The 2002 North Carolina Senate election was held on November 5, 2002 as part of the biennial election to the General Assembly. All fifty seats in the North Carolina Senate were elected. Results Summary Incumbents defeated in general election Allen Wellons (D-District 11), defeated by Fred Smith (R) T. L. Odom (D-District 34), defeated by Robert Pittenger (R) with district being renumbered as District 40 Open seats that changed parties Aaron Plyler (D-District 17) did not seek re-election, seat won by Fern Shubert (R) with the district renumbered as District 35 Charles Newell Carter (D-District 28) did not seek re-election, seat won by Tom Apodaca with the district renumbered as District 48 Dan Robinson (D-District 29) lost a redistricting race to Robert C. Carpenter (R-District 42) with the district renumbered as District 50 Newly created seats District 5, won by Tony Moore (D) District 6, won by Cecil Hargett (D) District 14, won by Vernon Malone (D) District 17, won by Richard Stevens (R) District 22, won by Harris Blake (R) District 29, won by Jerry Tillman (R) District 34, won by Andrew Brock (R) District 41, won by R. B. Sloan Jr. (R) District 47, won by Joe Sam Queen (D) Seats eliminated by redistricting Luther Jordan (D-District 7) did not seek re-election after his district was merged with the 4th district to form the new 9th district Ed Warren (D-District 9) did not seek re-election after his district was merged with the 6th district to form the new 9th District Brad Miller (D-District 14) ran for the U.S House after his multi member district became a single member district (District 16) Oscar Harris (D-District 15), did not seek reelection after his seat was merged with 11th district to form the new 12th District Howard Lee (D-District 16) lost re-nomination to Eleanor Kinnaird after his multi-member district became a single member district (District 23) Robert G. Shaw (R-District 19) lost re-nomination to Phil Berger after his seat was merged with the 12th district to form the new 26th district Cal Cunningham (D-District 23) did not seek re-election after his district was merged with the 33rd district. Kenneth R. Moore (R-District 27) lost re-nomination to Virginia Foxx after his seat merged with the 12th district to form the new 45th District Detailed Results Districts 1-25 District 1 Incumbent Democratic President Pro Tempore Marc Basnight has represented the 1st district since