▁G . ▁Martin ▁ran ▁as ▁the ▁Republican ▁nom ine e ▁against ▁Democratic ▁Att orney ▁General ▁R uf us ▁L . ▁Ed m isten , ▁who ▁defeated ▁H unt ' s ▁L t . ▁Governor , ▁James ▁Green , ▁among ▁other ▁candidates , ▁in ▁a ▁hot ly ▁cont ested ▁primary . ▁ ▁Martin ▁won ▁by ▁a ▁comfortable ▁margin ▁on ▁E lection ▁Day ▁thanks ▁to ▁the ▁surprise ▁end ors ement ▁of ▁Green , ▁and ▁to ▁President ▁Ron ald ▁Re agan ' s ▁co att ails ▁( see ▁also ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁United ▁States ▁president ial ▁election ). ▁Martin ▁became ▁just ▁the ▁second ▁Republican ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁state ' s ▁highest ▁office ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁ ▁An ▁off hand ▁remark ▁by ▁Ed m isten ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁campaign ▁became ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁state ' s ▁political ▁l ore . ▁He ▁was ▁quoted ▁as ▁compla ining ▁about ▁all ▁the ▁bar bec ue ▁p ork ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁eat ▁on ▁the ▁campaign ▁trail , ▁saying ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁eat ▁anymore ▁of ▁" that ▁dam n able ▁stuff ", ▁which ▁is ▁widely ▁popular . ▁ ▁Ed m isten ▁later ▁said ▁he ▁was ▁j oking . ▁ ▁Primary ▁election ▁results ▁ ▁Democratic ▁primary ▁ ▁Republican ▁primary ▁ ▁General ▁election ▁results ▁ ▁Foot notes ▁ ▁North ▁Carolina ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁G ubern atorial <0x0A> </s> ▁El ▁sul f ato ▁at óm ico ▁( English : ▁The ▁At omic ▁Sul f ate ) ▁is ▁a ▁ 1 9 6