1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for North Carolina House District 32
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
H. Otha Carter (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Janet W. Pickler (D) by 1.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
H. Otha CarterRepublican · winner
50.7%7,692
Janet W. PicklerDemocrat · incumbent
49.3%7,474
15,166 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET