1972 general · February 1, 1972

1972 North Carolina House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every North Carolina House of Representatives district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 120 seats

After the electionD 85 · R 35
Races45
Changed party0
Unopposed16%7 races
Incumbents defeated8

Every district

D 85 · R 35

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Vernon G. James · W. Sanford White (D)31.7
HD-2W. R. Roberson Jr. (D)41.8
HD-3Joe L. Bright · Chris S. Barker Jr. · Daniel T. Lilley (D)5.1
HD-4Richard S. James · J. F. Mohn · Ronald Mason (D)3.2
HD-5Roberts H. Jernigan Jr. · J. Guy Revelle Sr. (D)Unopposed
HD-6J. A. Everett · C. Kitchen Josey (D)Unopposed
HD-7Larry P. Eagles · Julian B. Fenner · John Davenport · A. Hartnell Campbell (D)15.4
HD-8Sam Bundy · H. Horton Rountree (D)27.8
HD-9W. P. Kemp Jr. · John B. Chase (D)15.3
HD-10Thomas J. Baker (D)41.8
HD-11Thomas Harrelson (R)14.5
HD-12Bennie D. Schwartz · S. Thomas Rhodes (DEM)5.8
HD-13James E. Ramsey · William T. Watkins · Bobby W. Rogers (D)17.5
HD-14Jack M. Gardner · Barney Woodard (D)3.3
HD-15Robert W. Wynne · Wade Smith · Howard Twiggs · Ward Purrington · Robert L. Farmer · Samuel H. Johnson (DEM)0.3
HD-16Willis P. Whichard · George W. Miller Jr. · Hm Michaux Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-17Patricia Hunt · Edward Holmes (D)17.8
HD-18Jimmy Love · Gerald Arnold (D)18.8
HD-19James C. Green · C. Graham Tart · R. C. Soles Jr. (D)7.2
HD-20Glenn Jernigan · Norwood E. Bryan Jr. · Henry M. Tyson · Lura Tally · Sneed High (D)6.9
HD-21Joy J. Johnson · Frank S. White · Gus Speros (D)Unopposed
HD-22Homer E. Wright Jr. · James E. Long · David Blackwell · W. S. Harris Jr. (D)2.8
HD-23Henry E. Frye · Thomas Gilmore · Robert Odell Payne · Charles W. Phillips · Charles E. Webb · Thomas B. Sawyer · Margaret P. Keeseeforrester (DEM)0.0Incumbent lost
HD-24W. Frank Redding III · C. Roby Garner (R)6.8
HD-25T. Claude Auman (D)0.7
HD-26Foyle Hightower Jr. (D)28.9Incumbent lost
HD-27Thomas B. Hunter (D)Unopposed
HD-28William Hiatt · Clyde R. Greene · Marshall Hall (R)1.1Incumbent lost
HD-29Fred S. Hutchins Jr. · Ed M. McKnight · C. Dempsey McDaniel · Edward L. Powell · E. Lawrence Davis (REP)0.9Incumbent lost
HD-30Joe H. Hege Jr. · Jim Mashburn · Gilbert Lee Boger (R)5.4
HD-31Samuel Kenneth Owen · Austin A. Mitchell (R)8.8Incumbent lost
HD-32Richard Lane Brown III (D)1.8
HD-33Dwight G. Quinn · Frances F. Tomlin · A. W. Thomas Jr. (DEM)0.6
HD-34William E. Stevens · John W. Brown · Jeter L. Haynes (R)8.5
HD-35Homer B. Tolbert · J. P. Huskins (REP)1.9Incumbent lost
HD-36Carolyn Mathis · Laurence A. Cobb · Marilyn R. Bissell · David D. Jordan · Roy Spoon · Jo Graham Foster · Craig Lawing · Ben Tison (REP)0.3Incumbent lost
HD-37G. Hunter Warlick · Robert Q. Beard (R)12.4
HD-38Carl J. Stewart Jr. · David W. Bumgardner Jr. · John R. Gamble Jr. · E. Graham Bell (D)Unopposed
HD-39William M. Fulton · Lloyd Hise Jr. (R)12.0
HD-40Robert Jones · John J. Hunt · Robert Z. Falls (D)Unopposed
HD-41Glenn A. Morris (D)3.2
HD-42Fred R. Dorsey (R)13.2
HD-43John S. Stevens · Herbert Hyde · Herschel S. Harkins · Claude Debruhl (D)1.6
HD-44Ernest B. Messer · Liston B. Ramsey (D)8.9
HD-45W. P. Bradley (R)2.9Incumbent lost

North Carolina House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner