2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for North Carolina House District 90
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Sarah Stevens (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Jim Harrell (D) by 1.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Sarah StevensRepublican · winner
50.6%13,263
Jim HarrellDemocrat · incumbent
49.4%12,957
26,220 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