1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for North Carolina House District 11
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Phil Baddour Jr. (D) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Louis Milford Pate Jr. (R) by 1.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Phil Baddour Jr.Democrat · winner
50.7%9,048
Louis Milford Pate Jr.Republican · incumbent
49.3%8,802
17,850 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET