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1982 general · November 2, 1982

1982 North Carolina House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every North Carolina House of Representatives district in the 1982 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 102 · R 18
Races53
Changed party0
Unopposed38%20 races
Incumbents defeated6

Every district

D 102 · R 18

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Charles D. Evans · Vernon G. James (D)Unopposed
HD-2Howard B. Chapin (D)33.5
HD-3Gerald Anderson · Daniel T. Lilley · Chris S. Barker Jr. (D)19.7
HD-4Bruce Ethridge · J. Paul Tyndall · G. Malcolm Fulcher Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-5C. Melvin Creecy (D)32.0
HD-6John B. Gilliam III (D)Unopposed
HD-7Frank Ballance (D)Unopposed
HD-8Allen C. Barbee · Josephus L. Mavretic · Tom Matthews · Jeanne Fenner (D)23.0
HD-9Sam Bundy · Edward N. Warren (D)42.7
HD-10Wendell Holmes Murphy (D)Unopposed
HD-11Martin Lancaster · Charles D. Woodard (D)Unopposed
HD-12Edward C. Bowen · Murray P. Pool (D)10.6Incumbent lost
HD-13Harry E. Payne Jr. · S. Thomas Rhodes (DEM)7.6
HD-14Tom B. Rabon Jr. (D)46.4
HD-15Richard Wright (D)Unopposed
HD-16John C. Hasty · Daniel H. Devane · Sidney A. Locks (D)Unopposed
HD-17C. R. Edwards · Luther R. Jeralds Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-18R. D. Beard · William E. Clark · Henry M. Tyson (D)10.1
HD-19Dennis A. Wicker · Bob Etheridge (D)Unopposed
HD-20Barney Woodard · George W. Brannan (D)Unopposed
HD-21Ruth E. Cook · Dan Blue · Marvin D. Musselwhite Jr. · Allen Adams · Aaron E. Fussell · Margaret Stamey (D)3.6
HD-22John T. Church · William T. Watkins · James W. Crawford Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-23Kenneth B. Spaulding · George W. Miller Jr. · Paul Pulley (D)Unopposed
HD-24Joe Hackney · Anne Barnes (D)Unopposed
HD-25Bertha Holt · John M. Jordan · Robert L. McAlister · Timothy H. McDowell (D)6.6
HD-26Herman C. Gist (D)56.7
HD-27Howard Coble · Mary P. Seymour · Margaret P. Keeseeforrester (REP)0.3Incumbent lost
HD-28Mary Jarrell · Dorothy R. Burnley (DEM)0.9
HD-29William T. Grimsley (D)14.0
HD-30W. Frank Redding III (R)5.1
HD-31T. Claude Auman (D)1.3Incumbent lost
HD-32Hugh Lee (D)53.7
HD-33Foyle Hightower Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-34Dwight G. Quinn · Betty Dorton Thomas · Joe R. Hudson · Robert L. Slaughter (D)1.8Incumbent lost
HD-35Robie L. Nash · Bradford V. Ligon (DEM)1.4
HD-36Jo Graham Foster · Phillip O. Berry · Parks Helms · Louise S. Brennan · J. B. Black · Ruth M. Easterling · Roy Spoon · Gus Economos (DEM)0.0
HD-37Betsy L. Cochrane · J. E. Lambeth · John Varner (REP)0.2Incumbent lost
HD-38Harold J. Brubaker (R)36.0
HD-39Annie Brown Kennedy · Margaret Tennille · C. B. Hauser · Tom C. Womble · R. J. Childress (D)5.7
HD-40David H. Diamont · J. Worth Gentry · Margaret Hayden (D)2.9Incumbent lost
HD-41John W. Brown · George M. Holmes (R)Unopposed
HD-42J. P. Huskins (D)Unopposed
HD-43C. Robert Brawley (R)8.6
HD-44David W. Bumgardner Jr. · D. R. Mauney Jr. · J. Roberts · Sam Beam (D)6.8
HD-45Austin M. Allran · J. Reid Poovey (R)0.4
HD-46George Robinson · S. B. Lacey Jr. · James F. Hughes (R)31.3
HD-47Ray C. Fletcher (D)9.7
HD-48Charles Owens · Edith L. Lutz · John J. Hunt (D)Unopposed
HD-49Robert C. Hunter (D)Unopposed
HD-50Charles H. Hughes (R)1.2
HD-51Marie W. Colton · Martin L. Nesbitt · Gordon H. Greenwood · Narvel J. Crawford (D)8.1
HD-52Liston B. Ramsey · Charles Beall (D)Unopposed
HD-53Jeff H. Enloe Jr. (D)14.5

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