2018 North Carolina Senate election

The 2018 North Carolina Senate elections elected 50 members to serve in the North Carolina Senate for a two-year term starting in January 2019. The Democratic Party gained six seats in this election, ending the Republican supermajority that they had held since 2011 in the state senate.^[1][2]

2018 North Carolina Senate election

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All 50 seats in the North Carolina State Senate
Majority party Minority party   Leader Phil Berger Dan Blue Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 1, 2005 March 2, 2014 Leader's seat 30th - Eden 14th - Raleigh Last election 35 15 Seats before 35 15 Seats after 29 21 Seat change 6 6 Popular vote 1,816,854 1,856,838 Percentage 49.0% 50.1%
Seat control Election results by county Results:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold Republicans:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Democrats:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
President pro tempore before election Phil Berger Republican President pro tempore-designate Phil Berger Republican

52.98% of registered voters cast ballots in this election, marking the highest turnout for a midterm election in North Carolina since 1990.^[3][4]

Results summary

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected	Party
1st	New seat			Bob Steinburg		Rep
2nd	Norman Sanderson		Rep	Norman Sanderson		Rep
3rd	Erica Smith		Dem	Erica Smith		Dem
	Bill Cook†[a]		Rep
4th	Toby Fitch		Dem	Toby Fitch		Dem
5th	Don Davis		Dem	Don Davis		Dem
6th	Harry Brown		Rep	Harry Brown		Rep
7th	Louis Pate		Rep	Louis Pate		Rep
8th	Bill Rabon		Rep	Bill Rabon		Rep
9th	Michael Lee		Rep	Harper Peterson		Dem
10th	Brent Jackson		Rep	Brent Jackson		Rep
11th	Rick Horner		Rep	Rick Horner		Rep
12th	Ronald Rabin†		Rep	Jim Burgin		Rep
13th	Danny Britt		Rep	Danny Britt		Rep
14th	Dan Blue		Dem	Dan Blue		Dem
15th	Jay Chaudhuri[b]		Dem	Jay Chaudhuri		Dem
16th	New seat			Wiley Nickel		Dem
17th	Tamara Barringer		Rep	Sam Searcy		Dem
18th	John Alexander[c]		Rep	John Alexander		Rep
	Chad Barefoot†		Rep
19th	Wesley Meredith		Rep	Kirk deViere		Dem
20th	Floyd McKissick Jr.		Dem	Floyd McKissick Jr.		Dem
21st	Ben Clark		Dem	Ben Clark		Dem
22nd	Mike Woodard		Dem	Mike Woodard		Dem
23rd	Valerie Foushee		Dem	Valerie Foushee		Dem
24th	Rick Gunn		Rep	Rick Gunn		Rep
25th	Tom McInnis		Rep	Tom McInnis		Rep
26th	Jerry Tillman[d]		Rep	Jerry Tillman		Rep
27th	Trudy Wade		Rep	Michael Garrett		Dem
28th	Gladys Robinson		Dem	Gladys Robinson		Dem
29th	Cathy Dunn†[e]		Rep	Eddie Gallimore		Rep
30th	Phil Berger[f]		Rep	Phil Berger		Rep
31st	Joyce Krawiec		Rep	Joyce Krawiec		Rep
	Dan Barrett[g]		Rep
32nd	Paul Lowe Jr.		Dem	Paul Lowe Jr.		Dem
33rd	New seat			Carl Ford		Rep
34th	New seat			Vickie Sawyer		Rep
35th	Tommy Tucker†		Rep	Todd Johnson		Rep
36th	Paul Newton		Rep	Paul Newton		Rep
37th	Jeff Jackson		Dem	Jeff Jackson		Dem
38th	Joel Ford		Dem	Mujtaba Mohammed		Dem
39th	Dan Bishop		Rep	Dan Bishop		Rep
40th	Joyce Waddell		Dem	Joyce Waddell		Dem
41st	Jeff Tarte		Rep	Natasha Marcus		Dem
42nd	Andy Wells		Rep	Andy Wells		Rep
43rd	Kathy Harrington		Rep	Kathy Harrington		Rep
44th	David Curtis		Rep	Ted Alexander		Rep
45th	Deanna Ballard		Rep	Deanna Ballard		Rep
	Shirley Randleman[h]		Rep
46th	Warren Daniel		Rep	Warren Daniel		Rep
47th	Ralph Hise		Rep	Ralph Hise		Rep
48th	Chuck Edwards		Rep	Chuck Edwards		Rep
49th	Terry Van Duyn		Dem	Terry Van Duyn		Dem
50th	Jim Davis		Rep	Jim Davis		Rep

