North Carolina gubernatorial election, 1988

November 8, 1988



Nominee	James G. Martin	Robert B. Jordan III
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,222,258	997,408
Percentage	55.06%	44.94%

County Results

Governor before election

James Martin
Republican

Elected Governor

James Martin
Republican

Elections in North Carolina

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The North Carolina gubernatorial election of 1988 was held on November 8, 1988. Popular Incumbent Governor James G. Martin ran and was re-elected by a comfortable margin over Democratic Challenger former Lieutenant Governor Robert B. Jordan III. Martin also made history by becoming the first Republican to be re-elected in North Carolina.

Primary election results

1988 NC Governor Democratic Primary Election Results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert B. Jordan	404,620	79.20%
	Democratic	Billy Martin	60,770	11.97%
	Democratic	Carrol W. Crawford	21.884	4.30%
	Democratic	James Lloyd	10,438	2.06%
	Democratic	Bruce A. Friedman	9,876	1.95%

General election results

1988 NC Governor Election Results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James G. Martin	1,222,258	55.06%
	Democratic	Robert B. Jordan	997,408	44.94%	-10.12%
Turnout			2,219,66	100%

Footnotes

↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=78947
↑ "Atlas Forum Index". Atlas Forum. July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-23.

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