1998 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

none February 2026 September 2023 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina North Carolina legislative no 1996 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina 1996 2000 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina 2000 All 12 North Carolina seats in the United States House of Representatives 1998 11 03 Republican Party (United States) 6 7 1 1,014,010 53.26% 0.03% Democratic Party (United States) 6 5 1 827,078 43.44% 1.74% 320px County results Republican #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #D40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% Democratic #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% The United States House of Representative elections of 1998 in North Carolina were held on 3 November 1998 as part of the biennial election to the United States House of Representatives. All twelve seats in North Carolina, and 435 nationwide, were elected. The Republicans won seven seats to the Democrats' five. Eleven incumbents won re-election, while Democrat Bill Hefner's retirement in the 8th district allowed Republican Robin Hayes to enter the House for the first time. The Libertarian Party ran in every district, almost quadrupling their total vote share, but their vote was smaller than the margin of victory in all races. Redistricting After the 1990 census, the US Department of Justice directed North Carolina under VRA preclearance to submit a map with two majority-minority districts. The resultant map with two such congressional districts, the 1st and 12th, was the subject of lawsuits by voters who claimed that it was an illegal racial gerrymander. A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina dismissed the suit, which was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. On June 28, 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Shaw v. Reno, found that the 12th congressional district was an unlawful racial gerrymander. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's opinion found that if a district's shape, like the 12th's, was "so bizarre on its face that it is 'unexplainable on grounds other than race'", that it would be subject to strict scrutiny as a racial gerrymander, and remanded the case to the Eastern District of North Carolina. On August 22, 1994, the Eastern District of North Carolina on remand in Shaw v. Hunt found that the 12th congressional district was a racial gerrymander (as the U.S. Supreme Court had directed), but ruled that the map satisfied strict scrutiny due to the compelling interest of compliance with the Voting Rights Act and increasing black political power.https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/861/408/2261731/ Shaw v. Hunt, 861 F. Supp. 408 (E.D.N.C. 1994) Justia Law August 1, 2023 This was again appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which reversed the Eastern District of North Carolina on June 13, 1996, and found that the North Carolina plan violated the Equal Protection Clause and that the 12th congressional district did not satisfy a compelling interest.Shaw v. Hunt, 517 U.S. 899 (1996) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/517/899/ 2023-09-28 Justia Law en Summary 1998 United States House of Representative elections in North Carolina – Summary Republican Party (United States) 7 1 0 +1 58.33 53.26 1,014,010 –0.03 Democratic Party (United States) 5 0 1 –1 41.67 43.44 827,078 –1.74 Libertarian Party (United States) 0 0 0 ±0 0 3.29 62,678 +2.38 District 1 1998 United States House of Representatives North Carolina 1st District electionhttp://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/NCSBE/Elec/Results/98generl/totals.pdf 1998 General Election North Carolina State Board of Elections 7 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20081126222703/http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/NCSBE/Elec/Results/98generl/totals.pdf 2008-11-26 dead Democratic Party (United States) Eva M. Clayton (incumbent) 85,125 62.25 –3.65 Republican Party (United States) Ted Tyler 50,578 36.99 +3.86 Libertarian Party (United States) Jack Schwartz 1,044 0.76 +0.11 136,747 District 2 General election Polling Poll sourceDate(s)Sample sizeMargin of errorBob Etheridge (D)Dan Page (R)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingSurveyUSAFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightOctober 26, 1998500—52%39%9% Results 1998 United States House of Representatives North Carolina 2nd District election Democratic Party (United States) Bob Etheridge (incumbent) 100,550 57.39 4.85 Republican Party (United States) Dan Page 72,997 41.67 -4.01 Libertarian Party (United States) Mark Jackson 1,647 0.94 -0.39 175,194 District 3 1998 United States House of Representatives North Carolina 3rd District election Republican Party (United States) Walter B. Jones Jr. (incumbent) 83,529 61.91 +0.56 Democratic Party (United States) Jon Williams 50,041 37.09 –0.74 Libertarian Party (United States) Chris Nubel 1,342 0.99 N/A District 4 General election Polling Poll sourceDate(s)Sample sizeMargin of errorDavid Price (D)Tom Roberg (R)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingSurveyUSAFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightOctober 25, 1998500—54%41%5% Results 1998 United States House of Representatives North Carolina 4th District election Democratic Party (United States) David Price (incumbent) 129,157 57.43 +3.03 Republican Party (United States) Tom Roberg 93,469 41.56 –2.20 Libertarian Party (United States) Gary Goodson 2,284 1.02 –0.41 224,910 thumb|Results by county #E27F7F Burr #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #7996E2 Robinson #7996E2 50–60% District 5 1998 United States House of Representatives North Carolina 5th District election Republican Party (United States) Richard Burr (incumbent) 119,103 67.56 +5.48 Democratic Party (United States) Mike Robinson 55,806 31.66 –3.79 Libertarian Party (United States) Gene Paczelt 1,382 0.78 –1.22 176,291 District 6 1998 United States House of Representatives North Carolina 6th District election Republican Party (United States) Howard Coble (incumbent) 112,740 88.64 +15.20 Libertarian Party (United States) Jeffrey D. Bentley 14,454 11.36 +10.19 127,194 District 7 1998 United States House of Representatives North Carolina 7th District election Democratic Party (United States) Mike McIntyre (incumbent) 124,366 91.25 +38.37 Libertarian Party (United States) Paul Meadows 11,924 8.75 +7.80 136,290 District 8 General election Polling Poll sourceDate(s)Sample sizeMargin of errorRobin Hayes (R)Mike Taylor (D)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingWirthlin Worldwide (R)Poll conducted for an unspecified Republican sponsor. pollingFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightOctober 15, 1998505—51%39%10% Results 1998 United States House of Representatives North Carolina 8th District election Republican Party (United States) Robin Hayes 67,505 50.71 +7.01 Democratic Party (United States) Mike Taylor 64,127 48.17 –7.01 Libertarian Party (United States) Bob Burns 1,492 1.12 N/A 133,124 District 9 1998 United States House of Representatives North Carolina 9th District election Republican Party (United States) Sue Wilkins Myrick (incumbent) 120,570 69.26 +6.31 Democratic Party (United States) Rory Blake 51,345 29.49 –5.90 Libertarian Party (United States) Alvin Jeffrey Taylor 2,167 1.24 +0.27 District 10 1998 United States House of Representatives North Carolina 10th District election Republican Party (United States) Cass Ballenger (incumbent) 118,541 85.58 +15.60 Libertarian Party (United States) Deborah Garrett Eddins 19,970 14.42 N/A 138,511 District 11 1998 United States House of Representatives North Carolina 11th District election Republican Party (United States) Charles H. Taylor (incumbent) 112,908 56.62 –1.65 Democratic Party (United States) David Young 84,256 42.25 +2.23 Libertarian Party (United States) Chris Heckert 2,259 1.13 +0.12 199,423 District 12 1998 United States House of Representatives North Carolina 12th District election Democratic Party (United States) Mel Watt (incumbent) 82,305 55.96 –15.53 Republican Party (United States) Scott Keadle 62,070 42.20 +15.49 Libertarian Party (United States) Michael G. Smith 2,713 1.84 +0.77 147,088 Footnotes 1998 United States House of Representatives North Carolina