1992 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1992 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election?

Jim Hunt won the 1992 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election. Jim Hunt received 1,368,246 popular votes (52.72%). The main challenger was Jim Gardner (43.23%).

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Hunt +9.5 pts · won by 246,291 votes

Jim Hunt DemocraticWINNER52.72%

1,368,246 votes

Jim Gardner Republican43.23%

1,121,955 votes

Other candidates received the remaining 4.1% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.

Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.