United States gubernatorial elections, 1996

United States Gubernatorial elections, 1996

November 5, 1996

13 governorships 11 states; 2 territories

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Republican	Democratic
Last election	31 governorships	18 governorships
Seats before	32^[1]	17
Seats after	32	17
Seat change	±0	±0

Republican holds

Republican pickups

Democratic holds

Democratic pickups

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 1996 in 11 states and two territories. Going into the elections, seven of the seats were held by Democrats and four by Republicans. Democrats picked up the open seat in New Hampshire, and Republicans picked up the open seat in West Virginia, for no net change in the partisan balance of power. These elections coincided with the presidential election.

Election results

A bolded state name features an article about the specific election.

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Delaware	Tom Carper	Democratic	Re-elected, 69.5%	Janet Rzewnicki (Republican) 30.5%
Indiana	Evan Bayh	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Frank O'Bannon (Democratic) 51.5% Steve Goldsmith (Republican) 46.8% Steve Dillon (Libertarian) 1.7%
Missouri	Mel Carnahan	Democratic	Re-elected, 57.2%	Margaret Kelly (Republican) 40.4% Mark Oglesby (Libertarian) 2.4%
Montana	Marc Racicot	Republican	Re-elected, 79.2%	Judy Jacobson (Democratic) 20.8%
New Hampshire	Steve Merrill	Republican	Retired, Democratic victory	Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic) 57.2% Ovide Lamontagne (Republican) 39.5% Fred Bramante (Independent Reform) 2.1% Robert Kingsbury (Libertarian) 1.2%
North Carolina	Jim Hunt	Democratic	Re-elected, 56.0%	Robin Hayes (Republican) 42.8% Scott Yost (Libertarian) 0.7% Julia Van Witt (Natural Law) 0.6%
North Dakota	Ed Schafer	Republican	Re-elected, 66.2%	Lee Kaldor (Democratic) 33.8%
Utah	Mike Leavitt	Republican	Re-elected, 75.0%	James Bradley (Democratic) 23.3% Ken Larsen (Independent American) 0.7% Dub Richards (Independent) 0.6% Robert Lesh (Natural Law) 0.4%
Vermont	Howard Dean	Democratic	Re-elected, 70.5%	John Gropper (Republican) 22.5% Mal Herbert (Liberty Union) 1.6% Dennis Lane (Grassroots) 1.4% Bill Brunelle (Natural Law) 1.3% August St. John (Independent) 1.3% Neil Randall (Libertarian) 1.2%
Washington	Mike Lowry	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	Gary Locke (Democratic) 58.0% Ellen Craswell (Republican) 42.0%
West Virginia	Gaston Caperton	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	Cecil Underwood (Republican) 51.6% Charlotte Pritt (Democratic) 45.8% Wallace Johnson (Libertarian) 2.6%

Note: Candidates' vote percentages rounded to the nearest tenth of one percent. Candidates who earned 0.05% or more of the vote are included.

References

↑ Mike Huckabee (R) succeeded Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker (D) after the latter resigned due to convictions for one count of conspiracy and one count of mail fraud

(1994 ←) 1996 United States elections (→ 1998)

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