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2008Final results

2008 election for North Carolina House District 59

North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina

Maggie Jeffus (D) won with 64.2% of the vote, defeating Jim Rumley (R) by 28.3 points.

Maggie JeffusDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.2%25,193
Jim RumleyRepublican
35.8%14,066
39,259 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenD+17.02004D+19.02006D+28.32008D+5.32010R+23.92014R+20.62016

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