2022 North Carolina Senate election

An election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect all 50 members to North Carolina's Senate. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and state house. The filing period lasted from February 24, 2022, to March 4, 2022, with the primary election being held on May 17, 2022 (prior to the redistricting challenges it was scheduled to be held on March 8, 2022).^[1][2] The elections were originally to be held under new districts passed by the General Assembly in Senate Bill 739 to account for population changes following the 2020 census;^[3] however, following a ruling by the North Carolina Supreme Court, the General Assembly redrew the maps (Senate Bill 744) to comply with the court's ruling.^[4]

Not to be confused with 2022 United States Senate election in North Carolina.

2022 North Carolina Senate election

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All 50 seats in the North Carolina Senate 26 (without Lieutenant Governor) seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Phil Berger Dan Blue Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 1, 2005 March 2, 2014 Leader's seat 26th - Eden 14th - Raleigh Last election 28 22 Seats before 28 22 Seats won 30 20 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 2,030,556 1,401,684 Percentage 58.73% 40.54%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain
President pro tempore before election Phil Berger Republican Elected President pro tempore Phil Berger Republican

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5]	Likely R	May 19, 2022

Results summary

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected	Party
1st	Norman W. Sanderson[lower-alpha 1]		Rep	Norman W. Sanderson		Rep
2nd	Jim Perry[lower-alpha 2]		Rep	Jim Perry		Rep
3rd	Bobby Hanig[lower-alpha 3]		Rep	Bobby Hanig		Rep
	Ernestine Bazemore		Dem
4th	Toby Fitch		Dem	Buck Newton		Rep
5th	Don Davis†		Dem	Kandie Smith		Dem
6th	Michael Lazzara		Rep	Michael Lazzara		Rep
7th	Michael Lee[lower-alpha 4]		Rep	Michael Lee		Rep
8th	Bill Rabon		Rep	Bill Rabon		Rep
9th	Brent Jackson[lower-alpha 5]		Rep	Brent Jackson		Rep
10th	New Seat			Benton Sawrey		Rep
11th	Lisa Stone Barnes		Rep	Lisa Stone Barnes		Rep
12th	Jim Burgin		Rep	Jim Burgin		Rep
13th	New Seat			Lisa Grafstein		Dem
14th	Dan Blue		Dem	Dan Blue		Dem
15th	Jay Chaudhuri		Dem	Jay Chaudhuri		Dem
16th	Wiley Nickel†		Dem	Gale Adcock		Dem
17th	Sydney Batch		Dem	Sydney Batch		Dem
18th	Sarah Crawford†		Dem	Mary Wills Bode		Dem
19th	Kirk deViere		Dem	Val Applewhite		Dem
20th	Natalie Murdock		Dem	Natalie Murdock		Dem
21st	Tom McInnis[lower-alpha 6]		Rep	Tom McInnis		Rep
22nd	Mike Woodard		Dem	Mike Woodard		Dem
23rd	Valerie Foushee†		Dem	Graig Meyer		Dem
24th	Danny Britt[lower-alpha 7]		Rep	Danny Britt		Rep
	Ben Clark†[lower-alpha 8]		Dem
25th	Amy Galey[lower-alpha 9]		Rep	Amy Galey		Rep
26th	Phil Berger[lower-alpha 10]		Rep	Phil Berger		Rep
27th	Michael Garrett		Dem	Michael Garrett		Dem
28th	Gladys Robinson		Dem	Gladys Robinson		Dem
29th	Dave Craven[lower-alpha 11]		Rep	Dave Craven		Rep
30th	Steve Jarvis[lower-alpha 12]		Rep	Steve Jarvis		Rep
31st	Joyce Krawiec		Rep	Joyce Krawiec		Rep
32nd	Paul Lowe Jr.		Dem	Paul Lowe Jr.		Dem
33rd	Carl Ford		Rep	Carl Ford		Rep
34th	Paul Newton[lower-alpha 13]		Rep	Paul Newton		Rep
35th	Todd Johnson		Rep	Todd Johnson		Rep
36th	New Seat			Eddie Settle		Rep
37th	Vickie Sawyer[lower-alpha 14]		Rep	Vickie Sawyer		Rep
38th	Mujtaba Mohammed		Dem	Mujtaba Mohammed		Dem
39th	DeAndrea Salvador		Dem	DeAndrea Salvador		Dem
40th	Joyce Waddell		Dem	Joyce Waddell		Dem
41st	Natasha Marcus		Dem	Natasha Marcus		Dem
42nd	Jeff Jackson†[lower-alpha 15]		Dem	Rachel Hunt		Dem
43rd	Kathy Harrington†		Rep	Brad Overcash		Rep
44th	Ted Alexander		Rep	Ted Alexander		Rep
45th	Dean Proctor[lower-alpha 16]		Rep	Dean Proctor		Rep
46th	Warren Daniel		Rep	Warren Daniel		Rep
47th	Ralph Hise		Rep	Ralph Hise		Rep
	Deanna Ballard[lower-alpha 17]		Rep
48th	Chuck Edwards†		Rep	Tim Moffitt		Rep
49th	Julie Mayfield		Dem	Julie Mayfield		Dem
50th	Kevin Corbin		Rep	Kevin Corbin		Rep

† - Incumbent not seeking re-election

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican	49	2,030,556	58.726	30	2	60
	Democratic	36	1,401,684	40.538	20	2	40
	Libertarian	7	14,562	0.421	0		0
	Write-in	1	9,506	0.275	0		0
	Green	1	1,348	0.039	0		0
Total		94	3,457,656	100	50		100

Senate seats Republican   60% Democratic   40%

Popular vote Republican   58.726% Democratic   40.538% Libertarian   0.421% Write-in   0.275% Green   0.039%

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 7, 1.94%
2. District 5, 4.46%
3. District 3, 5.06%
4. District 18, 5.39%
5. District 19, 5.4%
6. District 17, 5.86%
7. District 27, 9%
8. District 21, 9.26%
9. District 11, 9.7%
10. District 42, 9.92%

Incumbents defeated in the primary election

Democrats

1. District 3: Ernestine Bazemore lost renomination to Valerie Jordan.
2. District 19: Kirk DeViere lost renomination to Val Applewhite.

Republicans

1. District 1: Bob Steinburg lost renomination to fellow incumbent Norman W. Sanderson in a redistricting race.
2. District 47: Deanna Ballard lost renomination to fellow incumbent Ralph Hise in a redistricting race.

Incumbents defeated in the general election

Democrats

• Toby Fitch (D-District 4), defeated by Buck Newton (R)

Open seats that changed parties

• Ernestine Bazemore (D-District 3) lost re-nomination, seat won by Bobby Hanig (R)

Newly created seats

• District 10 (Johnston County), won by Benton Sawrey (R)
• District 13 (Wake County), won by Lisa Grafstein (D)
• District 36 (Alexander, Wilkes, Surry, and Yadkin counties), won by Eddie Settle (R)

Detailed results

Districts 1–25

District 1

The new 1st District includes all of Dare, Hyde, Carteret, Pamlico, Washington, Chowan, Perquimans, and Pasquotank counties. It includes the home of incumbent Republicans Bob Steinburg, who had represented the 1st district since 2019, and Norman W. Sanderson, who had represented the 2nd District since 2013. Sanderson defeated Steinburg to win the Republican nomination.

North Carolina Senate 1st district Republican primary election, 2022^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norman W. Sanderson (incumbent)	12,713	55.48%
	Republican	Bob Steinburg (incumbent)	10,201	44.52%
Total votes			22,914	100%

North Carolina Senate 1st district general election, 2022^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norman W. Sanderson (incumbent)	61,486	100%
Total votes			61,486	100%
	Republican hold

District 2

The new 2nd District includes all of Beaufort, Craven, and Lenoir counties. The district includes the home of incumbent Republican Jim Perry, who had represented the 7th District since 2019. He ran for re-election.^[8]

North Carolina Senate 2nd district general election, 2022^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Perry (incumbent)	53,067	100%
Total votes			53,067	100%
	Republican hold

District 3

The new 3rd District includes all of Warren, Northampton, Halifax, Martin, Bertie, Hertford, Gates, Camden, Currituck, and Tyrrell counties. Incumbent Democrat Ernestine Bazemore had represented the 3rd District since 2021. Valerie Jordan defeated Bazemore to win the Democratic nomination.^[10] State representative Bobby Hanig was unopposed for the Republican nomination.^[11]

North Carolina Senate 3rd district Democratic primary election, 2022^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Valerie Jordan	13,644	59.65%
	Democratic	Ernestine Bazemore (incumbent)	9,229	40.35%
Total votes			22,873	100%

North Carolina Senate 3rd district general election, 2022^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bobby Hanig	37,984	52.53%
	Democratic	Valerie Jordan	34,320	47.47%
Total votes			72,304	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 4

The new 4th District includes all of Greene, Wayne, and Wilson counties. Incumbent Democrat Toby Fitch had represented the 4th District since 2018. State Representative Raymond Smith Jr. unsuccessfully challenged Fitch for the Democratic nomination. Former state senator Buck Newton^[13] won the Republican nomination.

North Carolina Senate 4th district Democratic primary election, 2022^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toby Fitch (incumbent)	6,994	54.48%
	Democratic	Raymond Smith Jr.	5,843	45.52%
Total votes			12,837	100%

North Carolina Senate 4th district Republican primary election, 2022^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Buck Newton	8,728	67.61%
	Republican	Joe Democko	4,181	32.39%
Total votes			12,909	100%

North Carolina Senate 4th district general election, 2022^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Buck Newton	38,638	57.51%
	Democratic	Toby Fitch (incumbent)	28,543	42.49%
Total votes			67,181	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 5

The new 5th District includes all of Edgecombe and Pitt counties. Incumbent Democrat Don Davis had represented the 5th District since 2013. Davis retired to run for Congress.^[16] State representative Kandie Smith won the Democratic nomination for the seat.^[17]

North Carolina Senate 5th district Democratic primary election, 2022^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kandie Smith	13,604	86.58%
	Democratic	Lenton Brown	2,109	13.42%
Total votes			15,713	100%

North Carolina Senate 5th district general election, 2022^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kandie Smith	36,557	52.23%
	Republican	Karen Kozel	33,432	47.77%
Total votes			69,989	100%
	Democratic hold

District 6

The new 6th District includes all of Onslow County. Incumbent Republican Michael Lazzara had represented the 6th District since 2021.

North Carolina Senate 6th district general election, 2022^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Lazzara (incumbent)	33,339	100%
Total votes			33,339	100%
	Republican hold

District 7

The new 7th District includes most of New Hanover County. The new district includes the home of incumbent Republican Michael Lee, who had represented the 9th District since 2021. The original Democratic nominee was Jason Minnicozzi; however, Minnicozzi dropped out and was replaced on the ballot by Marcia Morgan.^[21]

North Carolina Senate 7th district general election, 2022^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Lee (incumbent)	44,908	50.97%
	Democratic	Marcia Morgan	43,198	49.03%
Total votes			88,106	100%
	Republican hold

District 8

The new 8th District includes all of Columbus and Brunswick counties as well as part of New Hanover County. Incumbent Republican Bill Rabon had represented the 8th District since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 8th district general election, 2022^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Rabon (incumbent)	67,693	100%
Total votes			67,693	100%
	Republican hold

District 9

The new 9th District includes all of Jones, Duplin, Pender, and Bladen counties as well as most of Sampson County. The district includes the home of incumbent Republican Brent Jackson, who had represented the 10th District since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2022^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brent Jackson (incumbent)	50,252	100%
Total votes			50,252	100%
	Republican hold

District 10

The new 10th District includes all of Johnston County and had no incumbent. Benton Sawrey won the Republican nomination.

North Carolina Senate 10th district Republican primary election, 2022^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Benton Sawrey	12,318	65.60%
	Republican	Jill Homan	3,729	19.86%
	Republican	Matt Ansley	2,730	14.54%
Total votes			18,777	100%

North Carolina Senate 10th district general election, 2022^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Benton Sawrey	48,083	63.90%
	Democratic	Gettys Cohen Jr.	27,165	36.10%
Total votes			75,248	100%
	Republican win (new seat)

District 11

The new 11th District includes all of Nash, Franklin, and Vance counties. Incumbent Republican Lisa Stone Barnes had represented the 11th District since 2021. She ran for re-election.^[27]

