1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1998 election for North Carolina Senate District 15
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Oscar N. Harris (D) won with 56.1% of the vote, defeating Teddy Byrd (R) by 13.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Oscar N. HarrisDemocrat · winner
56.1%21,149
Teddy ByrdRepublican
42.2%15,915
John WallaceLibertarian
1.6%611
37,675 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