1998 general · November 3, 1998
1998 North Carolina State Senate election results, district by district
Every North Carolina State Senate district in the 1998 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 35 · R 15
Races42
Changed party2
Unopposed36%15 races
Incumbents defeated3
Every district
D 35 · R 15
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Marc Basnight (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | Frank Ballance (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Bev Perdue (D) | 20.3 | |
| SD-4 | Patrick J. Ballantine (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | Charles W. Albertson (D) | 28.5 | |
| SD-6 | R. L. Martin (D) | 66.9 | |
| SD-7 | Luther Henry Jordan Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 | John H. Kerr III (D) | 27.5 | |
| SD-9 | Edward N. Warren (D) | 34.4 | |
| SD-10 | Roy Cooper III (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-11 | Allen H. Wellons (D) | 17.7 | |
| SD-12 | Virginia Foxx · Don W. East (R) | 6.3 | |
| SD-13 | Wilbur P. Gulley · Jeanne H. Lucas (D) | 13.0 | |
| SD-14 | Brad Miller · Eric Miller Reeves (D) | 5.4 | |
| SD-15 | Oscar N. Harris (D) | 13.9 | Flipped |
| SD-16 | Ellie Kinnaird · Howard Lee (D) | 2.4 | |
| SD-17 | Aaron W. Plyler · William R. Purcell (D) | 2.4 | |
| SD-18 | R. C. Soles Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-19 | Robert G. Shaw (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-20 | Hamilton C. Horton Jr. · Linda Garrou (REP) | 4.3 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-21 | Hugh Webster (R) | 7.4 | |
| SD-22 | Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-23 | Jim Phillips (D) | 9.5 | |
| SD-24 | Anthony E. Rand (D) | 18.6 | |
| SD-25 | David W. Hoyle (D) | 36.7 | |
| SD-26 | Austin M. Allran (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 | John A. Garwood · Richard Moore (R) | 16.1 | |
| SD-28 | Steve Metcalf · Charles N. Carter Jr. (D) | 1.3 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-29 | Dan Robinson (D) | 9.0 | |
| SD-30 | David F. Weinstein (D) | 63.3 | |
| SD-31 | William N. Martin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 | Kay R. Hagan (D) | 4.8 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-33 | Charlie Dannelly (D) | 40.5 | |
| SD-34 | T. L. Odom (D) | 17.0 | |
| SD-35 | Robert Rucho (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-36 | John H. Carrington (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-37 | Walter Dalton (D) | 9.7 | |
| SD-38 | Betsy L. Cochrane (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-39 | James Forrester (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-40 | Daniel G. Clodfelter (D) | 28.3 | |
| SD-41 | Larry Shaw (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-42 | Robert C. Carpenter (R) | 28.7 |
North Carolina State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner