2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for North Carolina House District 34
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Fern H. Shubert (R) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating O. Max Melton (D) by 7.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Fern H. ShubertRepublican · winner
53.7%13,117
O. Max MeltonDemocrat · incumbent
46.3%11,306
24,423 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET