1986 general · November 4, 1986
1986 North Carolina House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every North Carolina House of Representatives district in the 1986 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 120 seats
After the electionD 81 · R 39
Races72
Changed party0
Unopposed65%47 races
Incumbents defeated5
Every district
D 81 · R 39
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 | Raymond M. Thompson · Vernon G. James (D) | 17.7 | |
| HD-2 | Howard B. Chapin (D) | 36.7 | |
| HD-3 | Gerald Anderson · Daniel T. Lilley · Bev Perdue (D) | 12.3 | |
| HD-4 | Bruce Ethridge · J. Paul Tyndall · Robert Grady (DEM) | 0.1 | |
| HD-5 | Brewster W. Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-6 | Richard Eugene Rogers (D) | 64.7 | |
| HD-7 | Thomas C. Hardaway (D) | 34.0 | |
| HD-8 | Josephus L. Mavretic (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-9 | Walter B. Jones · Edward N. Warren (D) | 27.9 | |
| HD-10 | Wendell Holmes Murphy (D) | 54.6 | |
| HD-11 | John H. Kerr III · John L. Tart (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-12 | Edd Nye · Edward C. Bowen (REP) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 | Harry E. Payne Jr. · A. M. Hall (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 | E. David Redwine (D) | 14.0 | |
| HD-15 | Richard Wright (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 | Daniel H. Devane · John C. Hasty · Sidney A. Locks (D) | 20.8 | |
| HD-17 | C. R. Edwards · Luther R. Jeralds Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 | Joe Raynor · R. D. Beard · Alex Warner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 | Bob Etheridge · Dennis A. Wicker (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 | Barney Woodard · George W. Brannan (D) | 4.9 | |
| HD-21 | Dan Blue (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 | John T. Church · William T. Watkins · James W. Crawford Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 | Hm Michaux Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 | Joe Hackney · Anne Barnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 | Bertha Holt · J. Fred Bowman · Robert L. McAlister · R. Samuel Hunt (D) | 2.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-26 | Herman C. Gist (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-27 | Albert S. Lineberry Sr. · Margaret P. Keeseeforrester · Frank J. Sizemore III (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 | Mary Jarrell · Richard E. Chalk Jr. (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 | Michael Decker (R) | 17.7 | |
| HD-30 | Bill Boyd (R) | 5.7 | |
| HD-31 | James M. Craven (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 | Donald M. Dawkins (D) | 45.9 | |
| HD-33 | Foyle Hightower Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 | Coy C. Privette · Timothy N. Tallent · Ted Alexander · Bobby H. Barbee Sr. (REP) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-35 | Bradford V. Ligon · Charlotte A. Gardner (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 | Ray Warren (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 | Betsy L. Cochrane · Joe H. Hege Jr. · Charles L. Cromer (R) | 3.4 | |
| HD-38 | Harold J. Brubaker (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-39 | Frank E. Rhodes · Ann Q. Duncan · Theresa Esposito (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-40 | David H. Diamont · Judy Hunt · Wade F. Wilmoth (D) | 0.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-41 | George M. Holmes · John W. Brown (R) | 9.8 | |
| HD-42 | Lois S. Walker (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-43 | C. Robert Brawley (R) | 28.0 | |
| HD-44 | Johnathan L. Rhyne Jr. · Walter H. Windley · Sam Beam · J. Vernon Abernethy Jr. (REP) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-45 | W. Stine Isenhower · Doris Rogers Huffman (R) | 16.4 | |
| HD-46 | James F. Hughes · Edgar V. Starnes · Charles F. Buchanan (R) | 6.4 | |
| HD-47 | Ray C. Fletcher (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48 | John J. Hunt · Edith L. Lutz · Charles Owens (D) | 5.5 | |
| HD-49 | Robert C. Hunter (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-50 | Larry T. Justus (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-51 | Jeffrey P. Hunt · Marie W. Colton · Martin L. Nesbitt · Narvel J. Crawford (REP) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-52 | Liston B. Ramsey · Charles Beall (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 | Jeff H. Enloe Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-54 | John B. McLaughlin (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 | C. Ivan Mothershead (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56 | Jo Graham Foster (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57 | Harry C. Grimmer (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-58 | Ruth M. Easterling (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-59 | W. Pete Cunningham (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-60 | Howard C. Barnhill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-61 | Casper Holroyd (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-62 | William M. Freeman (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-63 | Margaret Stamey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-64 | Betty H. Wiser (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 | Aaron E. Fussell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-66 | Annie Brown Kennedy (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-67 | Logan Burke (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-68 | Sharon A. Thompson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-69 | George W. Miller Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-70 | Milton F. Fitch Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 | Larry B. Etheridge (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72 | Roy Cooper III (D) | Unopposed |
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