Mike Easley
Electoral history

Party
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
-
Democratic
Mike Easley
1,453,196
59.07
-
-
Republican
Robert Edmunds, Jr.
1,007,027
40.93
-

Question: Firstly, which percentage of the vote did Easley garner and comparatively which percentage of the vote did his opponent have? 
Answer: Easley garnered 59.07% of the vote, compared with opponent Robert Edmonds, Jr.'s 40.93% of votes.