2000Final results
2000 election for North Carolina House District 71
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Joe Pat Tolson (D) won with 63.3% of the vote, defeating Wade Ellison (R) by 26.6 points.
Joe Pat TolsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.3%12,915
Wade EllisonRepublican
36.7%7,489
20,404 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