1996 North Carolina judicial elections
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The North Carolina judicial elections of 1996 were held statewide on November 5, 1996, to elect judges to the North Carolina Supreme Court and North Carolina Court of Appeals. A total of three seats were on the ballot, and in each case, incumbents who had been appointed by Gov. Jim Hunt (running for re-election that same day) were elected to terms in their own right.
Supreme Court
[edit]Chief Justice seat
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Burley Mitchell (incumbent) | 1,221,232 | 51.29 | ||
Republican | Raymond A. Warren | 1,159,678 | 48.71 |
Parker seat
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Sarah Parker (incumbent) | 1,323,327 | 55.69 | ||
Republican | Carl L. Tilghman | 1,052,786 | 44.31 |
Court of Appeals
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Linda M. McGee (incumbent) | 1,221,653 | 52.04 | ||
Republican | Betty J. Pearce | 1,126,013 | 47.96 |
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "1996 General Election - Chief Justice". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 26, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ 1996 General election - Associate Justice seat
- ^ 1996 General election - Court of Appeals