C. Supreme Court, Edmunds seat: Robert H. "Bob" Edmunds Jr., Greensboro; Suzanne Reynolds, Winston-Salem
N.C. Court of Appeals, Arrowood seat: John S. Arrowood, Raleigh, and Bob Hunter Jr., Morehead City; Martin seat: John C. Martin, Raleigh; McCullough seat: Cheri Beasley, Fayetteville, and Doug McCullough, Atlantic Beach; Stephens seat: Dan Barrett, Advance, and Linda Stephens, Raleigh; Tyson seat: Sam J. Ervin IV, Morganton, and Kristin Ruth, New Hill; Wynn seat: Jewel Ann Farlow, Gibsonville, and Jim Wynn, Cary
N.C. House, District 11: D: Ronnie Griffin, Goldsboro; R: Efton Sager, R, Grantham
District 23: D: Joe Tolson, Pinetops; R: Garland Shepheard, Tarboro
District 24: D: Jean Farmer Butterfield, Wilson
District 25: D: Randy Stewart, Rocky Mount; R: W.B. Bullock, Rocky Mount
District 26: R: Leo Daughtry, Smithfield; D: Jimmy Garner, Pine Level
N.C. Senate, District 3: D: Clark Jenkins, Tarboro
District 5: D: Winner of a June 24 runoff between Don Davis, Snow Hill, and Kathy A. Taft, Greenville; R: Louis Pate Jr., Mount Olive
District 11: D: A.B. Swindell, Nashville; R: Kenneth Dollar, Nashville
District 12: D: Kay Carroll, Four Oaks; R: David Rouzer, Benson
Wilson County Register of Deeds: D: Audrey Neal, Wilson.
District Court Judge, Britt seat, John M. Britt, Tarboro; Covolo seat, John Covolo, Rocky Mount; Evans seat, Robert Evans, Rocky Mount; Farris seat, Bill Farris, Wilson; Stewart seat, Bill Stewart, Wilson
Judicial races are non-partisan in North Carolina.