Delaware gubernatorial election, 1996

November 5, 1996



Nominee	Thomas R. Carper	Janet Rzewnicki
Party	Democratic	Republican
Running mate	Ruth Ann Minner	Sherman N. Miller
Popular vote	188,300	82,564
Percentage	69.50%	30.50%

County Results

Governor before election

Thomas R. Carper
Democratic

Elected Governor

Thomas R. Carper
Democratic

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The 1996 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1996, to elect the Governor of the state of Delaware. Incumbent governor Thomas Carper, the Democratic nominee, was re-elected to his second and final term in a landslide over Republican nominee and Delaware State Treasurer Janet Rzewnicki.

General election

Results

Delaware gubernatorial election, 1996^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Thomas Carper (inc.)	188,300	69.50%	+4.75%
	Republican	Janet C. Rzewnicki	82,654	30.50%	-2.24%
Majority			105,646	38.99%	+6.99%
Turnout			270,954
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

↑ Cook, Thomas J. (November 1996). "State of Delaware 1996 Election Results" (PDF). Delaware Commissioner of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2016.

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