The 1988 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1988. Popular Incumbent Governor
James G. Martin
James Grubbs Martin (born December 11, 1935) is an American organic chemist and politician who served as the List of Governors of North Carolina, 70th governor of North Carolina from 1985 to 1993. He was the third Republican elected to the of ...
ran and was re-elected by a comfortable margin over Democratic Challenger former Lieutenant Governor
Robert B. Jordan III.
As of , this is the only time that a Republican was re-elected to a second term as Governor of North Carolina. This is the second of two times where Republicans won consecutive gubernatorial elections, after 1868 and 1872. This also marks the last occasion that the following counties have voted Republican in a gubernatorial election:
Buncombe
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* Buncombe County, North Carolina
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* Edward Buncombe
Edward Buncombe (1742–1778) was a plantation owner from the Province of North Carolina who served as a co ...
,
Guilford
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, and
Wilson
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Primary election results
General election results
Footnotes
North Carolina
1988
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Lieutenant
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