1988 general · November 8, 1988
1988 North Carolina House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every North Carolina House of Representatives district in the 1988 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 120 seats
After the electionD 74 · R 46
Races70
Changed party3
Unopposed61%43 races
Incumbents defeated7
Every district
D 74 · R 46
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 | Raymond M. Thompson · Vernon G. James (D) | 11.0 | |
| HD-2 | Howard B. Chapin (D) | 28.9 | |
| HD-3 | Bev Perdue · Gerald Anderson · Daniel T. Lilley (D) | 10.5 | |
| HD-4 | Robert Grady · William D. Mills · Bruce Ethridge (REP) | 1.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-5 | Howard J. Hunter Jr. (D) | 25.5 | |
| HD-6 | Richard Eugene Rogers (D) | 54.4 | |
| HD-7 | Thomas C. Hardaway (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 | Josephus L. Mavretic (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-9 | Walter B. Jones · Edward N. Warren (D) | 22.2 | |
| HD-10 | Charles W. Albertson (D) | 46.5 | |
| HD-11 | John H. Kerr III · John L. Tart (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-12 | Edward C. Bowen · Edd Nye (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 | Harry E. Payne Jr. · A. M. Hall (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 | E. David Redwine (D) | 24.6 | |
| HD-15 | Leo Mercer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 | Daniel H. Devane · Sidney A. Locks · John C. Hasty (D) | 21.4 | |
| HD-17 | C. R. Edwards · Luther R. Jeralds Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 | John W. Hurley · R. D. Beard · Alex Warner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19 | Dennis A. Wicker · Clarence Stewart (D) | 10.3 | |
| HD-20 | Billy J. Creech · Barney Woodard (REP) | 3.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-21 | Dan Blue (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 | James W. Crawford Jr. · John T. Church · William T. Watkins (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 | Hm Michaux Jr. · George W. Miller Jr. · Sharon A. Thompson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 | Anne Barnes · Joe Hackney (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 | Bertha Holt · J. Fred Bowman · Peggy Wilson · R. Samuel Hunt (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-26 | Herman C. Gist (D) | 52.8 | |
| HD-27 | Albert S. Lineberry Sr. · Frank J. Sizemore III · Joanne W. Bowie (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 | Stephen Wood · Stephen G. Arnold (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 | Michael Decker (R) | 15.6 | |
| HD-30 | Arlie F. Culp (R) | 18.9 | |
| HD-31 | James M. Craven (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32 | Donald M. Dawkins (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 | Pryor Gibson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 | Timothy N. Tallent · Bobby H. Barbee Sr. · Coy C. Privette · Clayton Loflin (R) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-35 | Bradford V. Ligon · Charlotte A. Gardner (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 | Lawrence E. Diggs (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 | Joe H. Hege Jr. · Julia Howard · Charles L. Cromer (R) | 5.3 | |
| 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 · William E. Wilson (DEM) | 0.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-41 | George M. Holmes · John W. Brown (R) | 13.4 | |
| HD-42 | Lois S. Walker (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-43 | C. Robert Brawley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-44 | Johnathan L. Rhyne Jr. · Walter H. Windley · J. Vernon Abernethy Jr. · Doris Leonhardt Lail (R) | 1.0 | |
| HD-45 | W. Stine Isenhower · Doris Rogers Huffman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-46 | David T. Flaherty Jr. · George Robinson · Charles F. Buchanan (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-47 | Ray C. Fletcher (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48 | John J. Hunt · Edith L. Lutz · John Weatherly (DEM) | 0.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-49 | Robert C. Hunter (D) | 13.3 | |
| HD-50 | Larry T. Justus (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-51 | Martin L. Nesbitt · Marie W. Colton · Narvel J. Crawford · Gordon H. Greenwood (D) | 1.8 | |
| HD-52 | Liston B. Ramsey · Charles Beall (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 | Marty Kimsey (R) | 5.5 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-54 | John B. McLaughlin (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 | David Gregory Balmer (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 | J. Arthur Pope (R) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| HD-62 | Paul Stam Jr. (R) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| 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-70 | Milton F. Fitch Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 | Larry E. Etheridge (R) | 4.6 | |
| HD-72 | Roy Cooper III (D) | 22.7 |
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