McCrory has been fundraising for the past 6 years trying to win the Governorship. Dalton, while a good candidate, has too many things working against him. Bev not announcing till January that she would not seek reelection pretty much killed whoever decided to run on the D ticket. As you pointed out, Dalton doesn't have a ton of name recognition and because of his late start in fundraising and campaigning it was just too much to make up. McCrory had a 6 year stash of money and has killed Dalton $5M to $1.4M in fundraising the last 3 months. That pattern has been similar for the entire season. Per the N&O, McCrory's campaign outspent Dalton by a 4-to-1 margin from July 1 through Oct. 20 and had a 6-to-1 cash advantage entering the final two weeks of the campaign. Dalton doesn't have the funds to paste his name everywhere and dig out of the hole that Bev threw him in.
Also dems don't have a shining record in the public eye right now. Easley was caught up in a scandal after he left office. Bev is been seen as a do nothing governor because she's faced the same obstacles against the GOP legislature that Obama has faced with Congress and hasn't really been able to do much. Pretty much any meaningful legislation she has vetoed, the legislature has convinced enough blue dog dems to crossover and vote to override the veto. She was Lt. Governor during Easley's term and has been hinted as being part of the Easley scandal. McCrory has been effective at making the Dalton-->Perdue-->Easley connection in the voters minds.
As an employee of the State of NC, I am not at all looking forward to a GOP controlled House, Senate and Governor to rubber stamp all their tea party legislation. McCrory is all about privatizing as much as possible, which makes me quite concerned about my future employment with the State.
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