1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for North Carolina House District 34
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
O. Max Melton (D) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Fern H. Shubert (R) by 3.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
O. Max MeltonDemocrat · winner
51.6%8,327
Fern H. ShubertRepublican · incumbent
48.4%7,796
16,123 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET