The United States House of Representative elections of 2002 in North Carolina were held on 5 November 2002 as part of the biennial election to the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

. All thirteen seats in North Carolina, and 435 nation-wide, were elected.

The election saw the number of represented elected from North Carolina increase by one after the 2000 Census. The Republicans

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 won seven seats, as in 2000

United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2000

The United States House of Representative elections of 2000 in North Carolina were held on 3 November 2000 as part of the biennial election to the United States House of Representatives. All twelve seats in North Carolina, and 435 nation-wide, were elected....

, while the Democrats gained one to put them on six.

It is not to be confused with the election to the North Carolina House of Representatives

North Carolina House of Representatives election, 2002

The North Carolina House of Representatives election of 2002 was held on 5 November 2002 as part of the biennial election to the General Assembly. All 120 seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives were elected....

, which was held on the same day.

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