1980 North Carolina gubernatorial election

none related races 1980 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1980 North Carolina gubernatorial election North Carolina presidential no 1976 North Carolina gubernatorial election 1976 1984 North Carolina gubernatorial election 1984 November 4, 1980 1885 File:Jim Hunt (NC 1).png 150x150px Jim Hunt Democratic Party (United States) 1,143,145 61.88% File:I. Beverly Lake Jr.jpg I. Beverly Lake Republican Party (United States) 691,449 37.43% 1980 North Carolina gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 325px County resultsHunt: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Lake: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Governor Jim Hunt Democratic Party (United States) Jim Hunt Democratic Party (United States) The 1980 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1980. Despite North Carolina going to Ronald Reagan in the presidential race and the U.S. Senate race being won by a Republican (John P. East), popular Democratic Governor Jim Hunt won a second term in office in a landslide over Republican I. Beverly Lake. Hunt thus became the first governor of the state elected to a consecutive four-year term, following an amendment to the Constitution of North Carolina allowing such a run.NCpedia Hunt's decision to run for a second term led to a challenge from former Democratic governor Robert W. Scott, but Hunt easily defeated the former governor in the Democratic primary.http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=66119 Our Campaigns - NC Governor - D Primary Race - May 06, 1980 UNC-Chapel Hill journalism professor Ferrel Guillory wrote of this campaign: "Hunt campaigned as the activist governor that he had been through his first term. His campaign’s key points were: 1) limiting government growth even as he deployed government as a tool for improving citizens’ lives, particularly through education initiatives; 2) maintaining ties with the business community while also pushing to diversify the state’s economy; 3) expanding rights and opportunities for women and black people; and 4) responding to charges that he was a “big spender’’ by noting that he had persuaded the Legislature in 1979 to enact a modest income tax cut."https://iei.ncsu.edu/iei2016/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Guillory-Hunt-Library-Elections-Essay_Revised-August-2019.pdf JIM HUNT: Campaigning and Governing October 13, 2020 June 20, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210620091830/https://iei.ncsu.edu/iei2016/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Guillory-Hunt-Library-Elections-Essay_Revised-August-2019.pdf dead General election results 1980 NC Governor Election Resultshttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=26793 Our Campaigns - NC Governor Race - Nov 04, 1980 Democratic Party (United States) Jim Hunt (Incumbent) 1,143,145 61.88% Republican Party (United States) I. Beverly Lake 691,449 37.43% -16.47% Libertarian Party (United States) Robert Y. Emory 9,552 0.54% Socialist Workers Party (United States) Douglas A. Cooper 2,887 0.16% Independent politician Others 53 0% 1,847,086 100% Footnotes North Carolina 1980 Gubernatorial