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1996Final results

1996 election for North Carolina Senate District 5

North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina

Charles W. Albertson (D) won with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Corbett L. Quinn (R) by 9.6 points.

Charles W. AlbertsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.8%22,987
45.2%18,941
41,928 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+33.31988D+16.11992D+9.61996D+28.51998D+19.22000D+2.92002

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET