2002Final results
2002 election for North Carolina Senate District 45
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Virginia Foxx (R) won with 61.8% of the vote, defeating Mollie Marlene C. Laws (D) by 26.9 points.
Virginia FoxxRepublican · winner · incumbent
61.8%32,971
Mollie Marlene C. LawsDemocrat
34.9%18,602
Fran GrigLibertarian
3.3%1,768
53,341 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