The 1996 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was won by Dennis Wicker, graduated from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1978, by a ten percent margin.
Democratic Dennis A. Wicker 1,500,206 54.50 1996 North Carolina lieutenant governor election Republican Steve Arnold 1,315,825 44.52 In the general election, Wicker defeated Republican Steve Arnold, a Guilford County commissioner, by 55% to 45%. He graduated from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1978. 
