2002Final resultsIncumbent defeated
2002 election for North Carolina House District 118
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Ray Rapp (D) won with 90.5% of the vote, defeating Margaret M. Carpenter (R) by 81.3 points.
Ray RappDemocrat · winner
90.5%113,717
Margaret M. CarpenterRepublican · incumbent
9.1%11,476
Barry WilliamsLibertarian
0.4%525
125,718 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 2002
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET