1996 general · November 5, 1996
1996 Governors election results
Every Governors race in the 1996 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races11
Changed party2
Unopposed0%0 races
Governors
D 7 · R 4
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | Thomas R. Carper (D) | 39.0 | |
| Indiana | Frank O'Bannon (D) | 4.8 | |
| Missouri | Mel Carnahan (D) | 17.1 | |
| Montana | Marc Racicot (R) | 58.3 | |
| New Hampshire | Jeanne Shaheen (D) | 18.3 | Flipped |
| North Carolina | James B. Hunt Jr (D) | 13.4 | |
| North Dakota | Edward T. Schafer (R) | 32.4 | |
| Utah | Mike O. Leavitt (R) | 52.6 | |
| Vermont | Howard Dean (D) | 48.2 | |
| Washington | Gary Locke (D) | 15.9 | |
| West Virginia | Cecil H. Underwood (R) | 6.0 | Flipped |
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); English Wikipedia