2004Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2004 election for North Carolina House District 39
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Linda Coleman (D) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating J. Sam Ellis (R) by 8.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Linda ColemanDemocrat · winner
54.4%18,480
J. Sam EllisRepublican · incumbent
45.6%15,488
33,968 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET