1998Final results
1998 election for North Carolina Senate District 3
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Bev Perdue (D) won with 60.1% of the vote, defeating David G. Hipps (R) by 20.3 points.
Bev PerdueDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.1%24,767
David G. HippsRepublican
39.9%16,414
41,181 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