Certification of the results of the General Election Held on November 3, 1998 By the State Board of Elections

We, the undersigned members of the State Board of Elections of , do hereby certify that on Tuesday, the 24th day of November 1998, we met in the office of the State Board of Elections at 133 Fayetteville Street Mall in Raleigh, North Carolina, where we examined, compiled and tabulated the returns transmitted to the State Board of Elections by the County Boards of Elections of the votes cast in the General Elections held on November 3, 1998, by the one hundred county boards of elections for the offices of Senator, Member of U. S. House of Representatives, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of Court of Appeals, State Senator, State House of Representatives, District Attorney, Judge of District Court and Judge of Superior Court, and we do find that the following Abstract is the correct Abstract of the same. We, THEREFORE, state that we have ascertained and determined by the tabulation of the votes, as appears in said Abstracts by counties containing the total votes cast for each candidate for the offices shown herein, the results of which general election vote were announced by the State Board of Elections.

STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

______Larry Leake, Chairman

______S. Katherine Burnette, Secretary

______Faiger Blackwell, Member

______Dot Presser, Member

______June K. Youngblood, Member Attest:

______Gary O. Bartlett Executive Secretary-Director State of North Carolina County of Wake

This day personally appeared before me Larry Leake, Chairman of the State Board of Elections, and Gary O. Bartlett, Executive Secretary-Director of the State Board of Elections, who each being duly sworn say that the Abstract of Votes herein contained is true and correct according to the Abstracts made to said Board.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal this 24th day of November 1998.

______Johnnie F. McLean, Notary Public My commission expires August 24, 2002.

2 United States Senator John Edwards (Democrat)

Members of U.S. House of Representatives First District Eva M. Clayton (Democrat) Second District Bob Etheridge (Democrat) Third District Walter B. Jones (Republican) Fourth District David Price (Democrat) Fifth District (Republican) Sixth District Howard Coble (Republican) Seventh District Mike McIntyre (Democrat) Eighth District Robert C. “Robin” Hayes (Republican) Ninth District (Republican) Tenth District T. Cass Ballenger (Republican) Eleventh District Charles H. Taylor (Republican) Twelfth District Mel Watt (Democrat)

Associate Justice of Supreme Court George L. Wainwright, Jr. (Republican) Mark Martin (Republican)

Judge of Court of Appeals Sidney S. “Sid” Eagles, Jr. (Democrat) K. Edward Greene (Democrat) Robert H. “Bob” Edmunds, Jr. (Republican) Patricia Timmons-Goodson (Democrat) Bob Hunter (Democrat)

District Attorney District 1 Frank R. Parrish (Democrat) District 2 Mitchell Norton (Democrat) District 3A Thomas D. Haigwood (Democrat) District 3B W. David McFadyen, Jr. (Democrat) District 4 G. Dewey Hudson (Democrat) District 5 John Carriker (Democrat) District 6A W. Robert “Bob” Caudle, II (Democrat) District 6B David Beard (Democrat) District 7 Howard S. Boney, Jr. (Democrat) District 8 C. Branson “Branny” Vickory, III (Democrat) Distirct 9 David R. Waters (Democrat) District 9A Joel H. Brewer (Democrat) District 10 C. Colon Willoughby, Jr. (Democrat) District 11 Tom Lock (Democrat) District 12 Edward Whitaker Grannis, Jr. (Democrat) District 13 Rex Gore (Democrat) District 14 James E. “Jim” Hardin, Jr. (Democrat) District 15A Robert F. “Rob” Johnson (Democrat) District 15B Carl R. Fox (Democrat) District 16B Luther Johnson Britt, III (Democrat) District 17A Belinda J. Foster (Democrat)

3 District 17B Ricky Bowman (Democrat) District 18 Horace M. “Jim” Kimel, Jr. (Democrat) District 19A Mark L. Speas (Republican) District 19C William D. Kenerly (Republican) District 20 Kenneth W. Honeycutt (Democrat) District 21 Tom Keith (Republican) District 22 Garry W. Frank (Republican) District 23 Tom E. Horner (Republican) District 24 James T. “Tom” Rusher (Republican) District 25 David Thomas Flaherty, Jr. (Republican) District 26 Peter Gilchrist (Democrat) District 27A Michael K. Lands (Republican) District 27B William Carlos Young (Democrat) District 28 Ron Moore (Democrat) District 29 Jeff Hunt (Republican) District 30 Charles W. Hipps (Democrat)

Judge of District Court District 1 Grafton G. Beaman (Democrat) C. Christopher Bean (Democrat) J. C. Cole (Democrat) District 2 Samuel G. Grimes (Democrat) District 3A P. Gwynett “Gwyn” Hilburn (Democrat) District 4 Paul A. Hardison (Democrat) District 5 Rebecca Weathers Blackmore (Democrat) District 6B Alfred W. Kwasikpui (Democrat) W. Rob Lewis, II (Democrat) District 7 Joseph John Harper, Jr. (Democrat) District 8 Arnold O. Jones (Democrat) District 9A Mark Galloway (Democrat) District 9B J. Henry Banks (Democrat) District 10 James R. Fullwood (Democrat) Joyce A. Hamilton (Democrat) Kristin H. Ruth (Democrat) Anne B. Salisbury (Democrat) Alice C. Stubbs (Republican) District 11 Albert A. “Andy” Corbett, Jr. (Democrat) District 12 James Floyd “Jim” Ammons, Jr. (Democrat) Ed Donaldson (Democrat) John S. Hair, Jr. (Democrat) A. Elizabeth “Beth” Keever (Democrat) Robert Stiehl (Democrat) Kimbrell “Kim” Kelly Tucker (Democrat) District 13 Tom Aldridge (Democrat) District 14 Craig B. Brown (Democrat) Richard G. Chaney (Democrat) Ann McKown (Democrat) Elaine M. O’Neal (Democrat) Kenneth C. Titus (Democrat)

4 District 15B Joseph Moody “Joe” Buckner (Democrat) District 16A William C. McIlwain, III (Democrat) Warren L. Pate (Democrat) District 16B J. Stanley Carmical (Democrat) John B. Carter, Jr. (Democrat) Herbert L. Richardson (Democrat) District 17A Richard W. Stone (Democrat) Fred Wilkins (Democrat) District 17B A. Moses Massey (Democrat) Charles M. Neaves, Jr. (Democrat) Otis M. “Bud” Oliver (Democrat) District 18 Wendy M. Enochs (Republican) District 19A Randall R. Combs (Democrat) William G. Hamby, Jr. (Republican) Donna Hedgepeth Johnson (Democrat) District 19B Jayrene Russell Maness (Republican) Lee W. Gavin (Republican) Michael A. Sabiston (Republican) District 19C Ted Blanton (Republican) Anna Mills Wagoner (Republican) Charlie Brown (Democrat) District 20 Kevin M. Bridges (Democrat) Susan C. Taylor (Democrat) District 21 Roland H. Hayes (Democrat) District 22 Samuel A. Cathey (Democrat) Martin Gottholm (Republican) Jim Honeycutt (Democrat) Wayne L. Michael (Republican) Jack E. Klass (Democrat) Jimmy Laird Myers (Republican) Mark S. Culler (Republican) District 23 David V. Byrd (Republican) Edgar B. “Ed” Gregory (Republican) Mitchell L. McLean (Republican) District 24 Bill Leavell (Republican) District 25 Bob Brady (Republican) Gregory R. Hayes (Republican) Robert E. “Bob” Hodges (Republican) Jonathan L. “Jon” Jones (Republican) David Abernethy (Republican) L. Suzanne “San” Owsley (Republican) District 26 Jane V. Harper (Democrat) Resa L. Harris (Democrat) Lisa C. Bell (Republican) Philip F. Howerton, Jr. (Democrat) Rickye McKoy-Mitchell (Democrat) District 27A Harley B. Gaston, Jr. (Democrat) District 27B James W. Morgan (Democrat)

5 District 28 Shirley H. Brown (Democrat) Gary S. Cash (Democrat) Earl J. Fowler, Jr. (Democrat) Rebecca B. Knight (Democrat) Peter L. Roda (Democrat) District 29 Laura J. “Suzy” Bridges (Republican) District 30 Steven J. Bryant (Democrat) Danny Edward Davis (Democrat)

State Senate District 1 Marc Basnight (Democrat) District 2 Frank W. Ballance, Jr. (Democrat) District 3 Beverly Eaves Perdue (Democrat) District 4 Patrick Ballantine (Republican) District 5 Charles W. “Charlie” Albertson (Democrat) District 6 R. L. “Bob” Martin (Democrat) District 7 Luther Henry Jordan, Jr. (Democrat) District 8 John Kerr (Democrat) District 9 Ed Warren (Democrat) District 10 Roy Cooper (Democrat) District 11 Allen H. Wellons (Democrat) District 12 Don W. East (Republican) (Republican) District 13 Wib Gulley (Democrat) Jeanne H. Lucas (Democrat) District 14 (Democrat) Eric Miller Reeves (Democrat) District 15 Oscar Harris (Democrat) District 16 Ellie Kinnaird (Democrat) Howard Lee (Democrat) District 17 Aaron W. Plyler (Democrat) William R. “Bill” Purcell (Democrat) District 18 R. C. Soles, Jr. (Democrat) District 19 Robert G. “Bob” Shaw (Republican) District 20 Linda Garrou (Democrat) Hamilton C. “Ham” Horton (Republican) District 21 Hugh Webster (Republican) District 22 Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. (Republican) District 23 Jim Phillips (Democrat) District 24 Tony Rand (Democrat) District 25 David W. Hoyle (Democrat) District 26 Austin M. Allran (Republican) District 27 John Garwood (Republican) Kenneth R. Moore (Republican) District 28 Charles Carter (Democrat) Steve Metcalf (Democrat) District 29 Dan Robinson (Democrat) District 30 David F. Weinstein (Democrat) District 31 William N. “Bill” Martin (Democrat)

6 District 32 Kay R. Hagan (Democrat) District 33 Charlie Dannelly (Democrat) District 34 T. L. “Fountain” Odom (Democrat) District 35 Robert “Bob” Rucho (Republican) District 36 John H. Carrington (Republican) District 37 Walter H. Dalton (Democrat) District 38 Betsy L. Cochrane (Republican) District 39 James “Jim” Forrester (Republican) District 40 Daniel G. Clodfelter (Democrat) District 41 Larry Shaw (Democrat) District 42 Robert C. “Bob” Carpenter (Republican)

State House of Representatives District 1 W. C. “Bill” Owens, Jr. (Democrat) District 2 Zeno L. Edwards, Jr. (Democrat) Pending no appeal to recount by 1:00 p.m. 11-24-98 District 3 Scott Thomas (Democrat) District 4 Ronald L. “Ronnie” Smith (Democrat) Jean Preston (Republican) District 5 Howard Hunter, Jr. (Democrat) District 6 Gene Rogers (Democrat) District 7 Thomas C. Hardaway (Democrat) District 8 Edith D. Warren (Democrat) District 9 Marian Nelson McLawhorn (Democrat) District 10 Russell E. Tucker (Democrat) District 11 Phil Baddour, Jr. (Democrat) District 12 Nurham Warwick (Democrat) District 13 Danny McComas (Republican) District 14 Dewey L. Hill (Democrat) E. David Redwine (Democrat) District 15 Sam Ellis (Republican) District 16 Douglas Y. Yongue (Democrat) District 17 Mary E. McAllister (Democrat) Ted Kinney (Democrat) District 18 John W. “Bill” Hurley (Democrat) Mia Morris (Republican) District 19 Leslie Cox (Democrat) Don Davis (Republican) District 20 Billy Creech (Republican) District 21 Dan Blue (Democrat) District 22 Gordon P. Allen (Democrat) Jim Crawford (Democrat) District 23 Paul Luebke (Democrat) H. M. “Mickey” Michaux (Democrat) George W. Miller, Jr. (Democrat) District 24 Joe Hackney (Democrat) Verla Insko (Democrat) District 25 Nelson Cole (Democrat) Cary D. Allred (Republican) W. B. “Junior” Teague (Republican)

