1998 North Carolina Senate election

1998 North Carolina Senate election
November 3, 1998
All 50 seats in the North Carolina Senate
26 (without Lieutenant Governor) seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Marc Basnight Robert Shaw
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 1, 1993 January 1, 1991
Leader's seat 1st - Manteo 19th - Greensboro
Last election 30 20
Seats won 35 15
Seat change 5 5
President pro tempore before election

Marc Basnight
Democratic

Elected President pro tempore

Marc Basnight
Democratic

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.

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