1998 North Carolina Senate election
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The 1998 North Carolina Senate election was held on November 3, 1998, to determine which party would control the North Carolina Senate for the following two years in the 144th North Carolina General Assembly. All fifty senate seats were up for election. Prior to the election 30 seats were held by Democrats and 20 were held by Republicans. The general election saw the Democrats expand their majority by five seats, thereby retaining control of the North Carolina Senate.[1][2][3]
Three incumbents (1 Republican and 2 Democrats) did not run for re-election in 1998. Those incumbents were:
- District 15: Daniel Page (R) retired.
- District 29: Thomas Jenkins (D) retired.
- District 40: Leslie Winner (D) retired.
Incumbents defeated
Republicans
- District 20: James Mark McDaniel (R) lost re-election to Linda Garrou.
- District 28: Jesse Ledbetter (R) lost re-election to Steve Metcalf.
- District 28: R. L. Clark (R) lost re-election to Charles Newell Carter.
- District 32: John Blust (R) lost re-election to Kay Hagan.