2000Final results
2000 election for North Carolina Senate District 42
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Robert C. Carpenter (R) won with 90.0% of the vote, defeating Lawrence R. Gavel (Lib) by 80.1 points.
Robert C. CarpenterRepublican · winner · incumbent
90.0%52,299
Lawrence R. GavelLibertarian
10.0%5,788
58,087 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