1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for North Carolina House District 29
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Michael Decker (R) won with 55.1% of the vote, defeating William T. Grimsley (D) by 10.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Michael DeckerRepublican · winner
55.1%8,827
William T. GrimsleyDemocrat · incumbent
44.9%7,188
16,015 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET