2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for North Carolina House District 65
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Clarence Herbert Jones Jr. (Npa) won with 56.0% of the vote, defeating Nelson Cole (D) by 12.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Clarence Herbert Jones Jr.Nonpartisan · winner
56.0%9,628
Nelson ColeDemocrat · incumbent
44.0%7,561
17,189 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