Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| district | incumbent | party | first elected | result | candidates |
| north carolina 2 | tim valentine | democratic | 1982 | re - elected | tim valentine (d) unopposed |
| north carolina 3 | martin lancaster | democratic | 1986 | re - elected | martin lancaster (d) unopposed |
| north carolina 4 | david e price | democratic | 1986 | re - elected | david e price (d) 58.0% tom fetzer (r) 42.0% |
| north carolina 5 | stephen l neal | democratic | 1974 | re - elected | stephen l neal (d) 52.6% lyons gray (r) 47.4% |
| north carolina 6 | howard coble | republican | 1984 | re - elected | howard coble (r) 62.5% tom gilmore (d) 37.5% |
| north carolina 8 | bill hefner | democratic | 1974 | re - elected | bill hefner (d) 51.5% ted blanton (r) 48.5% |
| north carolina 9 | alex mcmillan | republican | 1984 | re - elected | alex mcmillan (r) 65.9% mark sholander (d) 34.1% |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 1988
Statement:
the average year a candidate was first elected was 1981
Answer:
supported