2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for North Carolina House District 81
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Rayne Brown (R) won with 57.5% of the vote, defeating L. Hugh Holliman (D) by 15.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Rayne BrownRepublican · winner
57.5%8,744
L. Hugh HollimanDemocrat · incumbent
42.5%6,469
15,213 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