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1996 North Carolina U.S. House District 2 Election

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Who won the 1996 North Carolina U.S. House District 2 Election?

Bob Etheridge won the 1996 North Carolina U.S. House District 2 Election. Bob Etheridge received 113,820 popular votes (52.54%). The main challenger was David Funderburk (45.68%).

See the full head-to-head between Etheridge and Funderburk

Etheridge +6.9 pts · won by 14,869 votes
Bob EtheridgeDemocraticWINNER52.54%
113,820 votes
David FunderburkRepublican45.68%
98,951 votes
Mark Daniel JacksonLibertarian1.34%
2,892 votes
Robert Argy Jr.natural law0.45%
966 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.