| Year | Age | State | Party | Office | District | Stage | Pos | Votes | % |
|---|
| 1992 |
|
NC |
R |
Superintendent of Public Instr. |
|
Primary |
2 |
69,842 |
32.6% |
|
| 1996 |
|
NC |
R |
Superintendent of Public Instr. |
|
Primary |
1 |
107,473 |
50.6% |
| 1996 |
|
NC |
R |
Superintendent of Public Instr. |
|
General |
2 |
1,103,288 |
46.1% |
|
| 2004 |
|
NC |
R |
U.S. House |
District 05 |
Primary |
1 |
13,824 |
23.6% |
| 2004 |
|
NC |
R |
U.S. House |
District 05 |
Primary Runoff |
2 |
19,201 |
45.4% |
|
| 2006 |
|
NC |
R |
U.S. House |
District 13 |
Primary |
1 |
6,065 |
62.7% |
| 2006 |
|
NC |
R |
U.S. House |
District 13 |
General |
2 |
56,120 |
36.3% |
|
| 2012 |
|
NC |
R |
U.S. House |
District 08 |
Primary |
3 |
12,181 |
18.2% |
|
| 2016 |
|
NC |
R |
U.S. House |
District 13 |
Primary |
10 |
970 |
3.1% |