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 | lawrence h fountain | democratic | 1952 | re - elected | lawrence h fountain (d) unopposed |
| north carolina 2 | james carson gardner redistricted from 4th | republican | 1966 | retired to run for governor republican loss | lawrence h fountain (d) unopposed |
| north carolina 4 | nick galifianakis redistricted from 5th | democratic | 1966 | re - elected | nick galifianakis (d) 51.5% fred steele (r) 48.5% |
| north carolina 5 | none (district created) | none (district created) | none (district created) | new seat republican gain | wilmer mizell (r) 52.4% smith bagley (d) 47.6% |
| north carolina 7 | alton lennon | democratic | 1956 | re - elected | alton lennon (d) unopposed |
| north carolina 8 | none (district created) | none (district created) | none (district created) | new seat republican gain | earl b ruth (r) 51.2% voit gilmore (d) 48.8% |
| north carolina 9 | charles r jonas redistricted from 8th | republican | 1952 | re - elected | charles r jonas (r) unopposed |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 1968
Statement:
north carolina 8 (district created) had a new seat republican gain
Answer:
supported