November 5, 1996 2000 → 57.17% 40.43% | 1,224,801 866,268 | |
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The Missouri gubernatorial election of 1996 was Missouri's forty-ninth gubernatorial election. The election was held on November 5, 1996 and resulted in a victory for the Democratic nominee, incumbent Governor Mel Carnahan, over the Republican candidate, State Auditor Margaret B. Kelly, and Libertarian J. Mark Oglesby.
Governor Carnahan died in a plane crash on October 16, 2000, near the end of this term, and was replaced by Lt. Gov. Roger B. Wilson.
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Missouri gubernatorial election, 1996 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA