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1998Final results

1998 election for North Carolina House District 86

North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina

Bill Culpepper (D) won with 65.7% of the vote, defeating George A. Embrey (R) by 31.5 points.

Bill CulpepperDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.7%11,699
34.3%6,100
17,799 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+18.22002D+3.02006R+3.22008R+23.92010R+21.62012R+27.62014

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