North Carolina Senate 11th district general election, 2022^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Stone Barnes (incumbent)	41,701	54.85%
	Democratic	Mark Speed	34,333	45.15%
Total votes			76,034	100%
	Republican hold

District 12

The new 12th District includes all of Harnett and Lee counties as well as a small portion of Sampson County. Incumbent Republican Jim Burgin had represented the 12th District since 2019. David Buboltz and Ernie Watson unsuccessfully challenged Burgin for the Republican nomination.^[29]

North Carolina Senate 12th district Republican primary, 2022^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Burgin (incumbent)	6,511	52.85%
	Republican	David Buboltz	4,495	36.49%
	Republican	Ernie Watson	1,314	10.67%
Total votes			12,320	100%

North Carolina Senate 12th district general election, 2022^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Burgin (incumbent)	36,304	63.45%
	Democratic	Richard Chapman	20,914	36.55%
Total votes			57,218	100%
	Republican hold

District 13

The new 13th District includes portions of northern Wake County and had no incumbent. Lisa Grafstein won the Democratic nomination. David Bankert won the Republican nomination.^[32]

North Carolina Senate 13th district Democratic primary, 2022^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Grafstein	11,931	66.59%
	Democratic	Patrick Buffkin	5,987	33.41%
Total votes			17,918	100%

North Carolina Senate 13th district Republican primary, 2022^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Bankert	5,230	52.23%
	Republican	Jeff Werner	4,783	47.77%
Total votes			10,013	100%

North Carolina Senate 13th district general election, 2022^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Grafstein	50,937	62.34%
	Republican	David Bankert	28,001	34.27%
	Libertarian	Michael C. Munger	2,769	3.39%
Total votes			81,707	100%
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 14

The new 14th District includes portions of eastern Wake County. Incumbent Democratic Minority Leader Dan Blue had represented the 14th District since 2009.

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2022^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Blue (incumbent)	45,020	68.97%
	Republican	Chris Baker	18,378	28.16%
	Libertarian	Matthew Laszacs	1,875	2.87%
Total votes			65,273	100%
	Democratic hold

District 15

The new 15th District includes portions of central Wake County. Incumbent Democrat Jay Chaudhuri had represented the 15th District and its predecessors since 2016.

North Carolina Senate district general election, 2022^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jay Chaudhuri (incumbent)	52,472	67.52%
	Republican	Emanuela Prister	22,776	29.31%
	Libertarian	Sammie Brooks	2,463	3.17%
Total votes			77,711	100%
	Democratic hold

District 16

The new 16th District includes portions of western Wake County. Incumbent Democrat Wiley Nickel had represented the 16th District since 2019. Nickel ran for congress and did not seek re-election.^[36] State Representative Gale Adcock announced that she would seek the Democratic nomination for the seat.^[37]

North Carolina Senate 16th district general election, 2022^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gale Adcock	49,204	65.18%
	Republican	James Powers	23,161	30.68%
	Libertarian	Dee Watson	1,771	2.35%
	Green	Michael Trudeau	1,348	1.79%
Total votes			75,484	100%
	Democratic hold

District 17

The new 17th District includes portions of southern Wake County. Incumbent Democrat Sydney Batch had represented the 17th District since her appointment on January 11, 2021.

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2022^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sydney Batch (incumbent)	45,279	51.83%
	Republican	Mark Cavaliero	40,167	45.97%
	Libertarian	Patrick J. Bowersox	1,922	2.20%
Total votes			87,368	100%
	Democratic hold

District 18

The new 18th District includes all of Granvile County as well a portion of northern Wake County. Incumbent Democrat Sarah Crawford had represented the 18th District since 2021. Crawford ran for the state house. E. C. Sykes won the Republican nomination.

North Carolina State Senate 18th district Republican primary election, 2022^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	E. C. Sykes	11,124	84.86%
	Republican	Dimitry Slabyak	1,985	15.14%
Total votes			13,109	100%

North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2022^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Wills Bode	42,783	51.36%
	Republican	E. C. Sykes	38,296	45.97%
	Libertarian	Ryan Brown	2,219	2.66%
Total votes			83,298	100%
	Democratic hold

District 19

The new 19th District includes most of Cumberland County. Incumbent Democrat Kirk deViere had represented the 19th District since 2019. Val Applewhite defeated deViere to win the Democratic nomination. Former senator Wesley Meredith^[42] won the Republican nomination.

