North Carolina Senate election, 2002

The North Carolina Senate election of 2002 was held on 5 November 2002 as part of the biennial election to the General Assembly. All fifty seats in the North Carolina Senate were elected.

It is not to be confused with the election to the United States Senate, which was held in North Carolina on the same day.

Summary

2002 North Carolina Senate election – Summary
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Democratic 28 46.77 1,022,552
  Republican 22 50.76 1,109,755
  Libertarian 0 0 0 ±0 0 2.47 54,025

Results

2002 North Carolina Senate District 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Marc Basnight 32,723 66.63%
Republican Ron Toppin 16,392 33.37%
Turnout 49,115
2002 North Carolina Senate District 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Scott Thomas 26,011 51.69%
Republican Chuck Tyson 24,310 48.31%
Turnout 50,321
2002 North Carolina Senate District 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Clark Jenkins 26,444 66.69%
Republican Don Carson 12,743 32.14%
Libertarian Henry Boschen 464 1.17%
Turnout 39,651
2002 North Carolina Senate District 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert L. Holloman 28,336 84.11%
Libertarian Tom Eisenmenger 5,352 15.89%
Turnout 33,688
2002 North Carolina Senate District 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tony P. Moore 22,265 50.86%
Republican Tom Coulson 20,992 47.95%
Libertarian Christopher Ruff 521 1.19%
Turnout 43,778
2002 North Carolina Senate District 6
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cecil Hargett 14,146 51.78%
Republican Tommy Pollard, Jr. 13,175 48.22%
Turnout 27,321
2002 North Carolina Senate District 7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Kerr 21,211 53.95%
Republican Carolyn B. Russell 18,108 46.05%
Turnout 39,319
2002 North Carolina Senate District 8
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic R. C. Soles, Jr. 28,513 54.56%
Republican Ray Gilbert 20,993 40.17%
Libertarian Edward Gore 2,750 5.26%
Turnout 52,256
2002 North Carolina Senate District 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Patrick J. Ballantine 34,361 65.11%
Democratic Laura Padgett 17,381 32.93%
Libertarian Shaun Mitchell 1,033 1.96%
Turnout 52,775
2002 North Carolina Senate District 10
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Charles W. Albertson 21,927 54.52%
Republican George E. Wilson 18,290 45.48%
Turnout 40,217
2002 North Carolina Senate District 11
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic A. B. Swindell 26,471 60.13%
Republican Willie Cooke 16,636 37.79%
Libertarian Charles Yow 914 2.08%
Turnout 44,021
2002 North Carolina Senate District 12
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Fred Smith 26,225 57.67%
Democratic Allen H. Wellons 19,253 42.33%
Turnout 45,478
2002 North Carolina Senate District 13
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David F. Weinstein 21,602 100%
Turnout 21,602
2002 North Carolina Senate District 14
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Vernon Malone 28,469 64.55%
Republican Carol Bennett 14,518 32.92%
Libertarian Richard Davison 1,117 2.53%
Turnout 44,104
2002 North Carolina Senate District 15
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John H. Carrington 36,177 57.08%
Democratic Dorothy Gerry Bowles 25,581 40.36%
Libertarian Nathan Wilson 1,626 2.57%
Turnout 63,384
2002 North Carolina Senate District 16
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eric Miller Reeves 25,799 49.29%
Republican Paul Y. Coble 25,323 48.38%
Libertarian Jason Mara 1,215 2.32%
Turnout 52,337
2002 North Carolina Senate District 17
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Richard Stevens 37,076 61.69%
Democratic Thomas B. Hunt 20,616 34.30%
Libertarian Susan Hogarth 2,411 4.01%
Turnout 60,103
2002 North Carolina Senate District 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Wib Gulley 27,335 46.23%
Republican Tom Davidson 19,706 40.53%
Libertarian Mark Kitchens 1,576 3.24%
Turnout 48,617
2002 North Carolina Senate District 19
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tony Rand 25,493 63.36%
Republican Bob White 14,741 36.64%
Turnout 40,234
2002 North Carolina Senate District 20
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jeanne H. Lucas 30,216 89.31%
Libertarian Jonathan Guze 3,617 10.69%
Turnout 33,833
2002 North Carolina Senate District 21
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Larry Shaw 16,584 66.66%
Republican Richard D. Evans 8,293 33.34%
Turnout 24,877
2002 North Carolina Senate District 22
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Harris Blake 24,975 54.43%
Democratic Jimmy L. Love 20,072 43.74%
Libertarian Jonathan Lubecky 840 1.83%
Turnout 45,887
2002 North Carolina Senate District 23
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ellie Kinnaird 37,481 65.74%
Republican Peter Morcombe 17,686 31.02%
Libertarian Christopher Todd Goss 1,847 3.24%
Turnout 57,014
2002 North Carolina Senate District 24
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Hugh Webster 23,685 57.79%
Democratic Bill Powell 17,299 42.21%
Turnout 40,984
2002 North Carolina Senate District 25
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic William R. Purcell 24,178 57.63%
Republican Donald M. Dawkins 17,778 42.37%
Turnout 41,956
2002 North Carolina Senate District 26
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Philip E. Berger 40,187 84.69%
Libertarian Jim Capo 7,264 15.31%
Turnout 47,451
2002 North Carolina Senate District 27
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kay Hagan 28,170 56.16%
Republican Mark McDaniel 20,714 41.30%
Libertarian Tom Bailey 1,272 2.54%
Turnout 50,156
2002 North Carolina Senate District 28
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Katie G. Dorsett 26,395 64.01%
Republican Mike Causey 14,139 34.29%
Libertarian Eric Preston Medlock 702 1.70%
Turnout 41,236
2002 North Carolina Senate District 29
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jerry W. Tillman 24,972 64.64%
Democratic Mac Whatley 12,932 33.47%
Libertarian Douglas Kania 728 1.88%
Turnout 38,632
2002 North Carolina Senate District 30
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Garwood 28,591 61.16%
Democratic Ed Gambill 16,842 36.03%
Libertarian James Wentz 1,315 2.81%
Turnout 46,748
2002 North Carolina Senate District 31
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Hamilton C. Horton, Jr. 43,590 88.15%
Libertarian Donn Linton 5,857 11.85%
Turnout 49,447
2002 North Carolina Senate District 32
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Linda Garrou 28,388 100%
Turnout 28,388
2002 North Carolina Senate District 33
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Stan Bingham 39,932 100%
Turnout 39,932
2002 North Carolina Senate District 34
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Andrew C. Brock 28,593 60.19%
Democratic John Carlyle Sherrill, III 17,625 37.10%
Libertarian J. Conrad Jones 1,290 2.72%
Turnout 47,508
2002 North Carolina Senate District 35
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Fern Shubert 33,822 66.68%
Democratic Frank McGuirt 16,903 33.32%
Turnout 50,725
2002 North Carolina Senate District 36
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. 31,428 66.23%
Democratic Larry Harris 13,363 28.16%
Libertarian Mike Helms 2,664 5.61%
Turnout 47,455
2002 North Carolina Senate District 37
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Daniel G. Clodfelter 23,003 100%
Turnout 23,003
2002 North Carolina Senate District 38
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Charlie Dannelly 26,569 100%
Turnout 26,569
2002 North Carolina Senate District 39
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Robert Rucho 37,700 65.15%
Democratic Joe Spencer 18,244 31.53%
Libertarian Heather Head 1,919 3.32%
Turnout 57,863
2002 North Carolina Senate District 40
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Robert Pittenger 29,979 54.55%
Democratic T. L. Odom 23,704 43.13%
Libertarian Steven Wright 1,272 2.31%
Turnout 54,955
2002 North Carolina Senate District 41
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican R. B. Sloan, Jr. 30,338 68.02%
Democratic Victor Crosby 14,261 31.98%
Turnout 44,599
2002 North Carolina Senate District 42
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican James Forrester 36,478 100%
Turnout 36,478
2002 North Carolina Senate District 43
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David W. Hoyle 18,958 53.01%
Republican Michael Harrington 16,805 46.99%
Turnout 35,763
2002 North Carolina Senate District 44
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Austin Allran 30,278 100%
Turnout 30,278
2002 North Carolina Senate District 45
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Virginia Foxx 32,971 61.81%
Democratic Mollie C. Laws 18,602 34.87%
Libertarian Fran Grig 1,768 3.31%
Turnout 53,341
2002 North Carolina Senate District 46
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Walter H. Dalton 22,251 52.43%
Republican John Weatherly 19,118 45.05%
Libertarian Tony Brown 1,072 2.53%
Turnout 42,441
2002 North Carolina Senate District 47
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joe Sam Queen 25,022 49.05%
Republican Gregg Thompson 24,375 47.78%
Libertarian Sherry Hill 1,619 3.17%
Turnout 51,016
2002 North Carolina Senate District 48
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Tom Apodaca 32,685 66.74%
Democratic Robert Cogburn Burris 16,291 33.26%
Turnout 48,976
2002 North Carolina Senate District 49
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Steve Metcalf 26,459 55.93%
Republican R. L. Clark 20,845 44.07%
Turnout 47,304
2002 North Carolina Senate District 50
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Robert C. Carpenter 30,032 56.46%
Democratic Dan Robinson 23,164 43.54%
Turnout 53,196