Claim: The 1996 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was won by Dennis Wicker, who graduated from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1978 and served as a house representative, by a ten percent margin.
Evidence: The North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election of 1996 was held on 5 November 1996, as part of the elections to the Council of State. The election was won by Democratic incumbent Dennis A. Wicker, who won a second term. He graduated from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1978. Dennis Alvin Wicker (born June 14, 1952) is an American lawyer and politician from Sanford who served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1981–1993), and as the 31st Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina (1993–2001).