1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for North Carolina House District 42
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Lois S. Walker (R) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating J. P. Huskins (D) by 4.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Lois S. WalkerRepublican · winner
52.2%10,048
J. P. HuskinsDemocrat · incumbent
47.8%9,204
19,252 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