North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2016
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2016 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election will take 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]
In North Carolina, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected separately.
Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest is running for re-election to a second term in office.[2] Linda Coleman is the Democratic nominee, making the general election a rematch of the 2012 contest that Forest won by a narrow margin.
Contents
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Dan Forest, incumbent Lieutenant Governor[2]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- Linda Coleman, former Director of the Office of State Personnel, former State Representative and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2012[3]
- Holly Jones, Buncombe County Commissioner[4]
- Ron Newton, tax attorney and financial services company owner[5]
- Robert Wilson, former North Carolina Assistant Secretary of State[6]
Declined
- Gene McLaurin, former State Senator and former Mayor of Rockingham[7][8]
- Steve Rao, Morrisville Town Councilman[9][10]
- Chris Rey, Mayor of Spring Lake (running for U.S. Senate)[11][12]
- James Taylor, Winston-Salem City Council Member[13][14][15]
Results
| Democratic primary results[16] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Linda Coleman | 494,433 | 51% | |
| Democratic | Holly Jones | 278,080 | 29% | |
| Democratic | Robert Wilson | 101,458 | 10% | |
| Democratic | Ronald Newton | 93,057 | 10% | |
| Total votes | 967,028 | 100% | ||
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Declared
- J.J. Summerell, chairman of the Libertarian Party of North Carolina[17]
General election
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Dan Forest (R) |
Linda Coleman (D) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Polling | May 20—22, 2016 | 928 | ± 3.2% | 38% | 38% | 5% | 19% |
| Public Policy Polling | April 22—24, 2016 | 960 | ± 3.2% | 38% | 37% | 6% | 19% |
| Public Policy Polling | March 18—20, 2016 | 843 | ± 3.4% | 33% | 36% | — | 25% |
| Public Policy Polling | Jul 2—6, 2015 | 529 | ± 4.3% | 43% | 36% | — | 21% |
| Public Policy Polling | May 28—31, 2015 | 561 | ± 4.1% | 41% | 37% | — | 23% |
| Public Policy Polling | April 2—5, 2015 | 751 | ± 3.6% | 40% | 36% | — | 24% |
| Public Policy Polling | February 24—26, 2015 | 849 | ± 3.4% | 40% | 35% | — | 25% |
References
- ↑ WRAL: North Carolina primaries officially on March 15 with signing
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