1998 North Carolina Senate election

1998 North Carolina Senate election

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All 50 seats in the North Carolina Senate 26 (without Lieutenant Governor) seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Marc Basnight Robert Shaw Party Democratic Republican Leader since 1 January 1993 1 January 1991 Leader's seat 1st - Manteo 19th - Greensboro Last election 30 20 Seats won 35 15 Seat change 5 5
President pro tempore before election Marc Basnight Democratic Elected President pro tempore Marc Basnight Democratic

The 1998 North Carolina Senate election was held on 3 November 1998 to determing which party would control the North Carolina Senate for the following two years in the 144th North Carolina General Assembly. All fifty senate seats were up for election. Prior to the election 30 seats were held by Democrats and 20 were held by Republicans. The general election saw the Democrats expand their majority by five seats, thereby retaining control of the North Carolina Senate. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Retirements

Three incumbents (1 Republican and 2 Democrats) did not run for re-election in 1998. Those incumbents were:

1. District 15: Daniel Page (R) retired.
2. District 29: Thomas Jenkins (D) retired.
3. District 40: Leslie Winner (D) retired.

Incumbents defeated

Republicans

1. District 20: James Mark McDaniel (R) lost re-election to Linda Garrou.
2. District 28: Jesse Ledbetter (R) lost re-election to Steve Metcalf.
3. District 28: R. L. Clark (R) lost re-election to Charles Newell Carter.
4. District 32: John Blust (R) lost re-election to Kay Hagan.

Results summary

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected	Party
1st	Marc Basnight		Dem	Marc Basnight		Dem
2nd	Frank Ballance		Dem	Frank Ballance		Dem
3rd	Bev Perdue		Dem	Bev Perdue		Dem
4th	Patrick J. Ballantine		Rep	Patrick J. Ballantine		Rep
5th	Charles W. Albertson		Dem	Charles W. Albertson		Dem
6th	R. L. "Bob" Martin		Dem	R. L. "Bob" Martin		Dem
7th	Luther Jordan		Dem	Luther Jordan		Dem
8th	John Kerr		Dem	John Kerr		Dem
9th	Edward Warren		Dem	Edward Warren		Dem
10th	Roy Cooper		Dem	Roy Cooper		Dem
11th	Allen Wellons		Dem	Allen Wellons		Dem
12th	Virginia Foxx		Rep	Virginia Foxx		Rep
	Don W. East		Rep	Don W. East		Rep
13th	Wib Gulley		Dem	Wib Gulley		Dem
	Jeanne Hopkins Lucas		Dem	Jeanne Hopkins Lucas		Dem
14th	Brad Miller		Dem	Brad Miller		Dem
	Eric Miller Reeves		Dem	Eric Miller Reeves		Dem
15th	Daniel Page†		Rep	Oscar Harris		Dem
16th	Eleanor Kinnaird		Dem	Eleanor Kinnaird		Dem
	Howard Lee		Dem	Howard Lee		Dem
17th	Aaron Plyler		Dem	Aaron Plyler		Dem
	William R. Purcell		Dem	William R. Purcell		Dem
18th	R. C. Soles Jr.		Dem	R. C. Soles Jr.		Dem
19th	Bob Shaw		Rep	Bob Shaw		Rep
20th	James Mark McDaniel		Rep	Linda Garrou		Dem
	Hamilton Horton Jr.		Rep	Hamilton Horton Jr.		Rep
21st	Hugh Webster		Rep	Hugh Webster		Rep
22nd	Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr.		Rep	Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr.		Rep
23rd	Jim Phillips Sr.		Dem	Jim Phillips Sr.		Dem
24th	Tony Rand		Dem	Tony Rand		Dem
25th	David W. Hoyle		Dem	David W. Hoyle		Dem
26th	Austin M. Allran		Rep	Austin M. Allran		Rep
27th	Kenneth Moore		Rep	Kenneth Moore		Rep
	John Garwood		Rep	John Garwood		Rep
28th	Jesse Ledbetter		Rep	Steve Metcalf		Dem
	R. L. Clark		Rep	Charles Newell Carter		Dem
29th	Thomas Jenkins†		Dem	Dan Robinson		Dem
30th	David Weinstein		Dem	David Weinstein		Dem
31st	Bill Martin		Dem	Bill Martin		Dem
32nd	John Blust		Rep	Kay Hagan		Dem
33rd	Charlie Dannelly		Dem	Charlie Dannelly		Dem
34th	T. L. "Fountain" Odom		Dem	T. L. "Fountain" Odom		Dem
35th	Bob Rucho		Rep	Bob Rucho		Rep
36th	John Carrington		Rep	John Carrington		Rep
37th	Walter H. Dalton		Dem	Walter H. Dalton		Dem
38th	Betsy Lane Cochrane		Rep	Betsy Lane Cochrane		Rep
39th	James Forrester		Rep	James Forrester		Rep
40th	Leslie Winner†		Dem	Dan Clodfelter		Dem
41st	Larry Shaw		Dem	Larry Shaw		Dem
42nd	Bob Carpenter		Rep	Bob Carpenter		Rep

† - Incumbent not seeking re-election

Senate seats

Democratic			70.00%
Republican			30.00%

See also

• List of North Carolina state legislatures

References

1. "North Carolina Senate General Election" (PDF). NC State Bureau of Elections (FTP). 24 November 1998.^{[dead ftp link]}(To view documents see Help:FTP)
2. "North Carolina State Senate 1999-2000". carolana.com. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
3. "Article II: A Guide to the N.C. Legislature 1999-2000". ednc.org. Retrieved 15 November 2025.