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1990Final results

1990 election for North Carolina Senate District 3

North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina

Bev Perdue (D) won with 65.3% of the vote, defeating Phillip I. Walker I. (R) by 30.6 points.

Bev PerdueDemocrat · winner
65.3%24,401
34.7%12,975
37,376 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

EvenD+20.31986D+15.11988D+30.61990D+19.11992D+11.71994D+19.91996

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET