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The1998 North Carolina Senate election was held on 3 November 1998 to determine which party would control theNorth Carolina Senate for the following two years in the144th North Carolina General Assembly. All fifty senate seats were up for election. Prior to the election 30 seats were held byDemocrats and 20 were held byRepublicans. The general election saw the Democrats expand their majority by five seats, thereby retaining control of the North Carolina Senate.[1][2][3]
Threeincumbents (1Republican and 2Democrats) did not run for re-election in 1998. Those incumbents were:
| District | Incumbent | Party | Elected | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Marc Basnight | Dem | Marc Basnight | Dem | ||
| 2nd | Frank Ballance | Dem | Frank Ballance | Dem | ||
| 3rd | Bev Perdue | Dem | Bev Perdue | Dem | ||
| 4th | Patrick J. Ballantine | Rep | Patrick J. Ballantine | Rep | ||
| 5th | Charles W. Albertson | Dem | Charles W. Albertson | Dem | ||
| 6th | R. L. "Bob" Martin | Dem | R. L. "Bob" Martin | Dem | ||
| 7th | Luther Jordan | Dem | Luther Jordan | Dem | ||
| 8th | John Kerr | Dem | John Kerr | Dem | ||
| 9th | Edward Warren | Dem | Edward Warren | Dem | ||
| 10th | Roy Cooper | Dem | Roy Cooper | Dem | ||
| 11th | Allen Wellons | Dem | Allen Wellons | Dem | ||
| 12th | Virginia Foxx | Rep | Virginia Foxx | Rep | ||
| Don W. East | Rep | Don W. East | Rep | |||
| 13th | Wib Gulley | Dem | Wib Gulley | Dem | ||
| Jeanne Hopkins Lucas | Dem | Jeanne Hopkins Lucas | Dem | |||
| 14th | Brad Miller | Dem | Brad Miller | Dem | ||
| Eric Miller Reeves | Dem | Eric Miller Reeves | Dem | |||
| 15th | Daniel Page† | Rep | Oscar Harris | Dem | ||
| 16th | Eleanor Kinnaird | Dem | Eleanor Kinnaird | Dem | ||
| Howard Lee | Dem | Howard Lee | Dem | |||
| 17th | Aaron Plyler | Dem | Aaron Plyler | Dem | ||
| William R. Purcell | Dem | William R. Purcell | Dem | |||
| 18th | R. C. Soles Jr. | Dem | R. C. Soles Jr. | Dem | ||
| 19th | Bob Shaw | Rep | Bob Shaw | Rep | ||
| 20th | James Mark McDaniel | Rep | Linda Garrou | Dem | ||
| Hamilton Horton Jr. | Rep | Hamilton Horton Jr. | Rep | |||
| 21st | Hugh Webster | Rep | Hugh Webster | Rep | ||
| 22nd | Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. | Rep | Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. | Rep | ||
| 23rd | Jim Phillips Sr. | Dem | Jim Phillips Sr. | Dem | ||
| 24th | Tony Rand | Dem | Tony Rand | Dem | ||
| 25th | David W. Hoyle | Dem | David W. Hoyle | Dem | ||
| 26th | Austin M. Allran | Rep | Austin M. Allran | Rep | ||
| 27th | Kenneth Moore | Rep | Kenneth Moore | Rep | ||
| John Garwood | Rep | John Garwood | Rep | |||
| 28th | Jesse Ledbetter | Rep | Steve Metcalf | Dem | ||
| R. L. Clark | Rep | Charles Newell Carter | Dem | |||
| 29th | Thomas Jenkins† | Dem | Dan Robinson | Dem | ||
| 30th | David Weinstein | Dem | David Weinstein | Dem | ||
| 31st | Bill Martin | Dem | Bill Martin | Dem | ||
| 32nd | John Blust | Rep | Kay Hagan | Dem | ||
| 33rd | Charlie Dannelly | Dem | Charlie Dannelly | Dem | ||
| 34th | T. L. "Fountain" Odom | Dem | T. L. "Fountain" Odom | Dem | ||
| 35th | Bob Rucho | Rep | Bob Rucho | Rep | ||
| 36th | John Carrington | Rep | John Carrington | Rep | ||
| 37th | Walter H. Dalton | Dem | Walter H. Dalton | Dem | ||
| 38th | Betsy Lane Cochrane | Rep | Betsy Lane Cochrane | Rep | ||
| 39th | James Forrester | Rep | James Forrester | Rep | ||
| 40th | Leslie Winner† | Dem | Dan Clodfelter | Dem | ||
| 41st | Larry Shaw | Dem | Larry Shaw | Dem | ||
| 42nd | Bob Carpenter | Rep | Bob Carpenter | Rep | ||
† - Incumbent not seeking re-election
| Democratic | 70.00% | |||
| Republican | 30.00% | |||
