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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.
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.
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1996 North Carolina Attorney General election[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Mike Easley (incumbent) | 1,453,196 | 59.07 | ||
Republican | Robert H. Edmunds, Jr. | 1,007,027 | 40.93 | ||
Turnout | 2,460,223 |
1996 North Carolina State Auditor election[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Ralph Campbell (incumbent) | 1,184,665 | 49.92 | ||
Republican | Jack Daly | 1,129,050 | 47.58 | ||
Libertarian | Robert Dorsey | 40,835 | 1.72 | ||
Natural Law | Theodore Janowski | 18,643 | 0.79 | ||
Turnout | 2,373,193 |
1996 North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture election[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | James A. Graham (incumbent) | 1,409,801 | 57.80 | ||
Republican | Tom Davidson | 980,224 | 40.18 | ||
Natural Law | R. Gaines Steer | 25,052 | 1.03 | ||
Libertarian | Eugene Paczelt | 24,217 | 0.99 | ||
Turnout | 2,439,294 |
1996 North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance election[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | James E. Long (incumbent) | 1,388,894 | 56.74 | ||
Republican | Mike Causey | 1,010,782 | 40.93 | ||
Libertarian | Sean Haugh | 26,258 | 1.07 | ||
Natural Law | Stephen Wolfe | 21,939 | 0.90 | ||
Turnout | 2,447,873 |
1996 North Carolina Commissioner of Labor election[5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Harry E. Payne, Jr. (incumbent) | 1,212,057 | 50.98 | ||
Republican | Tracy Walker | 1,082,537 | 45.53 | ||
Natural Law | Mary Ann Cooke | 58,342 | 2.45 | ||
Libertarian | Seth Fehrs | 24,574 | 1.03 | ||
Turnout | 2,377,510 |
1996 North Carolina Secretary of State election[6] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Elaine Marshall | 1,333,994 | 53.48 | ||
Republican | Richard Petty | 1,126,701 | 45.17 | ||
Libertarian | Stephen Richter | 20,734 | 0.83 | ||
Natural Law | Lewis Guignard | 12,896 | 0.52 | ||
Turnout | 2,494,325 |
1996 North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction election[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Michael E. Ward | 1,243,423 | 52.00 | ||
Republican | Vernon Robinson | 1,103,288 | 46.14 | ||
Libertarian | Chris Spruyt | 26,431 | 1.11 | ||
Natural Law | Starr Von Stade | 18,036 | 0.75 | ||
Turnout | 2,391,178 |
1996 North Carolina State Treasurer election[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Harlan E. Boyles (incumbent) | 1,219,594 | 50.62 | ||
Republican | Ann Duncan | 1,144,749 | 47.52 | ||
Libertarian | Lewis Hunter | 31,492 | 1.31 | ||
Natural Law | Peter Lyda | 13,251 | 0.55 | ||
Turnout | 2,409,086 |