2002Final results
2002 election for North Carolina Senate District 46
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Walter Dalton (D) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating John Weatherly (R) by 7.4 points.
Walter DaltonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.4%22,251
John WeatherlyRepublican
45.0%19,118
Tony BrownLibertarian
2.5%1,072
42,441 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