Governor

100 of 100 counties Reporting

Percent  Votes     Michael Munger-L   2.87%   121,229    Bev Perdue-D   50.22%   2,120,968    Pat McCrory-R   46.90%   1,980,768

You know by now that Dr. Munger will not be the next governor of North Carolina. It was never realistic to think he might be. The campaign did achieve its two most important goals:

Legal Status

By exceeding 2% of the vote total, Dr. Munger put the Libertarian Party in position to support its candidates, rather than spending its resources regaining ballot status.

Visibility

Dr. Munger's voter appeal earned him three invitations to televised debates. That, and his excellent performance in those debates brought thousands of new voters his way. Many of them will remember him in 2012 and many also were introduced to libertarian ideas and the Libertarian Party.