1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for North Carolina House District 31
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
James M. Craven (R) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating T. Claude Auman (D) by 6.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
James M. CravenRepublican · winner
53.3%11,792
T. Claude AumanDemocrat · incumbent
46.7%10,323
22,115 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