1996 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election

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1996 North Carolina lieutenant governor election
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  1992 November 5, 1996 2000  
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Nominee Dennis Wicker Steve Arnold
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,339,8931,094,531
Percentage54.5%44.5%

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County results
Wicker:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Arnold:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Dennis Wicker
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Dennis Wicker
Democratic

The 1996 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 5 November 1996, as part of the elections to the Council of State. North Carolina also held a gubernatorial election on the same day, but the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected independently.

The election was won by Democratic incumbent Dennis A. Wicker, who won a second term. In the general election, Wicker defeated Republican Steve Arnold, a Guilford County commissioner, by 55% to 45%.

General election

1996 North Carolina lieutenant governor election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Dennis A. Wicker (incumbent) 1,500,206 54.50
Republican Steve Arnold1,315,82544.52
Natural Law John Dainotto23,9480.97
Turnout 2,866,383
Democratic hold Swing

Footnotes

  1. "Lieutenant Governor". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 26, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.

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