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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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Mike Easley (incumbent) | 1,453,196 | 59.07 | ||
Republican | Robert H. Edmunds Jr. | 1,007,027 | 40.93 | ||
Turnout | 2,460,223 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Harry Payne (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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |