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2002Final results

2002 election for North Carolina Senate District 2

North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina

Scott Thomas (D) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Chuck Tyson (R) by 3.4 points.

Scott ThomasDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.7%26,011
Chuck TysonRepublican
48.3%24,310
50,321 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+40.91990D+46.01992D+43.91996D+3.42002D+10.52004R+14.82006

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