Lieutenant governor
– Walter H. Dalton, Democrat, six-term state senator from Rutherfordton.
– Robert Pittenger, Republican, a real estate investor and three-term state senator from Charlotte.
– Phillip Rhodes, Libertarian, of Chapel Hill, a software engineer.
Attorney general
– Roy Cooper, Democrat, of Raleigh; incumbent since 2001; graduate of UNC-CH undergraduate and law school; former state senator.
– Bob Crumley, Republican, of Asheboro; graduate of Appalachian State and WFU School of Law; chairman and CEO of Crumley and Associates, a civil litigation law firm
State auditor
– Leslie Merritt, Republican, of Zebulon, incumbent; degrees in accounting and economics, N.C. State University
– Beth A Wood, Democrat, of Raleigh; B.S. in accounting; now a case investigator on contract with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants .
Insurance commissioner
– John Odom, Republican, of Raleigh; educated at Oak Ridge Junior College and Richmond Technical Institute, Richmond County; now executive director and CEO of Greater Raleigh Merchants Association and owner/operator of Meineke Car Care Cen-ters.
– Wayne Goodwin, Democrat, of Rockingham; graduate and Morehead Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill and J.D., UNC-CH, 1992; now assistant commissioner of insurance and assistant state fire marshal.
– Mark McMains, Libertarian, of Fuquay-Varina; graduate of Apex Senior High School; now employed by Cary Auto Body Specialists and Carolina Towing.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
– Richard Morgan, Republican, of Eagle Springs; graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill; former state legislator; businessman with Richard T. Morgan & Associates, Morgan Farms.
– June St. Clair Atkinson, Democrat, of Wake County, incumbent; doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy from N.C. State University, master’s degree from Virginia Tech, bachelor’s degree from Radford University.
Agriculture commissioner
– Ronnie Ansley, Democrat; B.S. from N.C. State, master’s from Clemson and law degree from Mississippi College; practices civil and criminal law. Ran previously for lieutenant governor, Congress and state Supreme Court.
– Steve Troxler, Republican, incumbent; farmer for 38 years; graduate of N.C. State University.
Labor commissioner
– Mary Fant Donnan, Democrat, worked seven years under former Labor Commissioner Harry Payne; currently works for the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.
– Cherie Berry, Republican, incumbent seeking third term, former legislator.
Secretary of state
– Elaine Marshall, Democrat, incumbent seeking fourth term; graduate of University of Maryland and Campbell University law school.
– Jack Sawyer, Republican, real estate lawyer and licensed broker; graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Va.
Treasurer
– Janet Cowell, Democrat, of Raleigh; graduate of University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business; consultant with Fountainworks of Raleigh, 2005 to 2007; N.C. Senate, 2005 to present; Raleigh City Council, 2001 to 2005.
– Bill Daughtridge, Republican, of Rocky Mount; undergraduate and MBA from UNC-Chapel Hill; owner and chief executive of Daughtridge Gas & Oil Co., a distributor, and several related companies, 1979 to present. In N.C. House since 2003.