Democratic primary polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 18]	Margin of error	Val Applewhite	Kirk deViere	Ed Donaldson	Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[upper-alpha 1]	March 11–13, 2022	391 (LV)	± 5.0%	32%	17%	9%	42%

North Carolina Senate 19th district Democratic primary election, 2022^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Val Applewhite	7,588	56.24%
	Democratic	Kirk deViere (incumbent)	4,972	36.85%
	Democratic	Ed Donaldson	931	6.90%
Total votes			13,491	100%

North Carolina Senate 19th district Republican primary election, 2022^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wesley Meredith	5,781	72.42%
	Republican	Dennis Britt	2,202	27.58%
Total votes			7,983	100%

North Carolina Senate 19th district general election, 2022^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Val Applewhite	30,755	52.70%
	Republican	Wesley Meredith	27,601	47.30%
Total votes			58,356	100%
	Democratic hold

District 20

The new 20th District includes all of Chatham County and portions of southern Durham County. Incumbent Democrat Natalie Murdock had represented the 20th District since 2020.

North Carolina Senate 20th district general election, 2022^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Natalie Murdock (incumbent)	64,550	72.83%
	Republican	Alvin Reed	24,085	27.17%
Total votes			88,635	100%
	Democratic hold

District 21

The new 21st District includes all of Moore County as well as portions of Northwestern Cumberland County. When the district was drawn it originally had no incumbent, but Republican Tom McInnis switched his residence to Moore County so that he could run for re-election in the new district.

North Carolina Senate 21st district general election, 2022^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom McInnis (incumbent)	36,468	54.63%
	Democratic	Frank McNeill Jr.	30,281	45.37%
Total votes			66,749	100%
	Republican hold

District 22

The new 22nd District includes most of Durham County. Incumbent Democrat Mike Woodard had represented the 22nd District since 2013. Larry Coleman won the Republican nomination.

North Carolina Senate 22nd district Republican primary election, 2022^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Coleman	3,189	68.55%
	Republican	John Tarantino	1,463	31.45%
Total votes			4,652	100%

North Carolina Senate 22nd district general election, 2022^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Woodard (incumbent)	60,402	78.43%
	Republican	Larry Coleman	15,070	19.57%
	Libertarian	Ray Ubinger	1,543	2.00%
Total votes			77,015	100%
	Democratic hold

District 23

The new 23rd District includes all of Caswell, Person, and Orange counties. Incumbent Democrat Valerie Foushee had represented the 23rd District since 2013. Foushee retired to run for Congress.^[50] State Representative Graig Meyer won the Democratic nomination.^[51] Landon Woods won the Republican nomination.

North Carolina Senate 23rd district Democratic primary election, 2022^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Graig Meyer	23,717	82.38%
	Democratic	Jamie DeMent Holcomb	5,072	17.62%
Total votes			28,789	100%

North Carolina Senate 23rd district Republican primary election, 2022^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Landon Woods	5,798	58.29%
	Republican	Bill Cooke	4,149	41.71%
Total votes			9,947	100%

North Carolina Senate 23rd district general election, 2022^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Graig Meyer	59,973	67.30%
	Republican	Landon Woods	29,140	32.70%
Total votes			89,113	100%
	Democratic hold

District 24

The new 24th District includes all of Robeson, Hoke, and Scotland counties. The new district includes the home of incumbent Republican Danny Britt, who had represented the 13th District since 2017, and incumbent Democrat Ben Clark, who had represented the 21st District since 2013. Clark did not seek re-election.^[54]

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2022^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Danny Britt (incumbent)	28,717	58.35%
	Democratic	Darrel "BJ" Gibson Jr.	20,494	41.65%
Total votes			49,211	100%
	Republican hold

District 25

The new 25th District includes all of Alamance County as well as portions of Northeastern Randolph County. The district includes the home of incumbent Republican Amy Galey, who had represented the 24th District since 2021.

