1996 North Carolina Council of State election

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The North Carolina Council of State election of 1996 was held on 5 November 1996, to elect the Council of State. On the same day, North Carolina held elections for Governor and for Lieutenant Governor, who also formally sit in the Council of State.

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All the races were won by Democrats, as were the posts of governor and lieutenant governor. All were incumbents except for Elaine Marshall, who won the post of secretary of state, and Michael E. Ward, who was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction. Both Marshall and Ward succeeded fellow Democrats.

Results by office

Attorney General

1996 North Carolina Attorney General election
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 1992
2000 
  Mike Easley.jpg No image.svg
Nominee Mike Easley Robert H. Edmunds Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,453,1961,007,027
Percentage59.07%40.93%

1996 North Carolina Attorney General election results.svg
Easley:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80–90%
Edmunds:     50-60%     60-70%

Attorney General before election

Mike Easley
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Mike Easley
Democratic

1996 North Carolina Attorney General election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Mike Easley (incumbent)1,453,19659.07
Republican Robert H. Edmunds Jr. 1,007,02740.93
Turnout 2,460,223

State Auditor

1996 North Carolina State Auditor election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ralph Campbell (incumbent)1,184,66549.92
Republican Jack Daly 1,129,05047.58
Libertarian Robert Dorsey 40,8351.72
Natural Law Theodore Janowski 18,6430.79
Turnout 2,373,193

Commissioner of Agriculture

1996 North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic James A. Graham (incumbent)1,409,80157.80
Republican Tom Davidson 980,22440.18
Natural Law R. Gaines Steer 25,0521.03
Libertarian Eugene Paczelt 24,2170.99
Turnout 2,439,294

Commissioner of Insurance

1996 North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic James E. Long (incumbent)1,388,89456.74
Republican Mike Causey 1,010,78240.93
Libertarian Sean Haugh 26,2581.07
Natural Law Stephen Wolfe 21,9390.90
Turnout 2,447,873

Commissioner of Labor

1996 North Carolina Commissioner of Labor election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Harry Payne (incumbent)1,212,05750.98
Republican Tracy Walker 1,082,53745.53
Natural Law Mary Ann Cooke58,3422.45
Libertarian Seth Fehrs 24,5741.03
Turnout 2,377,510

Secretary of State

1996 North Carolina Secretary of State election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Elaine Marshall 1,333,99453.48
Republican Richard Petty 1,126,70145.17
Libertarian Stephen Richter 20,7340.83
Natural Law Lewis Guignard 12,8960.52
Turnout 2,494,325

Superintendent of Public Instruction

1996 North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Michael E. Ward 1,243,42352.00
Republican Vernon Robinson1,103,28846.14
Libertarian Chris Spruyt 26,4311.11
Natural Law Starr Von Stade 18,0360.75
Turnout 2,391,178

State Treasurer

1996 North Carolina State Treasurer election
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2000  
 
Nominee Harlan E. Boyles Ann Duncan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,219,5941,144,749
Percentage50.62 %47.52%

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  • County results
  • Boyles:     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%
  • Duncan:     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%

State Treasurer before election

Harlan E. Boyles
Democratic

Elected State Treasurer

Harlan E. Boyles
Democratic

1996 North Carolina State Treasurer election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Harlan E. Boyles (incumbent)1,219,59450.62
Republican Ann Duncan 1,144,74947.52
Libertarian Lewis Hunter 31,4921.31
Natural Law Peter Lyda 13,2510.55
Turnout 2,409,086

Footnotes

  1. "Attorney General". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 26, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  2. "State Auditor". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 26, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  3. "Commissioner of Agriculture". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 26, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  4. "Commissioner of Insurance". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 26, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  5. "Commissioner of Labor". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 26, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  6. "Secretary of State". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 26, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  7. "Superintendent of Public Instruction". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 26, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  8. "State Treasurer". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 26, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2010.

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