1996 Delaware gubernatorial election

none related races 1996 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1996 Delaware gubernatorial election Delaware presidential no 1992 Delaware gubernatorial election 1992 2000 Delaware gubernatorial election 2000 November 5, 1996 File:Tom Carper 102nd Congressional portrait.jpg 150x150px Tom Carper Democratic Party (United States) Ruth Ann Minner 188,300 69.50% 3x4.svg Janet Rzewnicki Republican Party (United States) Sherman N. Miller 82,564 30.50% 110px County results 110px State House district results Carper: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933E5 80–90% #0D0596 >90% Governor Tom Carper Democratic Party (United States) Tom Carper Democratic Party (United States) 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. Both were unopposed in their respective primaries. Tom Carper became the first Democratic governor in state history to win 2 consecutive terms. General election Results Delaware gubernatorial election, 1996Cook Thomas J. November 1996 State of Delaware 1996 Election Results Delaware Commissioner of Elections http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1996.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130512033926/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1996.pdf May 12, 2013 August 25, 2016 Democratic Party (United States) Tom Carper (incumbent) 188,300 69.50% +4.75% Republican Party (United States) Janet Rzewnicki 82,654 30.50% -2.24% 105,646 38.99% +6.99% 270,954 Democratic Party (United States) By county CountyTom CarperDemocraticJanet RzewnickiRepublican#%#%Kent24,94663.2%14,50336.8%New Castle129,51272.1%50,08127.9%Sussex33,84265.2%18,07034.8% Totals188,30069.5%82,65430.5% References 1996 Gubernatorial Delaware