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2002Final results

2002 election for North Carolina Senate District 11

North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina

A. B. Swindell (D) won with 60.1% of the vote, defeating Marcus Cooke (R) by 22.3 points.

A. B. SwindellDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.1%26,471
Marcus CookeRepublican
37.8%16,636
Charles YowLibertarian
2.1%914
44,021 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

EvenD+6.91996D+17.71998D+7.42000D+22.32002D+20.72004D+23.32006

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

A. B. Swindell (D)Marcus Cooke (R)

Also on the ballot: Charles Yow (Libertarian), 2.1%