1988 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election

1988 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Nominee Jim Gardner Tony Rand
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,072,002 1,044,917
Percentage 50.64% 49.36%

County results

Gardner:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Rand:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Robert B. Jordan
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Jim Gardner
Republican

The 1988 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1988. Republican nominee Jim Gardner defeated Democratic nominee Tony Rand with 50.64% of the vote, becoming the first Republican elected lieutenant governor of North Carolina in the twentieth century.