2000Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for North Carolina House District 35
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Lorene T. Coates (D) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Charlotte A. Gardner (R) by 4.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Lorene T. CoatesDemocrat · winner
52.0%11,026
Charlotte A. GardnerRepublican · incumbent
48.0%10,163
21,189 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