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On election day, 3 November 1896, Democratic nominee Alexander A. Lesueur won re-election by a margin of 37,497 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee William B. Freeman, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of secretary of state. Lesueur was sworn in for his third term on 11 January 1897.
