Certified returns for every federal race in North Carolina in 1998, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 13 of 13 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Edwards
Democrat
1,029,237
51.2%
Lauch Faircloth
Republican
945,943
47.0%
Barbara Howe
Libertarian
36,963
1.8%
Total
2,012,143
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Eva M. Clayton
Democrat
85,125
62.2%
Ted Tyler
Republican
50,578
37.0%
Jack Schwartz
Libertarian
1,044
0.8%
Total
136,747
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bob Etheridge
Democrat
100,550
57.4%
Dan Page
Republican
72,997
41.7%
Mark Jackson
Libertarian
1,647
0.9%
Total
175,194
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Walter B. Jones
Republican
83,529
61.9%
Jon Williams
Democrat
50,041
37.1%
Chris Nubel
Libertarian
1,342
1.0%
Total
134,912
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
David E. Price
Democrat
129,157
57.4%
Tom Roberg
Republican
93,469
41.6%
Gary Goodson
Libertarian
2,284
1.0%
Total
224,910
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Richard Burr
Republican
119,103
67.6%
Mike Robinson
Democrat
55,806
31.7%
Gene Paczelt
Libertarian
1,382
0.8%
Total
176,291
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Howard Coble
Republican
112,740
88.6%
Jeffrey D. Bentley
Libertarian
14,454
11.4%
Total
127,194
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mike McIntyre
Democrat
124,366
91.3%
Paul Meadows
Libertarian
11,924
8.7%
Total
136,290
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Robert C. ‘‘Robin’’ Hayes
Republican
67,505
50.7%
Mike Taylor
Democrat
64,127
48.2%
Bob Burns
Libertarian
1,492
1.1%
Total
133,124
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sue Wilkins Myrick
Republican
120,570
69.3%
Rory Blake
Democrat
51,345
29.5%
Alvin Jeffrey Taylor
Libertarian
2,167
1.2%
Total
174,082
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Cass Ballenger
Republican
118,541
85.6%
Deborah Garrett Eddins
Libertarian
19,970
14.4%
Total
138,511
District 11
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Charles H. Taylor
Republican
112,908
56.6%
David Young
Democrat
84,256
42.2%
Chris Heckert
Libertarian
2,259
1.1%
Total
199,423
District 12
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Melvin L. Watt
Democrat
82,305
56.0%
John ‘‘Scott’’ Keadle
Republican
62,070
42.2%
Michael G. Smith
Libertarian
2,713
1.8%
Total
147,088
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 1998 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 4424a7d1a5954439ffb09f1de5f11a45fe06c6cc7cd2885c7e7beb0ee4ff4b58
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.