1998 North Carolina House of Representatives election

The 1998 North Carolina House of Representatives election was held on November 3, 1998, to determine which party would control the North Carolina House of Representatives for the following two years in the 144th North Carolina General Assembly. All 120 house seats were up for election. Prior to the election 61 seats were held by Republicans and 59 were held by Democrats. The election coincided with elections for other offices including the U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State Senate. Democrats made a net gain of 7 seats, thereby regaining control of the North Carolina House of Representatives after having previously lost it following the 1994 election.

Retirements

Six incumbents (4 Republicans and 2 Democrats) did not run for re-election in 1998. Those incumbents were:

• Linwood Eborn Mercer (D-District 8) retired, seat won by Edith Warren (D).
• Cynthia Watson (R-District 10) retired, seat won by Russell Tucker (D).
• Dennis Alan Reynolds (R-District 25) retired, seat won by W.B. Teague (R).
• Robert Brawley (R-District 43) retired, seat won by Mitchell Setzer (R).
• Bob Hunter (D-District 49) retired to run for the North Carolina Court of Appeals, seat won by Mitch Gillespie (R).
• W. W. Dickson (R-District 76) retired, seat won by John Bridgeman (D).

Incumbents defeated

• Edwin Hardy (R-District 2) lost re-election to Zeno Edwards (D).
• John Nichols (R-District 3) lost re-election to Scott Thomas (D).
• Henry Aldridge (R-District 9) lost re-election to Marian McLawhorn (D).
• Bobby Ray Hall (R-District 19) lost re-election to Leslie Cox (D).
• Fern Shubert (R-District 34) lost re-election to O. Max Melton (D).
• John Weatherly (R-District 48) lost re-election to Jim Horn (D).

Results summary

† - Incumbent not seeking re-election

See also

• List of North Carolina state legislatures

References