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1994Final results

1994 election for North Carolina Senate District 3

North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina

Bev Perdue (D) won with 55.9% of the vote, defeating Don Dye (R) by 11.7 points.

Bev PerdueDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.9%19,050
Don DyeRepublican
44.1%15,052
34,102 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

EvenD+15.11988D+30.61990D+19.11992D+11.71994D+19.91996D+20.31998

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