1990Final results
1990 election for North Carolina Senate District 2
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Frank Ballance (D) won with 70.5% of the vote, defeating Joe R. Ayers (R) by 40.9 points.
Frank BallanceDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.5%21,107
Joe R. AyersRepublican
29.5%8,852
29,959 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET