1998Final results
1998 election for North Carolina House District 71
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Joe Pat Tolson (D) won with 66.5% of the vote, defeating Alvin Phillips (R) by 33.0 points.
Joe Pat TolsonDemocrat · winner
66.5%10,287
Alvin PhillipsRepublican
33.5%5,185
15,472 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