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1998 election for North Carolina House District 49

North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina

Mitch Gillespie (R) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Annette Bryant (D) by 8.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Mitch GillespieRepublican · winner
54.2%10,624
45.8%8,979
19,603 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

EvenD+7.91992D+2.11994D+11.41996R+8.41998R+20.72000D+7.72002

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