2000Final results
2000 election for North Carolina Senate District 8
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
John H. Kerr III (D) won with 60.7% of the vote, defeating Ed Wharton (R) by 21.4 points.
John H. Kerr IIIDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.7%26,283
Ed WhartonRepublican
39.3%17,001
43,284 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