7 District 26 Alma S. Adams (Democrat) District 27 Steve Wood (Republican) District 28 Flossie Boyd-McIntyre (Democrat) District 29 Joanne W. Bowie (Republican) District 30 Arlie F. Culp (Republican) District 31 Richard T. Morgan (Republican) District 32 Wayne Goodwin (Democrat) District 33 Pryor Gibson (Democrat) District 34 O. Max Melton (Democrat) District 35 Charlotte A. Gardner (Republican) District 36 James B. “Jim” Black (Democrat) District 37 Paul “Jaybird” McCrary (Democrat) District 38 Harold J. Brubaker (Republican) District 39 Lyons Gray (Republican) District 40 Rex Baker (Republican) William S. “Bill” Hiatt (Republican) Gene Wilson (Republican) District 41 John Walter Brown (Republican) George M. Holmes (Republican) District 42 Frank Mitchell (Republican) District 43 Mitchell S. Setzer (Republican) District 44 Daniel W. Barefoot (Democrat) District 45 Cherie Killian Berry (Republican) Joe L. Kiser (Republican) District 46 Charles Monroe Buchanan (Republican) Gregg Thompson (Republican) District 47 Walter G. Church, Sr. (Democrat) District 48 Andy Dedmon (Democrat) Jim Horn (Democrat) Debbie A. Clary (Republican) District 49 Mitch Gillespie (Republican) District 50 Larry T. Justus (Republican) District 51 Martin L. Nesbitt (Democrat) Lanier M. Cansler (Republican) Wilma Sherrill (Republican) District 52 R. Phillip Hair (Democrat) Liston B. Ramsey (Democrat) District 53 James C. Carpenter (Republican) District 54 Drew P. Saunders (Democrat) District 55 W. Edwin “Ed” McMahan (Republican) District 56 Martha Alexander (Democrat) District 57 Connie Wilson (Republican) District 58 Ruth M. Easterling (Democrat) District 59 W. Pete Cunningham (Democrat) District 60 Beverly M. Earle (Democrat) District 61 Charles B. “Chuck” Neely, Jr. (Republican) District 62 David Miner (Republican) District 63 Jane H. Mosley (Democrat) District 64 Bob Hensley (Democrat)

8 District 65 Rick Eddins (Republican) District 66 Larry Womble (Democrat) District 67 Warren “Pete” Oldham (Democrat) District 68 Trudi Walend (Republican) District 69 Jim Gulley (Republican) District 70 Milton F. “Toby” Fitch, Jr. (Democrat) District 71 Joe Pat Tolson (Democrat) District 72 Gene Arnold (Republican) District 73 Wayne Sexton (Republican) District 74 Julia Craven Howard (Republican) District 75 Alex Warner (Democrat) District 76 John D. Bridgeman (Democrat) District 77 Carolyn B. Russell (Republican) District 78 Stan Fox (Democrat) District 79 William L. Wainwright (Democrat) District 80 Robert Grady (Republican) District 81 Timothy “Tim” Tallent (Republican) District 82 Bobby Harold Barbee, Sr. (Republican) District 83 Eugene McCombs (Republican) District 84 Michael “Mike” Decker (Republican) District 85 Ronnie Sutton (Democrat) District 86 Bill Culpepper (Democrat) District 87 Donald A. Bonner (Democrat) District 88 Theresa H. Esposito (Republican) District 89 Mary Jarrell (Democrat) Maggie Jeffus (Democrat) District 90 Richard L. Moore (Democrat) District 91 Edgar V. Starnes (Republican) District 92 J. Russell Capps (Republican) District 93 John Melvin Rayfield (Republican) District 94 Jerry C. Dockham (Republican) District 95 Leo Daughtry (Republican) District 96 Edd Nye (Democrat) District 97 Jerry Braswell (Democrat) District 98 Thomas E. Wright (Democrat)

Judge of Superior Court (Nonpartisan) District 4B Charles H. Henry District 6A Richard B. Allsbrook District 7C Frank R. Brown District 8B Arnold O. Jones District 10C Narley L. Cashwell District 11A Wiley F. Bowen District 11B Knox V. Jenkins, Jr. District 12A Jack Thompson District 12C James Floyd “Jim” Ammons, Jr. District 15B Wade Barber District 17A Peter M. McHugh Melzer A. “Pat” Morgan, Jr.

9 District 18C W. Douglas Albright District 19A W. Erwin Spainhour District 19C Larry G. Ford District 20B William H. Helms Sanford L. Steelman, Jr. District 21A William Z. “Bill” Wood, Jr. District 21C William H. Freeman District 22 Mark E. Klass District 23 Michael E. “Mike” Helms District 25B Timothy S. Kincaid Oliver Noble District 26B Richard D. Boner Robert P. Johnston District 26C Bob Bell District 27A Jesse B. Caldwell, III Timothy L. Patti District 29 Loto Greenlee Caviness Zoro Guice District 30A James U. Downs

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