2016 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2016 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Nominee Dan Forest Linda Coleman
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,393,5152,093,380
Percentage51.8%45.3%
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Forest:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Coleman:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Dan Forest
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Dan Forest
Republican

The 2016 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2016, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held March 15. [1]

Contents

In North Carolina, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected separately.

Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest ran for re-election to a second term in office. [2] Linda Coleman was the Democratic nominee, making the general election a rematch of the 2012 contest that Forest won by a narrow margin.

Forest won re-election to a second term, despite Republican Governor Pat McCrory losing reelection by a narrow margin. [3]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Primary results by county: Coleman .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} Coleman--71-80% Coleman--61-70% Coleman--51-60% Coleman--41-50% Coleman--31-40% Jones Jones--71-80% Jones--51-60% Jones--41-50% Jones--31-40% Wilson Wilson--41-50% Wilson--31-40% 2016 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial Democratic primary county map.svg
Primary results by county:
Coleman
  •   Coleman—71-80%
  •   Coleman—61-70%
  •   Coleman—51-60%
  •   Coleman—41-50%
  •   Coleman—31-40%
Jones
  •   Jones—71-80%
  •   Jones—51-60%
  •   Jones—41-50%
  •   Jones—31-40%
Wilson
  •   Wilson—41-50%
  •   Wilson—31-40%
Democratic primary results [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Linda Coleman 500,128 51.1
Democratic Holly Jones281,13228.7
Democratic Robert Wilson102,87010.5
Democratic Ronald Newton94,3129.7
Total votes978,442 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Jacki Cole, marketing/sales professional [18]

Withdrawn

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Dan
Forest (R)		Linda
Coleman (D)		OtherUndecided
SurveyUSA October 28–31, 2016659± 3.9%49%42%2%7%
Public Policy Polling October 21–22, 2016875± 3.3%41%37%4%19%
Civitas Institute October 14–18, 2016651± 3.1%37%32%9%17%
Public Policy Polling September 18–20, 20161,024± 3.1%38%35%4%23%
Civitas Institute September 11–12, 2016600± 4.0%35%39%4%21%
Public Policy Polling August 5–7, 2016830± 3.4%37%37%5%20%
Public Policy Polling June 20–21, 2016947± 3.2%37%37%4%22%
Civitas Institute May 21–23, 2016600± 4.0%36%36%3%24%
Public Policy Polling May 20–22, 2016928± 3.2%38%38%5%19%
Public Policy Polling April 22–24, 2016960± 3.2%38%37%6%19%
Public Policy Polling March 18–20, 2016843± 3.4%33%36%—25%
Public Policy Polling July 2–6, 2015529± 4.3%43%36%—21%
Public Policy Polling May 28–31, 2015561± 4.1%41%37%—23%
Public Policy Polling April 2–5, 2015751± 3.6%40%36%—24%
Public Policy Polling February 24–26, 2015849± 3.4%40%35%—25%

Results

[21]

North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Dan Forest (incumbent) 2,393,514 51.81% +1.73%
Democratic Linda Coleman 2,093,37545.32%-4.60%
Libertarian Jacki Cole132,6452.87%N/A
Total votes4,619,534 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

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  18. ↑ NC Libertarian Party website
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