1996 North Carolina judicial election

The North Carolina judicial elections of 1996 were held statewide on November 5, 1996, to elect judges to the North Carolina Supreme Court and North Carolina Court of Appeals. A total of three seats were on the ballot, and in each case, incumbents who had been appointed by Gov. Jim Hunt (running for re-election that same day) were elected to terms in their own right.

Elections in North Carolina

Supreme Court

Chief Justice seat
1996 North Carolina Supreme Court election – Chief Justice[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Burley Mitchell (incumbent) 1,221,232 51.29
Republican Raymond A. Warren 1,159,678 48.71

Parker seat
1996 North Carolina Supreme Court election – Associate Justice [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Sarah Parker (incumbent) 1,323,327 55.69
Republican Carl L. Tilghman 1,052,786 44.31

Court of Appeals
1996 North Carolina Court of Appeals election – Court of Appeals[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Linda M. McGee (incumbent) 1,221,653 52.04
Republican Betty J. Pearce 1,126,013 47.96


Footnotes
  1. "1996 General Election - Chief Justice". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  2. 1996 General election - Associate Justice seat
  3. 1996 General election - Court of Appeals
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