North Carolina Senate 25th district general election, 2022^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Amy Galey (incumbent)	47,355	62.82%
	Democratic	Sean C. Ewing	28,031	37.18%
Total votes			75,386	100%
	Republican hold

Districts 26–50

District 26

The new 26th District includes all of Rockingham County as well as portions of northern and eastern Guilford County. The district includes the home of incumbent Republican president pro tempore Phil Berger, who had represented the 30th District and its predecessors since 2001.

North Carolina Senate 26th district general election, 2022^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Berger (incumbent)	54,717	85.20%
	Write-in		7,882	12.27%
	Independent	Alvin D. Robinson (write-in)	1,624	2.53%
Total votes			64,223	100%
	Republican hold

District 27

The new 27th District includes portions of western and southern Guilford County. Incumbent Democrat Michael Garrett had represented the 27th District since 2019.

North Carolina Senate 27th district general election, 2022^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Garrett (incumbent)	37,055	54.50%
	Republican	Richard "Josh" Sessoms	30,932	45.50%
Total votes			67,987	100%
	Democratic hold

District 28

The new 28th District includes portions of central Guilford County. Incumbent Democrat Gladys Robinson had represented the 28th District since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 28th district general election, 2022^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gladys Robinson (incumbent)	46,455	73.05%
	Republican	Paul Schumacher	17,140	26.95%
Total votes			63,595	100%
	Democratic hold

District 29

The new 29th District includes all of Anson, Richmond, and Montgomery counties as well as portions of Randolph and Union counties. The district includes the home of incumbent Republicans Tom McInnis, who had represented the 25th District since 2015, and Dave Craven, who had represented the 26th District since 2020. McInnis switched his residence from Richmond County to Moore County and ran for re-election in the new 21st District.

North Carolina Senate 29th district general election, 2022^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Craven (incumbent)	51,618	73.05%
	Democratic	Brooke Crump	19,048	26.95%
Total votes			70,666	100%
	Republican hold

District 30

The new 30th District includes all of Davidson and Davie counties. The district includes the home of incumbent Republican Steve Jarvis, who had represented the 29th District since 2021. Former state Senator Eddie Gallimore unsuccessfully challenged Jarvis for the Republican nomination.

North Carolina Senate 30th district Republican primary election, 2022^[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Jarvis (incumbent)	15,986	65.69%
	Republican	Eddie Gallimore	8,348	34.31%
Total votes			24,334	100%

North Carolina Senate 30th district general election, 2022^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Jarvis (incumbent)	59,091	76.60%
	Democratic	Monique D. Johnson	18,051	23.40%
Total votes			77,142	100%
	Republican hold

District 31

The new 31st District includes all of Stokes County as well as portions of northern and eastern Forsyth County. Incumbent Republican Joyce Krawiec had represented the 31st District since 2014.

North Carolina Senate 31st district general election, 2022^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joyce Krawiec (incumbent)	48,815	100%
Total votes			48,815	100%
	Republican hold

District 32

The new 32nd District includes portions of western and southern Forsyth County. Incumbent Democrat Paul Lowe Jr. had represented the 32nd District since 2015.

North Carolina Senate 32nd district general election, 2022^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Lowe Jr. (incumbent)	46,986	59.32%
	Republican	George K. Ware	32,220	40.68%
Total votes			79,206	100%
	Democratic hold

District 33

The new 33rd District includes all Rowan and Stanly counties. Incumbent Republican Carl Ford had represented the 33rd District since 2019.

North Carolina Senate 33rd district general election, 2022^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl Ford (incumbent)	52,235	73.27%
	Democratic	Tangela "Lucy Horne" Morgan	19,058	26.73%
Total votes			71,293	100%
	Republican hold

District 34

The new 34th District includes most of Cabarrus County. The district includes the home of incumbent Republican Paul Newton, who had represented the 36th District since 2017.

North Carolina Senate 34th district general election, 2022^[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Newton (incumbent)	40,991	56.90%
	Democratic	Keshia Sandidge	31,044	43.10%
Total votes			72,035	100%
	Republican hold

District 35

The new 35th District includes most of Union County and a small portion of southeastern Cabarrus County. Incumbent Republican Todd Johnson had represented the 35th District since 2019.

