2002Final results
2002 election for North Carolina House District 85
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Mitch Gillespie (R) won with 58.2% of the vote, defeating A. Everette Clark (D) by 16.3 points.
Mitch GillespieRepublican · winner · incumbent
58.2%10,318
A. Everette ClarkDemocrat
41.8%7,424
17,742 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