district       incumbent       party  first elected                    status                                           opponent
0  north carolina1   eva m clayton  democratic           1992              re - elected        eva m clayton (d) 61.1% ted tyler (r) 38.9%
1  north carolina4     david price  democratic           1986  defeated republican gain      fred heineman (r) 50.4% david price (d) 49.6%
2  north carolina5  stephen l neal  democratic           1974   retired republican gain         richard burr (r) 57.3% a p sands (d) 42.7%
3  north carolina6    howard coble  republican           1984              re - elected                         howard coble (r) unopposed
4  north carolina8     bill hefner  democratic           1974              re - elected    bill hefner (d) 52.4% sherrill morgan (r) 47.6%
5  north carolina9   alex mcmillan  republican           1984   retired republican hold  sue wilkins myrick (r) 65.0% rory blake (d) 35.0%

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