1984 general · November 6, 1984
1984 North Carolina election results
Every race on North Carolina's ballot in the 1984 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races121
Changed party10
Unopposed38%46 races
Incumbents defeated17
- President
- U.S. Senate
- Governors
- U.S. House
- North Carolina State Senate
- North Carolina House of Representatives
President
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | Ronald Reagan (R) | 24.0 |
U.S. Senate
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | Jesse Helms (R) | 3.9 |
Governors
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | James G. Martin (R) | 8.9 | Flipped |
U.S. House
D 6 · R 5 · 3 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC-1 | Walter Jones (D) | 34.2 | |
| NC-2 | Itimous Valentine (D) | 35.4 | |
| NC-3 | Charles O. Whitley (D) | 28.2 | |
| NC-4 | William W. "bill" Cobey Jr. (R) | 1.3 | Flipped |
| NC-5 | Stephen Neal (D) | 1.5 | |
| NC-6 | Howard Coble (R) | 1.3 | Flipped |
| NC-7 | Charles Rose (D) | 18.3 | |
| NC-8 | Willie Hefner (D) | 1.7 | |
| NC-9 | John McMillan (R) | 0.1 | |
| NC-10 | James T. "jim" Broyhill (R) | 46.7 | |
| NC-11 | William M. "bill" Hendon (R) | 2.0 | Flipped |
North Carolina State Senate
D 38 · R 12 · 3 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Marc Basnight (D) | 32.7 | |
| SD-2 | J. J. Harrington (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Joseph E. Thomas (D) | 20.0 | |
| SD-4 | A. D. Guy (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | Harold W. Hardison (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | R. L. Martin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | J. A. Wright (R) | 11.7 | |
| SD-8 | Henson P. Barnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Tom Taft (D) | 29.3 | |
| SD-10 | James E. Ezzell Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-11 | James D. Speed (D) | 29.3 | |
| SD-12 | Anthony E. Rand · Lura Tally (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Kenneth C. Royall Jr. · Ralph A. Hunt (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Joseph E. Johnson · William W. Staton · Wilma Woodard (D) | 6.7 | |
| SD-15 | Robert D. Warren (D) | 16.6 | |
| SD-16 | Wanda H. Hunt · Russell Walker (D) | 4.5 | |
| SD-17 | Aaron W. Plyler · J. Richard Conder (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-18 | R. C. Soles Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-19 | Robert G. Shaw (R) | 22.3 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-20 | Marvin Ward · Ted Kaplan (D) | 2.5 | |
| SD-21 | John M. Jordan (D) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| SD-22 | James C. Johnson Jr. (R) | 25.6 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-23 | Paul S. Smith · Robert Vance Somers (R) | 7.0 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-24 | Weldon R. Price · William D. Goldston Jr. (D) | 0.7 | |
| SD-25 | Ollie Harris · Helen Rhyne Marvin · Marshall A. Rauch (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 | William W. Redman Jr. · Cass Ballenger (R) | 17.8 | |
| SD-27 | Donald R. Kincaid · Daniel Reid Simpson (R) | 6.6 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-28 | Dennis Winner · Robert S. Swain (D) | 1.0 | |
| SD-29 | R. P. Thomas · Charles W. Hipps (D) | 0.3 | |
| SD-30 | David Parnell (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 | William N. Martin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 | Wendell H. Sawyer (R) | 11.4 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-33 | Melvin L. Watt (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-34 | James D. McDuffie (R) | 7.7 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-35 | Laurence A. Cobb (R) | 14.9 |
North Carolina House of Representatives
D 82 · R 38 · 3 changed party
North Carolina
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab