2002Final resultsIncumbent defeated
2002 election for North Carolina Senate District 40
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Robert Pittenger (R) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating T. L. Odom (D) by 11.4 points.
Robert PittengerRepublican · winner
54.6%29,979
T. L. OdomDemocrat · incumbent
43.1%23,704
Steven C. WrightLibertarian
2.3%1,272
54,955 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