|Leaning Republican win due to [[same-sex marriage]] issue.
|Leaning Republican win due to [[same-sex marriage]] issue.
|0.3%
|0.3%
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|The current [[Democratic]] governor, [[Bev Perdue]], is highly unpopular and polling badly, especially in the wake of recent scandals among her staff.
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|The current [[Democratic]] governor, [[Bev Perdue]], is highly unpopular and polling badly, especially in the wake of recent scandals among her staff. Rasmussen's most recent poll of the state had Romney up, 49-44.