North Carolina Senate 35th district general election, 2022^[67]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Johnson (incumbent)	58,501	100%
Total votes			58,501	100%
	Republican hold

District 36

The new 36th District includes all of Alexander, Wilkes, Surry, and Yadkin counties. The district had no incumbent. Eddie Settle won the Republican nomination defeating former state senator Shirley B. Randleman,^[68] State Representative Lee Zachary, and Vann Tate.

North Carolina Senate 36th district Republican primary election, 2022^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eddie Settle	10,756	37.23%
	Republican	Shirley B. Randleman	9,228	31.94%
	Republican	Lee Zachary	5,053	17.49%
	Republican	Vann Tate	3,852	13.33%
Total votes			28,889	100%

North Carolina Senate 36th district general election, 2022^[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eddie Settle	65,973	100%
Total votes			65,973	100%
	Republican hold

District 37

The new 37th District includes all of Iredell County as well as a small portion of far northwestern Mecklenburg County. The district includes the home of incumbent Republican Vickie Sawyer, who had represented the 34th District since 2019. She ran for re-election.^[71] Tom Fyler unsuccessfully challenged Sawyer for the Republican nomination.

North Carolina Senate 37th district Republican primary election, 2022^[72]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vickie Sawyer (incumbent)	15,969	82.40%
	Republican	Tom Fyler	3,411	17.60%
Total votes			19,380	100%

North Carolina Senate 37th district general election, 2022^[73]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vickie Sawyer (incumbent)	63,763	100%
Total votes			63,763	100%
	Republican hold

District 38

The new 38th District includes portions of eastern Mecklenburg County. Incumbent Democrat Mujtaba Mohammed had represented the 38th District since 2019.

North Carolina Senate 38th district general election, 2022^[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mujtaba Mohammed (incumbent)	53,072	100%
Total votes			53,072	100%
	Democratic hold

District 39

The new 39th District includes portions of southwestern Mecklenburg County. Incumbent Democrat DeAndrea Salvador had represented the 39th District since 2021.

North Carolina Senate 39th district general election, 2022^[75]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	DeAndrea Salvador (incumbent)	47,284	63.86%
	Republican	Mark Robeson	26,760	36.14%
Total votes			74,044	100%
	Democratic hold

District 40

The new 40th District includes a portion of eastern Mecklenburg County. Incumbent Democrat Joyce Waddell had represented the 40th District since 2015.

North Carolina Senate 40th district general election, 2022^[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joyce Waddell (incumbent)	36,799	67.21%
	Republican	Bobbie Shields	17,954	32.79%
Total votes			54,753	100%
	Democratic hold

District 41

The new 41st District includes portions of northern and western Mecklenburg County. Incumbent Democrat Natasha Marcus had represented the 41st District since 2019.

North Carolina Senate 41st district general election, 2022^[77]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Natasha Marcus (incumbent)	46,358	66.52%
	Republican	Bonni Leone	23,331	33.48%
Total votes			69,689	100%
	Democratic hold

District 42

The new 42nd District includes portions of southeastern Mecklenburg County. The district includes the home of incumbent Democrat Jeff Jackson, who had represented the 37th District since 2014. Jackson retired to run for Congress.^[78] State Representative Rachel Hunt was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.^[37] Cheryl Russo won the Republican nomination, defeating former state Representative Scott Stone.

North Carolina Senate 42nd district Republican primary election, 2022^[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cheryl Russo	6,775	50.51%
	Republican	Scott Stone	6,638	49.49%
Total votes			13,413	100%

North Carolina Senate 42nd district general election, 2022^[80]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rachel Hunt	47,621	54.96%
	Republican	Cheryl Russo	39,024	45.04%
Total votes			86,645	100%
	Democratic hold

District 43

The new 43rd District includes most of Gaston County. Incumbent Republican Majority Leader Kathy Harrington had represented the 43rd District since 2011. She did not seek re-election.^[81]

North Carolina Senate 43rd district general election, 2022^[82]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brad Overcash	48,218	100%
Total votes			48,218	100%
	Republican hold

District 44

The new 44th District includes all of Cleveland and Lincoln counties as well as a small portion of Gaston County. Incumbent Republican Ted Alexander had represented the 44th District since 2019.

North Carolina Senate 44th district general election, 2022^[83]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Alexander (incumbent)	58,525	100%
Total votes			58,525	100%
	Republican hold

District 45

The new 45th District includes all of Catawba County as well as portions of eastern Caldwell County. The district includes the home of incumbent Republican Dean Proctor, who had represented the 42nd District since 2020.

North Carolina Senate 45th district general election, 2022^[84]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dean Proctor (incumbent)	61,327	100%
Total votes			61,327	100%
	Republican hold

District 46

The new 46th District includes all of Burke and McDowell counties as well as portions of eastern Buncombe County. Incumbent Republican Warren Daniel had represented the 46th District and its predecessors since 2011. Mark Crawford unsuccessfully challenged Daniel for the Republican nomination.

North Carolina Senate 46th district Republican primary election, 2022^[85]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Warren Daniel (incumbent)	12,395	61.28%
	Republican	Mark Crawford	7,831	38.72%
Total votes			20,226	100%

North Carolina Senate 46th district general election, 2022^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Warren Daniel (incumbent)	47,709	60.25%
	Democratic	Billy Martin	31,478	39.75%
Total votes			79,187	100%
	Republican hold

District 47

The new 47th District includes all of Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, and Madison counties, as well as portions of Caldwell and Haywood counties. The new district includes the homes of incumbent Republicans Ralph Hise, who had represented the 47th District since 2011, and Deanna Ballard, who had represented the 45th District since 2016. Hise defeated Ballard to win the Republican nomination.

North Carolina Senate 47th district Republican primary election, 2022^[87]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Hise (incumbent)	13,163	50.70%
	Republican	Deanna Ballard (incumbent)	12,801	49.30%
Total votes			25,964	100%

North Carolina Senate 47th district general election, 2022^[88]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Hise (incumbent)	62,436	100%
Total votes			62,436	100%
	Republican hold

District 48

The new 48th District includes all of Henderson, Polk, and Rutherford counties. Incumbent Republican Chuck Edwards had represented the 48th District since 2016. Edwards retired to run for congress.^[89] State representative Tim Moffitt sought the Republican nomination for the seat.^[90] The original Democratic nominee was Stephanie A. Justice; however, she dropped out and was replaced on the ballot by Jay Carey.^[91]

North Carolina Senate 48th district general election, 2022^[92]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Moffitt	54,223	64.79%
	Democratic	Jay Carey	29,466	35.21%
Total votes			83,689	100%
	Republican hold

District 49

The new 49th District includes most of Buncombe County. Incumbent Democrat Julie Mayfield had represented the 49th District since 2021. Taylon Breeden and Sandra Kilgore unsuccessfully challenged Mayfield for the Democratic nomination.

North Carolina Senate 49th district Democratic primary election, 2022^[93]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julie Mayfield (incumbent)	16,055	68.25%
	Democratic	Sandra Kilgore	4,869	20.70%
	Democratic	Taylon Breeden	2,599	11.05%
Total votes			23,523	100%

North Carolina Senate 49th district general election, 2022^[94]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julie Mayfield (incumbent)	56,351	65.70%
	Republican	John Anderson	29,417	34.30%
Total votes			85,768	100%
	Democratic hold

District 50

The new 50th District includes all of Cherokee, Graham, Clay, Macon, Swain, Jackson, and Transylvania counties, as well as most of Haywood County. Incumbent Republican Kevin Corbin had represented the 50th District since 2021. He ran for re-election.^[95]

North Carolina Senate 50th district general election, 2022^[96]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Corbin (incumbent)	59,534	66.24%
	Democratic	Karen Burnette McCracken	30,347	33.76%
Total votes			89,881	100%
	Republican hold

See also

• List of North Carolina state legislatures

Notes

1. Redistricted from the 2nd district.
2. Redistricted from the 7th district.
3. Redistricted from the 1st district.
4. Redistricted from the 9th district.
5. Redistricted from the 10th district.
6. Redistricted from the 25th district.
7. Redistricted from the 13th district.
8. Redistricted from the 21st district.
9. Redistricted from the 24th district.
10. Redistricted from the 30th district.
11. Redistricted from the 26th district.
12. Redistricted from the 29th district.
13. Redistricted from the 36th district.
14. Redistricted from the 34th district.
15. Redistricted from the 37th district.
16. Redistricted from the 42nd district.
17. Redistricted from the 45th district.
18. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by Applewhite's campaign

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