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 | john h kerr | democratic | 1923 | re - elected | john h kerr (d) unopposed |
| north carolina 3 | graham arthur barden | democratic | 1934 | re - elected | graham arthur barden (d) unopposed |
| north carolina 4 | harold d cooley | democratic | 1934 | re - elected | harold d cooley (d) 65.2% wiley l ward (r) 34.8% |
| north carolina 7 | j bayard clark | democratic | 1928 | re - elected | j bayard clark (d) unopposed |
| north carolina 8 | william o burgin | democratic | 1938 | re - elected | william o burgin (d) 56.5% a d barber (r) 43.5% |
| north carolina 9 | robert l doughton | democratic | 1910 | re - elected | robert l doughton (d) unopposed |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 1942
Statement:
the republican party had a candidate first elected in 1923
Answer:
refuted