North Carolina's 98th House district

North Carolina's 98th State
House of Representatives
district
North Carolina's 98th State; House of Representatives; district
Representative
	Beth Helfrich; D–Davidson
Demographics	78% White; 7% Black; 5% Hispanic; 5% Asian; 5% Multiracial
Population (2024)	85,351

Demographics78% White
7% Black
5% Hispanic
5% Asian
5% Multiracial

Population(2024)85,351

North Carolina's 98th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Beth Helfrich since 2025.^[1]

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created January 1, 1993.				1993–2003 Parts of Columbus, Brunswick, New Hanover, and Pender counties.^[2]
Thomas Wright (Wilmington)	Democratic	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 18th district.
John Rhodes (Cornelius)	Republican	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2007	Lost re-nomination.	2003–Present Part of Mecklenburg County.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Thom Tillis (Cornelius)	Republican	January 1, 2007 – January 1, 2015	Retired to run for U.S. Senate.
John Bradford (Cornelius)	Republican	January 1, 2015 – January 1, 2019	Lost re-election.
Christy Clark (Huntersville)	Democratic	January 1, 2019 – January 1, 2021	Lost re-election.
John Bradford (Cornelius)	Republican	January 1, 2021 – January 1, 2025	Retired to run for Congress.
Beth Helfrich (Davidson)	Democratic	January 1, 2025 – Present

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beth Helfrich	3,997	65.55%
	Democratic	Lisa Jewel	2,101	34.45%
Total votes			6,098	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beth Helfrich	27,083	52.20%
	Republican	Melinda Bales	24,800	47.80%
Total votes			51,883	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Bradford (incumbent)	18,080	50.93%
	Democratic	Christy Clark	17,420	49.07%
Total votes			35,500	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Bradford	31,793	51.67%
	Democratic	Christy Clark (incumbent)	29,743	48.33%
Total votes			61,536	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District officeholders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christy Clark	3,275	90.32%
	Democratic	Branden Rosenlieb	351	9.68%
Total votes			3,626	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christy Clark	20,033	50.52%
	Republican	John Bradford (incumbent)	19,618	49.48%
Total votes			39,651	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Bradford (incumbent)	25,428	56.48%
	Independent	Jane Campbell	19,597	43.52%
Total votes			45,025	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Bradford	2,536	59.14%
	Republican	Lynette D. Rinker	1,153	26.89%
	Republican	Sharon Hudson	599	13.97%
Total votes			4,288	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Bradford	14,558	54.98%
	Democratic	Natasha Marcus	11,922	45.02%
Total votes			26,480	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thom Tillis (incumbent)	27,971	100%
Total votes			27,971	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thom Tillis (incumbent)	23,540	100%
Total votes			23,540	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thom Tillis (incumbent)	38,875	100%
Total votes			38,875	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thom Tillis	1,805	62.98%
	Republican	John Rhodes (incumbent)	1,061	37.02%
Total votes			2,866	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thom Tillis	14,479	100%
Total votes			14,479	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Rhodes (incumbent)	27,830	100%
Total votes			27,830	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Rhodes	13,661	57.92%
	Democratic	David H. Dunn	9,927	42.08%
Total votes			23,588	100%
	Republican win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas Wright (incumbent)	16,058	100%
Total votes			16,058	100%
	Democratic hold