1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1994 election for North Carolina House District 93
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
John Melvin Rayfield (R) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Billy Joye (D) by 1.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John Melvin RayfieldRepublican · winner
50.8%5,459
Billy JoyeDemocrat · incumbent
49.2%5,289
10,748 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 1994
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET