1998 North Carolina House of Representatives election

Not to be confused with 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina.

1998 North Carolina House of Representatives election

← 1996 November 3, 1998 2000  →
All 120 seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives 61 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jim Black Harold Brubaker Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 36th - Matthews 38th - Asheboro Last election 59 61 Seats won 66 54 Seat change 7 7
Speaker before election Harold Brubaker Republican Elected Speaker Jim Black Democratic

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. ^{[1] [2]}

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

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected	Party
1st	Bill Owens		Dem	Bill Owens		Dem
2nd	Edwin Hardy		Rep	Zeno Edwards		Dem
3rd	John Nichols		Rep	Scott Thomas		Dem
4th	Jean Preston		Rep	Jean Preston		Rep
	Ronald Smith		Dem	Ronald Smith		Dem
5th	Howard Hunter Jr.		Dem	Howard Hunter Jr.		Dem
6th	Gene Rogers		Dem	Gene Rogers		Dem
7th	Thomas Hardaway		Dem	Thomas Hardaway		Dem
8th	Linwood Eborn Mercer†		Dem	Edith Warren		Dem
9th	Henry Aldridge		Rep	Marian McLawhorn		Dem
10th	Cynthia Watson†		Rep	Russell Tucker		Dem
11th	Phil Baddour		Dem	Phil Baddour		Dem
12th	Nurham Warwick		Dem	Nurham Warwick		Dem
13th	Danny McComas		Rep	Danny McComas		Rep
14th	David Redwine		Dem	David Redwine		Dem
	Dewey Hill		Dem	Dewey Hill		Dem
15th	Sam Ellis		Rep	Sam Ellis		Rep
16th	Douglas Yongue		Dem	Douglas Yongue		Dem
17th	Theodore James Kinney		Dem	Theodore James Kinney		Dem
	Mary McAllister		Dem	Mary McAllister		Dem
18th	Bill Hurley		Dem	Bill Hurley		Dem
	Mia Morris		Rep	Mia Morris		Rep
19th	Bobby Ray Hall		Rep	Leslie Cox		Dem
	Don Davis		Rep	Don Davis		Rep
20th	Billy Creech		Rep	Billy Creech		Rep
21st	Dan Blue		Dem	Dan Blue		Dem
22nd	Jim Crawford		Dem	Jim Crawford		Dem
	Gordon Allen		Dem	Gordon Allen		Dem
23rd	Paul Luebke		Dem	Paul Luebke		Dem
	Mickey Michaux		Dem	Mickey Michaux		Dem
	George Miller Jr.		Dem	George Miller Jr.		Dem
24th	Joe Hackney		Dem	Joe Hackney		Dem
	Verla Insko		Dem	Verla Insko		Dem
25th	Cary Allred		Rep	Cary Allred		Rep
	Dennis Alan Reynolds†		Rep	W.B. Teague		Rep
	Nelson Cole		Dem	Nelson Cole		Dem
26th	Alma Adams		Dem	Alma Adams		Dem
27th	Steve Wood		Ref	Steve Wood		Rep
28th	Flossie Boyd-McIntyre		Dem	Flossie Boyd-McIntyre		Dem
29th	Joanne Bowie		Rep	Joanne Bowie		Rep
30th	Arlie Culp		Rep	Arlie Culp		Rep
31st	Richard Morgan		Rep	Richard Morgan		Rep
32nd	Wayne Goodwin		Dem	Wayne Goodwin		Dem
33rd	Foyle Robert Hightower Jr.		Dem	Pryor Gibson		Dem
34th	Fern Shubert		Rep	O. Max Melton		Dem
35th	Charlotte Gardner		Rep	Charlotte Gardner		Rep
36th	Jim Black		Dem	Jim Black		Dem
37th	Paul Reeves McCrary		Dem	Paul Reeves McCrary		Dem
38th	Harold Brubaker		Rep	Harold Brubaker		Rep
39th	Lyons Gray		Rep	Lyons Gray		Rep
40th	William Hiatt		Rep	William Hiatt		Rep
	Gene Wilson		Rep	Gene Wilson		Rep
	Rex Baker		Rep	Rex Baker		Rep
41st	John Walter Brown		Rep	John Walter Brown		Rep
	George Holmes		Rep	George Holmes		Rep
42nd	Frank Mitchell		Rep	Frank Mitchell		Rep
43rd	Robert Brawley†		Rep	Mitchell Setzer		Rep
44th	John Gamble Jr.		Dem	Daniel Barefoot		Dem
45th	Joe Kiser		Rep	Joe Kiser		Rep
	Cherie Berry		Rep	Cherie Berry		Rep
46th	Charles Buchanan		Rep	Charles Buchanan		Rep
	Gregory Thompson		Rep	Gregory Thompson		Rep
47th	Walt Church		Dem	Walt Church		Dem
48th	Debbie Clary		Rep	Debbie Clary		Rep
	Andy Dedmon		Dem	Andy Dedmon		Dem
	John Weatherly		Rep	Jim Horn		Dem
49th	Bob Hunter†		Dem	Mitch Gillespie		Rep
50th	Larry Justus		Rep	Larry Justus		Rep
51st	Wilma Sherrill		Rep	Wilma Sherrill		Rep
	Martin Nesbitt		Dem	Martin Nesbitt		Dem
	Lanier Cansler		Rep	Lanier Cansler		Rep
52nd	Charles Millwee Beall		Dem	Phil Haire		Dem
	Liston Ramsey		Dem	Liston Ramsey		Dem
53rd	James Carpenter		Rep	James Carpenter		Rep
54th	Drew Saunders		Dem	Drew Saunders		Dem
55th	Ed McMahan		Rep	Ed McMahan		Rep
56th	Martha Alexander		Dem	Martha Alexander		Dem
57th	Connie Wilson		Rep	Connie Wilson		Rep
58th	Ruth Easterling		Dem	Ruth Easterling		Dem
59th	Pete Cunningham		Dem	Pete Cunningham		Dem
60th	Beverly Earle		Dem	Beverly Earle		Dem
61st	Charles Neely		Rep	Charles Neely		Rep
62nd	David Miner		Rep	David Miner		Rep
63rd	Jane Hurley Mosely		Dem	Jane Hurley Mosely		Dem
64th	Bob Hensley		Dem	Bob Hensley		Dem
65th	Rick Eddins		Rep	Rick Eddins		Rep
66th	Larry Womble		Dem	Larry Womble		Dem
67th	Warren Oldham		Dem	Warren Oldham		Dem
68th	Bill Ives		Rep	Trudi Walend		Rep
69th	Jim Gulley		Rep	Jim Gulley		Rep
70th	Toby Fitch		Dem	Toby Fitch		Dem
71st	Joe Tolson		Dem	Joe Tolson		Dem
72nd	Gene Arnold		Rep	Gene Arnold		Rep
73rd	Wayne Sexton		Rep	Wayne Sexton		Rep
74th	Julia Craven Howard		Rep	Julia Craven Howard		Rep
75th	Alex Warner		Dem	Alex Warner		Dem
76th	W. W. Dickson†		Rep	John Bridgeman		Dem
77th	Carolyn Russell		Rep	Carolyn Russell		Rep
78th	Stanley Fox		Dem	Stanley Fox		Dem
79th	William Wainwright		Dem	William Wainwright		Dem
80th	Robert Grady		Rep	Robert Grady		Rep
81st	Tim Tallent		Rep	Tim Tallent		Rep
82nd	Bobby Barbee		Rep	Bobby Barbee		Rep
83rd	Gene McCombs		Rep	Gene McCombs		Rep
84th	Michael Decker		Rep	Michael Decker		Rep
85th	Ronnie Sutton		Dem	Ronnie Sutton		Dem
86th	Bill Culpepper		Dem	Bill Culpepper		Dem
87th	Donald Bonner		Dem	Donald Bonner		Dem
88th	Theresa Esposito		Rep	Theresa Esposito		Rep
89th	Mary Jarrell		Dem	Mary Jarrell		Dem
	Maggie Jeffus		Dem	Maggie Jeffus		Dem
90th	Richard Moore		Dem	Richard Moore		Dem
91st	Edgar Starnes		Rep	Edgar Starnes		Rep
92nd	Russell Capps		Rep	Russell Capps		Rep
93rd	John Rayfield		Rep	John Rayfield		Rep
94th	Jerry Dockham		Rep	Jerry Dockham		Rep
95th	Leo Daughtry		Rep	Leo Daughtry		Rep
96th	Edd Nye		Dem	Edd Nye		Dem
97th	Jerry Braswell		Dem	Jerry Braswell		Dem
98th	Thomas Wright		Dem	Thomas Wright		Dem

† - Incumbent not seeking re-election

House seats

Democratic			55.00%
Republican			45.00%

See also

• List of North Carolina state legislatures

References

1. "North Carolina State House of Representatives 1999-2000". carolana.com. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
2. "Article II: A Guide to the N.C. Legislature 1999-2000". ednc.org. Retrieved 2025-11-16.