North Carolina General Assembly election, 2002

The North Carolina General Assembly election, 2002 was the first General Assembly election conducted using districts drawn following the 2000 Census.

These districts differed from past districts in that these were the first drawn so as to have each district elect only one member of the North Carolina General Assembly. Previously, some districts elected 2 or 3 members; the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that this was not allowed under the North Carolina Constitution of 1971.

These elections resulted in Democratic control of the North Carolina Senate with a 28-22 majority, but in an evenly split House of Representatives; consequently, the Democrats and Republicans shared leadership of the body.

North Carolina House

Candidate

Popular Vote

Pct

Party

North Carolina House District 1

Bill Owens, Jr.

12157

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 2

Daniel M. Beall

6837

36.55%

Republican

Bill Culpepper

11867

63.45%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 3

Alice Graham Underhill

10594

49.57%

Democrat

Michael A. Gorman

10777

50.43%

Republican

North Carolina House District 4

John Wobbleton

8487

48.23%

Republican

Charles Elliott Johnson

9109

51.77%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 5

Larry Cooke

2366

15.69%

Libertarian

Howard Hunter, Jr.

12714

84.31%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 6

Hood Richardson

9648

46.09%

Republican

Arthur Williams

11287

53.91%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 7

John D. Hall

11941

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 8

Edith D. Warren

11809

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 9

Deb Seksay

201

1.19%

Libertarian

Judy Eagle

5715

33.87%

Republican

Marian N. McLawhorn

10957

64.94%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 10

Russell E. Tucker

8777

49.07%

Democrat

Stephen LaRoque

9109

50.93%

Republican

North Carolina House District 11

Phil Baddour

8334

49.48%

Democrat

Louis M. Pate, Jr.

8508

50.52%

Republican

North Carolina House District 12

Alan Christopher Stimson

1781

12.76%

Libertarian

William L. Wainwright

12173

87.24%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 13

Ronnie Smith

9653

43.52%

Democrat

Jean R. Preston

12530

56.48%

Republican

North Carolina House District 14

Cap Hayes

204

2.57%

Libertarian

Dolores Jones Faison

3410

42.95%

Democrat

Keith P. Williams

4325

54.48%

Republican

North Carolina House District 15

Jerome Willingham

3705

29.19%

Democrat

Robert Grady

8988

70.81%

Republican

North Carolina House District 16

Robert J. Smith

460

2.27%

Libertarian

Jack C. Barnes

8476

41.81%

Democrat

Carolyn H. Justice

11338

55.92%

Republican

North Carolina House District 17

Robert Kerr (US politician)

476

2.15%

Libertarian

E. David Redwine

10733

48.54%

Democrat

Bonner Stiller

10902

49.31%

Republican

North Carolina House District 18

Stephen Shepherd

485

2.99%

Libertarian

Thomas E. Wright

12028

74.21%

Democrat

Jack White

3696

22.80%

Republican

North Carolina House District 19

Danny McComas

20083

88.67%

Republican

Ty Jacobus

2565

11.33%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 20

Dewey L. Hill

14340

82.42%

Democrat

Richard Hollembeak

3058

17.58%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 21

Larry M. Bell

11498

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 22

Edd Nye

11614

62.27%

Democrat

Joy Barbour

7038

37.73%

Republican

North Carolina House District 23

Joe Tolson

9678

53.38%

Democrat

Bettie West

8244

45.47%

Republican

Douglas Ellis

207

1.14%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 24

Jean Farmer Butterfield

11535

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 25

Bill Daughtridge

11725

59.28%

Republican

Mary Alice Wells

8053

40.72%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 26

Billy Creech

16027

100.00%

Republican

North Carolina House District 27

Stan Fox

13193

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 28

Leo Daughtry

15833

100.00%

Republican

North Carolina House District 29

Paul Miller

15152

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 30

Paul Luebke

14017

84.64%

Democrat

Terry Mancour

2543

15.36%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 31

Mickey Michaux, Jr.

12658

81.03%

Democrat

Rachel Mills

2963

18.97%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 32

Jim Crawford

10644

58.24%

Democrat

Sallie Edwards-Pickett

6852

37.49%

Republican

Barbara Howe

780

4.27%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 33

Bernard Allen

12940

65.88%

Democrat

Venita Peyton

6175

31.44%

Republican

Jesse Halliday

526

2.68%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 34

Don Munford

15998

57.82%

Republican

Cynthia Barnett

10767

38.91%

Democrat

Victor Marks

905

3.27%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 35

Jennifer Weiss

12907

52.82%

Democrat

Darryl Black

10757

44.02%

Republican

Linda Ellis

771

3.16%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 36

David Miner

18957

86.11%

Republican

Gregory A. Clayton

3059

13.89%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 37

Paul Stam

15647

59.05%

Republican

J. C. Knowles

9700

36.61%

Democrat

Brad Wheeler

1152

4.35%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 38

Deborah Ross

12566

89.68%

Democrat

Casey Gardner

1446

10.32%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 39

J. Sam Ellis

13875

56.62%

Republican

Darren Jackson

10105

41.24%

Democrat

H. Wade Minter

524

2.14%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 40

Rick Eddins

18194

85.10%

Republican

Scott Quint

3186

14.90%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 41

Margaret Highsmith Dickson

8596

50.68%

Democrat

Mia Morris

8365

49.32%

Republican

North Carolina House District 42

Marvin W. Lucas

6845

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 43

Mary E. McAllister

7008

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 44

Rick Glazier

7523

53.43%

Democrat

Michael Stone

6556

46.57%

Republican

North Carolina House District 45

Alex Warner

8039

62.39%

Democrat

Robert T. Lawrence

4847

37.61%

Republican

North Carolina House District 46

Douglas Y. Yongue

6920

63.50%

Democrat

C. Linwood Faulk

3978

36.50%

Republican

North Carolina House District 47

Ronnie Sutton

7031

73.18%

Democrat

Christopher Lowry

2577

26.82%

Republican

North Carolina House District 48

Donald A. Bonner

9968

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 49

Lucy T. Allen

10885

52.45%

Democrat

Renee McCormick

9288

44.75%

Republican

Gregg Adelman

580

2.79%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 50

J. Russell Capps

19636

80.85%

Republican

Lee Griffin

4650

19.15%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 51

John Sauls

8500

51.14%

Republican

Leslie Cox

7819

47.04%

Democrat

Mark Jackson

302

1.82%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 52

Richard T. Morgan

14477

85.57%

Republican

Todd Unkefer

2442

14.43%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 53

David Lewis

9672

61.77%

Republican

Larry C. Upchurch

5987

38.23%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 54

Joe Hackney

18508

86.22%

Democrat

Frederick Blackburn

2957

13.78%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 55

Gordon P. Allen

11712

55.40%

Democrat

Kathy Hartkopf

9427

44.60%

Republican

North Carolina House District 56

Verla Insko

15805

79.98%

Democrat

Will Shooter

3957

20.02%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 57

Joanne W. Bowie

20388

84.41%

Republican

Walter Sperko

3766

15.59%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 58

Alma Adams

14054

85.83%

Democrat

David Williams

2320

14.17%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 59

Maggie Jeffus

12175

54.39%

Democrat

Alan Hawkes

9553

42.68%

Republican

Allison Jaynes

656

2.93%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 60

Earl Jones

11131

83.81%

Democrat

Dan Groome

2151

16.19%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 61

Steven W. Wood

16769

79.16%

Republican

Jennifer Schulz Medlock

4415

20.84%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 62

John M. Blust

13060

62.06%

Republican

Flossie Boyd-McIntyre

7983

37.94%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 63

Alice Bordsen

7914

50.31%

Democrat

Robert E. Rob Sharpe, Jr.

7817

9.69%

Republican

North Carolina House District 64

Cary D. Allred

13901

100.00%

Republican

North Carolina House District 65

Nelson Cole

13465

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 66

Wayne Sexton

14180

100.00%

Republican

North Carolina House District 67

Arlie F. Culp

10481

68.13%

Republican

Mary Tate Blake

4902

31.87%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 68

Wayne Goodwin

10393

55.86%

Democrat

George E. Crump, III

7833

42.10%

Republican

David Muse

381

2.05%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 69

Pryor Gibson

11749

64.75%

Democrat

Frank D. Hill

6064

33.42%

Republican

Alan Light

332

1.83%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 70

Bobby Harold Barbee, Sr.

8993

50.68%

Republican

Max Melton

8751

49.32%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 71

Larry Womble

9662

66.11%

Democrat

Mac Weatherman

4571

31.28%

Republican

Lynn Haggerty

382

2.61%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 72

Earline W. Parmon

8183

54.78%

Democrat

Vernon Robinson

6754

45.22%

Republican

North Carolina House District 73

Curtis Blackwood

17477

100.00%

Republican

North Carolina House District 74

Linda P. Johnson

12835

65.24%

Republican

Glenn White

6243

1.73%

Democrat

Caroline Gellner

596

3.03%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 75

Jeff Barnhart

11289

59.30%

Republican

Wayne Troutman

7747

40.70%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 76

Eugene McCombs

14703

100.00%

Republican

North Carolina House District 77

Lorene T. Coates

9886

55.02%

Democrat

Charlotte A. Gardner

8081

44.98%

Republican

North Carolina House District 78

Harold J. Brubaker

13059

90.74%

Republican

Don Blair

1332

9.26%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 79

Julia Craven Howard

15412

86.70%

Republican

Mike Holland

2364

13.30%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 80

Jerry C. Dockham

15662

100.00%

Republican

North Carolina House District 81

L. Hugh Holliman

9074

53.20%

Democrat

John T. Walser, Jr.

7540

44.21%

Republican

Stuart Britt

442

2.59%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 82

Gene Wilson

13989

58.33%

Republican

Dan Hense

9056

37.76%

Democrat

Jeff Cannon

937

3.91%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 83

R. Tracy Walker

12976

66.72%

Republican

Robert T. Johnston

6472

33.28%

Democrat

Pat Kingsbury

646

100.00%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 84

Phillip Frye

14422

84.14%

Republican

Jeff Young

2719

15.86%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 85

Mitch Gillespie

10318

58.16%

Republican

A. Everette Clark

7424

41.84%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 86

Walt Church

11586

59.10%

Democrat

Earl A. Cook

8019

40.90%

Republican

North Carolina House District 87

Edgar V. Starnes

11813

51.48%

Republican

Ray Warren

11132

48.52%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 88

Mark K. HILTON

12549

45.52%

Republican

North Carolina House District 89

Mitchell S. Setzer

12912

46.84%

Republican

Barry Woodfin

2107

7.64%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 90

Jim Harrell

9395

52.75%

Democrat

R. F. Buck Golding

415

47.25%

Republican

North Carolina House District 91

Rex L. Baker

10548

56.81%

Republican

Robert W. Mitchell

8019

43.19%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 92

George M. Holmes

16881

86.59%

Republican

Adam Wilson

2614

13.41%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 93

William C. McGee

15591

62.74%

Republican

Becky Johnson

8698

35.00%

Democrat

Kevin Fortner

562

2.26%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 94

Michael Decker

17110

84.96%

Republican

Ed Topolski

3029

15.04%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 95

Karen Ray

14613

100.00%

Republican

North Carolina House District 96

Frank Mitchell

9822

58.16%

Republican

Bill McMillan

6784

40.17%

Democrat

Kyle Klock

282

1.67%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 97

Joe L. Kiser

11859

58.51%

Republican

Floyd E. Mason

7760

38.29%

Democrat

Bryan Edwards

650

3.21%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 98

John W. Rhodes

13661

57.92%

Republican

David H. Dunn

9927

42.08%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 99

Drew Saunders

10636

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 100

James B. Black

8450

60.87%

Democrat

Nick Cicali

5432

39.13%

Republican

North Carolina House District *101

Beverly M. Earle

12093

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 102

Becky Carney

10923

91.00%

Democrat

Daniel Elmaleh

1080

9.00%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 103

Jim Gulley

17254

90.24%

Republican

Andy Grum

1866

9.76%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 104

Connie Wilson

20983

89.53%

Republican

Ryan Murphy

2453

10.47%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 105

Ed McMahan

17970

89.78%

Republican

Sean Johnson

2046

10.22%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 106

Martha Alexander

11822

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 107

W. Pete Cunningham

11490

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 108

John Melvin Rayfield

12196

84.26%

Republican

John Covington

2278

15.74%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 109

Patrick McHenry

7643

54.37%

Republican

John Eaker

6093

43.34%

Democrat

David Secrist

321

2.28%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 110

Debbie A. Clary

11402 $ 100.00%

Republican

North Carolina House District 111

Tim Moore

9790

52.97%

Republican

Andy Dedmon

8693

47.03%

Democrat

North Carolina House District 112

Bob England

11215

57.90%

Democrat

David Rogers

7817

40.36%

Republican

Ralph Haulk

338

1.74%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 113

Trudi Walend

17472

83.96%

Republican

Jean Marlowe

3338

16.04%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 114

Martin L. Nesbitt

12516

60.95%

Democrat

Bill Porter

7097

34.56%

Republican

Clarence Young

921

4.49%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 115

D. Bruce Goforth

11320

50.70%

Democrat

Mark Crawford

10405

46.60%

Republican

Robert Parker

601

2.69%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 116

Wilma M. Sherrill

13470

100.00%

Republican

North Carolina House District 117

Larry T. Justus

17043

89.00%

Republican

Brian Barber

2107

11.00%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 118

Ray Rapp

13717

53.34%

Democrat

Margaret Carpenter

11476

4.62%

Republican

Barry Williams

525

2.04%

Libertarian

North Carolina House District 119

Phil Haire

11238

55.05%

Democrat

Kaye Matthews

9175

44.95%

Republican

North Carolina House District 120

Roger West

17968

100.00%

Republican

Candidate

Popular Vote

Pct

Party

North Carolina Senate District 1

Ron Toppin

16392

33.37%

Republican

Marc Basnight

32723

66.63%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 2

Chuck Tyson

24310

48.31%

Republican

Scott Thomas

26011

51.69%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 3

Henry Boschen

464

1.17%

Libertarian

Don Carson

12743

32.14%

Republican

Clark Jenkins

26444

66.69%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 4

Tom Eisenmenger

5352

15.89%

Libertarian

Robert L. Holloman

28336

84.11%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 5

Christopher Ruff

521

1.19%

Libertarian

Tom Coulson

20992

47.95%

Republican

Tony P. Moore

22265

50.86%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 6

Tommy Pollard, Jr.

13175

48.22%

Republican

Cecil Hargett

14146

51.78%

Democrat

'North Carolina Senate District 7

Carolyn B. Russell

18108

46.05%

Republican

John Kerr

21211

53.95%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 8

Edward Gore

2750

5.26%

Libertarian

Ray Gilbert

20993

40.17%

Republican

R. C. Soles, Jr.

28513

54.56%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 9

Shaun Mitchell

1033

1.96%

Libertarian

Laura Padgett

17381

32.93%

Democrat

Patrick J. Ballantine

34361

65.11%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 10

George E. Wilson

18290

45.48%

Republican

Charles W. Albertson

21927

54.52%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 11

Charles Yow

914

2.08%

Libertarian

Willie Cooke

16636

37.79%

Republican

A. B. Swindell

26471

60.13%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 12

Allen H. Wellons

19253

42.33%

Democrat

Fred Smith

26225

57.67%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 13

David F. Weinstein

21602

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 14

Richard Davison

1117

2.53%

Libertarian

Carol Bennett

14518

32.92%

Republican

Vernon Malone

28469

64.55%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 15

Nathan Wilson

1626

2.57%

Libertarian

Dorothy Gerry Bowles

25581

40.36%

Democrat

John H. Carrington

36177

57.08%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 16

Jason Mara

1215

2.32%

Libertarian

Paul Y. Coble

25323

48.38%

Republican

Eric Miller Reeves

25799

49.29%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 17

Susan Hogarth

2411

4.01%

Libertarian

Thomas B. Hunt

20616

34.30%

Democrat

Richard Stevens

37076

61.69%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 18

Mark Kitchens

1576

3.24% ^ Libertarian

Tom Davidson

19706

40.53%

Republican

Wib Gulley

27335

6.23%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 19

Bob White

14741

36.64%

Republican

Tony Rand

25493

63.36%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 20

Jonathan Guze

3617

10.69%

Libertarian

Jeanne H. Lucas

30216

89.31%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 21

Richard D. Evans

8293

33.34%

Republican

Larry Shaw

16584

66.66%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 22

Jonathan Lubecky

840

1.83%

Libertarian

Jimmy L. Love

20072

43.74%

Democrat

Harris Blake

24975

54.43%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 23

Christopher Todd Goss

1847

3.24%

Libertarian

Peter Morcombe

17686

31.02%

Republican

Ellie Kinnaird

37481

65.74%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 24

Bill Powell

17299

42.21%

Democrat

Hugh Webster

23685

57.79%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 25

Donald M. Dawkins

17778

42.37%

Republican

William R. Purcell

24178

57.63%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 26

Jim Capo

7264

15.31%

Libertarian

Philip E. Berger

40187

84.69%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 27

Tom Bailey

1272

2.54%

Libertarian

Mark McDaniel

20714

41.30%

Republican

Kay R. Hagan

28170

56.16%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 28

Eric Preston Medlock

702

1.70%

Libertarian

Mike Causey

14139

34.29%

Republican

Katie G. Dorsett

26395

64.01%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 29

Douglas Kania

728

1.88%

Libertarian

Mac Whatley

12932

33.47%

Democrat

Jerry W. Tillman

24972

64.64%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 30

James Wentz

1315

2.81%

Libertarian

Ed Gambill

16842

36.03%

Democrat

John Garwood

28591

61.16%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 31

Donn Linton

5857

11.85%

Libertarian

Hamilton C. Horton, Jr.

43590

88.15%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 32

Linda Garrou

28388

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 33

Stan Bingham

39932

100.00%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 34

J. Conrad Jones

1290

2.72%

Libertarian

John Carlyle Sherrill, III

17625

37.10%

Democrat

Andrew C. Brock

28593

60.19%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 35

Frank McGuirt

16903

33.32%

Democrat

Fern Shubert

33822

6.68%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 36

Mike Helms

2664

5.61%

Libertarian

Larry Harris

13363

28.16%

Democrat

Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr.

31428

66.23%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 37

Daniel G. Clodfelter

23003

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 38

Charlie Dannelly

26569

100.00%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 39

Heather Head

1919

3.32%

Libertarian

Joe Spencer

18244

31.53%

Democrat

Robert Rucho

37700

65.15%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 40

Steven Wright

1272

2.31%

Libertarian

T. L. Odom

23704

43.13%

Democrat

Robert Pittenger

29979

54.55%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 41

Victor Crosby

14261

31.98%

Democrat

R. B. Sloan, Jr.

30338

68.02%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 42

James Forrester

36478

100.00%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 43

Michael Harrington

16805

46.99%

Republican

David W. Hoyle

18958

53.01%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 44

Austin Allran

30278

100.00%

Republican

Fran Grig

1768

3.31%

Libertarian

North Carolina Senate District 45

Mollie C. Laws

18602

34.87%

Democrat

Virginia Foxx

32971

61.81%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 46

Tony Brown

1072

2.53%

Libertarian

John Weatherly

19118

45.05%

Republican

Walter H. Dalton

22251

52.43%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 47

Sherry Hill

1619

3.17%

Libertarian

Gregg Thompson

24375

47.78%

Republican

Joe Sam Queen

25022

49.05%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 48

Robert Cogburn Burris

16291

33.26%

Democrat

Tom Apodaca

32685

66.74%

Republican

North Carolina Senate District 49

R. L. Clark

20845

44.07%

Republican

Steve Metcalf

26459

55.93%

Democrat

North Carolina Senate District 50

Dan Robinson

23164

43.54%

Democrat

Robert C. Carpenter

30032

56.46%

Republican

See also

  • North Carolina General Assembly, 2003-2004 session.