2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for North Carolina House District 51
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Michael Stone (R) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Jimmy L. Love Sr. (D) by 7.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Michael StoneRepublican · winner
53.5%10,793
Jimmy L. Love Sr.Democrat · incumbent
46.5%9,370
20,163 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET