1996Final results
1996 election for North Carolina Senate District 3
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Bev Perdue (D) won with 60.0% of the vote, defeating Holt Faircloth (R) by 19.9 points.
Bev PerdueDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.0%27,907
Holt FairclothRepublican
40.0%18,628
46,535 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