The United States House of Representative elections of 1996 in North Carolina were held on 5 November 1996 as part of the
biennial election to the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
. All twelve seats in North Carolina, and 435 nationwide, were elected.
The
Democrats made strong gains, recouping much of the losses sustained in the
Republican Revolution
The "Republican Revolution", "Revolution of '94", or "Gingrich Revolution" are political slogans that refer to the Republican Party (GOP) success in the 1994 U.S. mid-term elections, which resulted in a net gain of 54 seats in the House of ...
of 1994, in which the
Republicans had gained four districts. In 1996, parties won six representatives from the state. Two Republican incumbents first elected in 1994 –
Fred Heineman
Frederick K. Heineman (December 28, 1929 – March 20, 2010) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, serving in the 104th United States Congress.
Born in New York City, New York, Heineman att ...
in
the 4th district and
David Funderburk
David Britton Funderburk (born April 28, 1944) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the Ambassador of the United States to Romania from 1981 to 1985. He later served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives fr ...
in
the 2nd – failed to hold their seats.
It is not to be confused with the
election to the North Carolina House of Representatives, which was held on the same day.
Summary
Results
Footnotes
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1996
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1996 North Carolina elections