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2016 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election

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.[1]

2016 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election
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NomineeDan ForestLinda Coleman
PartyRepublicanDemocratic
Popular vote2,393,5152,093,380
Percentage51.8%45.3%
Forest:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Coleman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Dan Forest
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Dan Forest
Republican

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.[2] 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, despite Republican Governor Pat McCrory losing reelection by a narrow margin.[3]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Primary results by county:
Coleman
  •   Coleman—71-80%
  •   Coleman—61-70%
  •   Coleman—51-60%
  •   Coleman—41-50%
  •   Coleman—31-40%
Jones
  •   Jones—71-80%
  •   Jones—51-60%
  •   Jones—41-50%
  •   Jones—31-40%
Wilson
  •   Wilson—41-50%
  •   Wilson—31-40%
Democratic primary results[17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticLinda Coleman 500,128 51.1
DemocraticHolly Jones281,13228.7
DemocraticRobert Wilson102,87010.5
DemocraticRonald Newton94,3129.7
Total votes978,442 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Jacki Cole, marketing/sales professional [18]

Withdrawn

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Dan
Forest (R)		Linda
Coleman (D)		OtherUndecided
SurveyUSAOctober 28–31, 2016659± 3.9%49%42%2%7%
Public Policy PollingOctober 21–22, 2016875± 3.3%41%37%4%19%
Civitas InstituteOctober 14–18, 2016651± 3.1%37%32%9%17%
Public Policy PollingSeptember 18–20, 20161,024± 3.1%38%35%4%23%
Civitas InstituteSeptember 11–12, 2016600± 4.0%35%39%4%21%
Public Policy PollingAugust 5–7, 2016830± 3.4%37%37%5%20%
Public Policy PollingJune 20–21, 2016947± 3.2%37%37%4%22%
Civitas InstituteMay 21–23, 2016600± 4.0%36%36%3%24%
Public Policy PollingMay 20–22, 2016928± 3.2%38%38%5%19%
Public Policy PollingApril 22–24, 2016960± 3.2%38%37%6%19%
Public Policy PollingMarch 18–20, 2016843± 3.4%33%36%—25%
Public Policy PollingJuly 2–6, 2015529± 4.3%43%36%—21%
Public Policy PollingMay 28–31, 2015561± 4.1%41%37%—23%
Public Policy PollingApril 2–5, 2015751± 3.6%40%36%—24%
Public Policy PollingFebruary 24–26, 2015849± 3.4%40%35%—25%

Results

[21]
North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanDan Forest (incumbent) 2,393,514 51.81% +1.73%
DemocraticLinda Coleman2,093,37545.32%-4.60%
LibertarianJacki Cole132,6452.87%N/A
Total votes4,619,534 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

References

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