1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for North Carolina House District 53
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Marty Kimsey (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Jeff H. Enloe Jr. (D) by 5.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Marty KimseyRepublican · winner
52.7%11,757
Jeff H. Enloe Jr.Democrat · incumbent
47.3%10,537
22,294 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET