1992 North Carolina gubernatorial election

none related races 1992 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1992 North Carolina gubernatorial election North Carolina presidential no 1988 North Carolina gubernatorial election 1988 1996 North Carolina gubernatorial election 1996 November 3, 1992 150x150px File:Jim Hunt official portrait (cropped).jpg Jim Hunt Democratic Party (United States) 1,368,246 52.72% Jim Gardner and Ronald Reagan (cropped).png Jim Gardner Republican Party (United States) 1,121,955 43.23% 1992 North Carolina gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 325px County resultsHunt: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Gardner: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Governor James G. Martin Republican Party (United States) Jim Hunt Democratic Party (United States) The 1992 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Governor James G. Martin was unable to run for a third consecutive term due to term limits, and his Lieutenant Governor, Jim Gardner, was chosen to replace him as the Republican nominee. Gardner had also been the nominee in a previous gubernatorial election twenty four years earlier. Former Governor Jim Hunt decided to seek his third term as the Democratic nominee. The race became one of the nastiest and most talked about races in the country, with Hunt winning a third term easily over Gardner and Libertarian nominee Scott McLaughlin. Republican primary Candidates Gary M. Dunn Jim Gardner, lieutenant governor of North Carolina and former U.S. representative from Rocky Mount Ruby Hooper, former deputy secretary of the North Carolina Department of Human Resources and candidate for governor in 1984 Results 1992 Republican gubernatorial primaryhttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=270805 Our Campaigns - NC Governor - R Primary Race - May 05, 1992April 2026 Republican Party (United States) Jim Gardner 215,528 81.96% Republican Party (United States) Ruby T. Hooper 26,179 9.96% Republican Party (United States) Gary M. Dunn 21,256 8.08% 262,963 100.00% Democratic primary Candidates Jim Hunt, former governor of North Carolina Lacy Thornburg, North Carolina attorney general and former state representative Marcus W. Williams Results 1992 Democratic gubernatorial primaryhttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=270806 Our Campaigns - NC Governor - D Primary Race - May 05, 1992April 2026 Democratic Party (United States) Jim Hunt 459,300 65.46% Democratic Party (United States) Lacy Thornburg 188,806 26.91% Democratic Party (United States) Marcus W. Williams 25,660 3.66% 673,766 100.00% General election Candidates Jim Gardner, lieutenant governor of North Carolina and former U.S. representative from Rocky Mount (Republican) Jim Hunt, former governor of North Carolina (Democratic) Scott McLaughlin (Libertarian) Results 1992 North Carolina gubernatorial election Atlas Forum Index http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1992&fips=37&f=0&off=5&elect=0 March 2011 Atlas Forum 2009-06-12 Democratic Party (United States) Jim Hunt 1,368,246 52.72 Republican Party (United States) Jim Gardner 1,121,955 43.23 9.49 Libertarian Party (United States) Scott McLaughlin 104,983 4.05 2,595,184 100.00% Footnotes North Carolina 1992 Governor