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North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2016

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November 8, 2016
  
2020 →

51.81%
  
45.32%

2,393,515
  
2,093,380

Date
  
8 November 2016


Winner
  
Dan Forest

The 2016 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2016, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held March 15.

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In North Carolina, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected separately.

Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest ran for re-election to a second term in office. Linda Coleman was the Democratic nominee, making the general election a rematch of the 2012 contest that Forest won by a narrow margin.

Forest won re-election to a second term.

Declared

  • Dan Forest, incumbent Lieutenant Governor

    • Declared

  • Linda Coleman, former Director of the Office of State Personnel, former State Representative and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2012
  • Holly Jones, Buncombe County Commissioner
  • Ron Newton, tax attorney and financial services company owner
  • Robert Wilson, former North Carolina Assistant Secretary of State

    • Declined

  • Gene McLaurin, former State Senator and former Mayor of Rockingham
  • Steve Rao, Morrisville Town Councilman
  • Chris Rey, Mayor of Spring Lake (running for U.S. Senate)
  • James Taylor, Winston-Salem City Council Member

    • Declared

  • Jacki Cole, marketing/sales professional

    • Withdrawn

  • J.J. Summerell, chairman of the Libertarian Party of North Carolina (running for Congress instead of for Lt. Governor)

    • References

    North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2016 Wikipedia
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