Walter H. Dalton

Walter H. Dalton
Current candidacy
Running for Governor of North Carolina
Date of primary	May 8, 2012
General election	November 6, 2012
Current office
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
North Carolina State Senate President
In office
January 10, 2009 - Present
Years in position	3
Party	Democratic
Elections and appointments
Last election	2008
Term limits	N/A
Prior offices
North Carolina State Senate
1996 - 2008
Education
Bachelor's	University of North Carolina
J.D.	University of North Carolina School of Law
Personal
Religion	Methodist
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Walter H. Dalton (born May 21, 1949) is the current Democratic Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina. In that capacity he also serves as President of the North Carolina State Senate. He was first elected to his current position in 2008, and previously represented District 46 in the North Carolina State Senate.

In January 2012, Dalton announced his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for Governor of North Carolina in the 2012 gubernatorial election. His announcement came just days after incumbent Bev Perdue declared she would not seek a second term in office. He won the Democratic primary election on May 8th and will face Pat McCrory in the November 6th general election.

Biography

Dalton was born May 21, 1949 in Rutherfordton in the foothills of Western North Carolina. His father, an attorney and state senator, died when Walter was in elementary school. After earning a BS and JD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dalton worked as the managing partner of the Dalton & Miller law firm in Rutherfordton and served as a county attorney for 20 years.

In 1996, Dalton was elected to the same North Carolina State Senate seat his father held when Walter was young. He served six terms in the state Senate before winning election as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina in 2008.

Education

• BS, Business administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• JD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Political career

Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina (2009 - Present)

Dalton was first elected Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina in 2008.

North Carolina State Senate (1996 - 2008)

Dalton was first elected to the North Carolina State Senate in 1996. He served for six terms and served as the co-chairman of the Appropriations Committee.

In 2005, Dalton co-sponsored a referendum to ban gay marriage, but during his 2012 campaign for lieutenant governor he has openly opposed the state's controversial marriage amendment.

Elections

2012

See also: North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2012

Following incumbent Beverly Perdue's decision to not seek a second term as governor, Dalton announced his intention to run for the top post in the 2012 election. He defeated Bill Faison, Bob Etheridge, Gary M. Dunn, Gardenia Henley and Bruce Blackmon in the May 8th primary. He will face Pat McCrory (R) and Barbara Howe (L) in the general election on November 6, 2012.

Campaign donors

Ballotpedia collects information on campaign donors for each year in which a candidate or incumbent is running for election. The following table offers a breakdown of Walter Dalton's donors each year. Click [show] for more information.

Walter Dalton's Campaign Contributions
	2008 Lt. Governor of North Carolina
Total Raised	$2,481,385
Total Raised by General Election Opponent	$5,607,766 (Republican) $1,445 (Libertarian)
Top 5 contributors	North Carolina Democratic Party	$95,000
	Progress Energy	$8,000
	Committee to Elect Bob England	$8,000
	Duke Energy	$8,000
	North Carolina Farm Bureau	$8,000$
Individuals	$2,052,750
Institutions	$237,174
In-state donations	$2,302,325
Out-of-state donations	$176,199

Personal

Dalton and his wife, Lucille, have two children.

See also

• Lieutenant Governor
• North Carolina Lieutenant Governor
• North Carolina State Senate

External links

Suggest a link

• Dalton's campaign website
• Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina website
• Dalton's official biography