2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for North Carolina House District 86
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Hugh Blackwell (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Walter Church Jr. (D) by 3.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Hugh BlackwellRepublican · winner
51.6%14,140
Walter Church Jr.Democrat · incumbent
48.4%13,259
27,399 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET