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1998Final results

1998 election for North Carolina House District 68

North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina

Trudi Walend (R) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Will Cathey (D) by 11.7 points.

Trudi WalendRepublican · winner
55.0%12,457
Will CatheyDemocrat
43.2%9,797
Anthony BushLibertarian
1.8%408
22,662 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

EvenR+27.11994R+11.71998D+13.82002R+29.42008R+30.32012R+17.02018

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

The candidates

Trudi Walend (R)Will Cathey (D)

Also on the ballot: Anthony Bush (Libertarian), 1.8%