RepublicanNot in office · last served 1998Last on a ballot: May 2014

R. L. Clark

R. L. Clark ran in 11 elections between 1994 and 2014, winning 2. Served in the North Carolina State Senate (District 28).

Career

Offices held, and every time Clark was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

199620002004200820122016202020242028North Carolina State Senate, District 28Out of office

Margin: how far Clark finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
2014	North Carolina State Senate, District 49	Primary	Lost	Mark Crawford (R), Clarence Ervin Young (R)	40.4%	−2.5
2012	North Carolina State Senate, District 49	General	Lost	Martin L. Nesbitt (D)	38%	D+23.9
2010	North Carolina State Senate, District 49	General	Lost	Martin L. Nesbitt (D)	40.6%	D+18.7
2008	North Carolina State Senate, District 49	General	Lost	Martin L. Nesbitt (D)	34.4%	D+31.3
2006	North Carolina State Senate, District 49	General	Lost	Martin L. Nesbitt (D)	34.4%	D+31.3
2004	North Carolina State Senate, District 49	General	Lost	Martin L. Nesbitt (D)	38.6%	D+22.8
2002	North Carolina State Senate, District 49	General	Lost	Steve Metcalf (D)	44.1%	D+11.9
2000	North Carolina State Senate, District 28	General	Lost	Steve Metcalf (D), Charles N. Carter Jr. (D), Jesse Ledbetter (R)	19.1%	D+4.5
1998	North Carolina State Senate, District 28	General	Lost	Steve Metcalf (D), Charles N. Carter Jr. (D), Jesse Ledbetter (R)	23.4%	D+3.5
1996	North Carolina State Senate, District 28	General	Won	Jesse Ledbetter (R), Charles N. Carter Jr. (D), Herbert Hyde (D)	24.4%	D+1.9
1994	North Carolina State Senate, District 28	General	Won	Jesse Ledbetter (R), Dennis Winner (D), Herbert Hyde (D)	26.1%	D+1.8