1998Final results
1998 election for North Carolina Senate District 37
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Walter Dalton (D) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Dennis Davis (R) by 9.7 points.
Walter DaltonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.9%19,476
Dennis DavisRepublican
45.1%16,028
35,504 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