† - Incumbent not seeking re-election

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican	50	1,816,854	48.995%	29	6	58%
	Democratic	50	1,856,838	50.074%	21	6	42%
	Libertarian	14	33,219	0.896%	0		0%
	Constitution	1	1,301	0.035%	0		0%
Total		115	3,708,212	100%	50		100%

Senate seats Republican   58% Democratic   42%

Popular vote Democratic   50.074% Republican   48.995% Libertarian   0.896% Constitution   0.035%

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 9, 0.27% (gain)
2. District 19, 0.74% (gain)
3. District 27, 1.04% (gain)
4. District 18, 2.55%
5. District 17, 4.25% (gain)
6. District 39, 5.78%
7. District 1, 6.42%
8. District 3, 7.72%
9. District 24, 7.72%
10. District 7, 7.8%

Incumbents defeated in primary election

• Shirley Randleman (R-District 30), lost a redistricting race to Deanna Ballard (R-District 45)
• Dan Barrett (R-District 34), lost a redistricting race to Joyce Krawiec (R-District 31)
• Joel Ford (D-District 38), defeated by Mujtaba Mohammed (D)
• David Curtis (R-District 44), defeated by Ted Alexander (R)

Incumbents defeated in general election

• Michael Lee (R-District 9), defeated by Harper Peterson (D)
• Tamara Barringer (R-District 17), defeated by Sam Searcy (D)
• Wesley Meredith (R-District 19), defeated by Kirk deViere (D)
• Trudy Wade (R-District 27), defeated by Michael Garrett (D)
• Jeff Tarte (R-District 41), defeated by Natasha Marcus (D)

Open seats that changed parties

• Jay Chaudhuri (D-District 16), instead ran in the 15th district, seat won by Wiley Nickel (D)

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing[5]	Likely R	October 8, 2018

Detailed results

Districts 1–25

District 1

The new 1st district has no incumbent. Representative Bob Steinburg won the open seat.

North Carolina Senate 1st district Republican primary election, 2018^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Steinburg	6,785	58.04%
	Republican	Clark Twiddy	4,905	41.96%
Total votes			11,690	100%

North Carolina Senate 1st district general election, 2018^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Steinburg	39,815	53.21%
	Democratic	D. Cole Phelps	35,017	46.79%
Total votes			74,832	100.00%
	Republican win (new seat)

District 2

Incumbent Republican Norman Sanderson had represented the 2nd district since 2013.

North Carolina Senate 2nd district Democratic primary election, 2018^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ginger Garner	3,944	50.47%
	Democratic	Dorothea D. White	3,871	49.53%
Total votes			7,815	100%

North Carolina Senate 2nd district Republican primary election, 2018^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norman Sanderson (incumbent)	11,293	76.29%
	Republican	Lisa Oakley	3,510	23.71%
Total votes			14,803	100%

North Carolina Senate 2nd district general election, 2018^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norman Sanderson (incumbent)	42,898	61.78%
	Democratic	Ginger Garner	24,644	35.49%
	Libertarian	Tim Harris	1,894	2.73%
Total votes			69,436	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 3

The new 3rd district includes the home Incumbent Democrat Erica Smith, who had represented the 3rd district since 2015, and incumbent Republican Bill Cook had represented the 1st district since 2013. Cook didn't seek re-election while Smith was re-elected here.^[11]

North Carolina Senate 3rd district general election, 2018^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Erica Smith (incumbent)	33,942	53.86%
	Republican	C. (Chuck) Earley Jr.	29,082	46.14%
Total votes			63,024	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 4

Incumbent Democrat Toby Fitch had represented the 4th district since 2018. Fitch won his first full term.

North Carolina Senate 4th district general election, 2018^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toby Fitch (incumbent)	36,471	57.77%
	Republican	Richard Scott	25,391	40.22%
	Libertarian	Jesse Shearin	1,264	2.00%
Total votes			63,126	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 5

Incumbent Democrat Don Davis had represented the 5th district since 2013 and previously from 2009 to 2011.

North Carolina Senate 5th district Democratic primary election, 2018^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Davis (incumbent)	11,011	77.35%
	Democratic	Lonnie Carraway	3,224	22.65%
Total votes			14,235	100%

North Carolina Senate 5th district Republican primary election, 2018^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kimberly Robb	4,189	51.95%
	Republican	Tony Moore	3,875	48.05%
Total votes			8,064	100%

North Carolina Senate 5th district general election, 2018^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Davis (incumbent)	36,321	55.34%
	Republican	Kimberly Robb	29,317	44.66%
Total votes			65,638	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 6

Incumbent Republican Majority Leader Harry Brown had represented the 6th district since 2004. District 6 had the lowest number of votes cast in any district election in 2018.

North Carolina Senate 6th district general election, 2018^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Brown (incumbent)	27,228	65.07%
	Democratic	Joseph (Joe) Webb	14,615	34.93%
Total votes			41,843	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 7

Incumbent Republican Louis Pate had represented the 7th district and its predecessors since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 7th district general election, 2018^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louis Pate (incumbent)	30,329	53.90%
	Democratic	David B. Brantley	25,940	46.10%
Total votes			56,269	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 8

Incumbent Republican Bill Rabon had represented the 8th district since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 8th district Libertarian primary election, 2018^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Anthony H. Mascolo	53	58.24%
	Libertarian	Randolph W. "Randy" Crow	38	41.76%
Total votes			91	100%

North Carolina Senate 8th district general election, 2018^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Rabon (incumbent)	55,024	58.55%
	Democratic	David W. Sink Jr.	36,191	38.51%
	Libertarian	Anthony H. Mascolo	2,764	2.94%
Total votes			93,979	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 9

Incumbent Republican Michael Lee had represented the 9th district since 2014. Lee was defeated for re-election by Democrat Harper Peterson.

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2018^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harper Peterson	42,257	48.60%
	Republican	Michael Lee (incumbent)	42,026	48.33%
	Libertarian	Ethan Bickley	2,671	3.07%
Total votes			86,954	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 10

Incumbent Republican Brent Jackson had represented the 10th district since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 10th district general election, 2018^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brent Jackson (incumbent)	33,366	62.46%
	Democratic	Vernon R. Moore	20,057	37.54%
Total votes			53,423	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 11

Incumbent Republican Rick Horner had represented the 11th district since 2017.

North Carolina Senate 11th district general election, 2018^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Horner (incumbent)	45,768	56.49%
	Democratic	Albert R. Pacer	35,258	43.51%
Total votes			81,026	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 12

Incumbent Republican Ronald Rabin had represented the 12th district since 2013. Rabin did not seek re-election. Republican Jim Burgin won the open seat.

North Carolina Senate 12th district general election, 2018^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Burgin	34,931	60.00%
	Democratic	Jean Sivoli	23,290	40.00%
Total votes			58,221	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 13

Incumbent Republican Danny Britt had represented the 13th district since 2017.

North Carolina Senate 13th district Democratic primary election, 2018^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Campbell	14,803	69.20%
	Democratic	Bobbie Jacobs-Ghaffar	6,588	30.80%
Total votes			21,391	100%

North Carolina Senate 13th district general election, 2018^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Danny Britt (incumbent)	31,106	62.50%
	Democratic	John Campbell	18,661	37.50%
Total votes			49,767	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 14

Incumbent Democrat Dan Blue had represented the 14th district since 2009.

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2018^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Blue (incumbent)	55,035	71.36%
	Republican	Sandy Andrews	19,951	25.87%
	Libertarian	Richard Haygood	2,138	2.77%
Total votes			77,124	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 15

Following redistricting, the old 16th district became the new 15th district. Incumbent Democrat Jay Chaudhuri who had represented the 16th district since 2016, successfully sought re-election. Brian Lewis won the highest percentage vote of any Libertarian State Senate candidate in 2018, with 3.61%.

North Carolina Senate 15th district general election, 2018^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jay Chaudhuri (incumbent)	60,805	73.10%
	Republican	Alan David Michael	19,365	23.28%
	Libertarian	Brian Lewis	3,005	3.61%
Total votes			83,175	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 16

Following redistricting, the new 16th district is an open seat which is expected to favor Democrats. Brian Irving won the highest number of votes of any Libertarian State Senate candidate in 2018 with 3,382 votes.

North Carolina Senate 16th district Democratic primary election, 2018^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wiley Nickel	8,585	55.48%
	Democratic	Luis Toledo	6,890	44.52%
Total votes			15,475	100%

North Carolina Senate 16th district general election, 2018^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wiley Nickel	63,335	65.28%
	Republican	Paul Smith	30,308	31.24%
	Libertarian	Brian Irving	3,382	3.49%
Total votes			97,025	100.00%
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 17

Incumbent Republican Tamara Barringer had represented the 17th district since 2013. Following redistricting, this seat was made more competitive. Barringer lost re-election to Democrat Sam Searcy.

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2018^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Searcy	50,040	50.60%
	Republican	Tamara Barringer (incumbent)	45,841	46.35%
	Libertarian	Bruce Basson	3,016	3.05%
Total votes			98,897	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 18

Following redistricting, Incumbent Republicans Chad Barefoot and John Alexander had their homes both drawn into the new 18th district. The new 18th district, unlike the former 15th and 18th districts, is a competitive district which isn't safe for either party. Chad Barefoot retired, while John Alexander narrowly won re-election. The election in District 18 had the highest number of votes cast of any district election in the 2018 elections.

North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2018^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Alexander (incumbent)	51,794	49.90%
	Democratic	Mack Paul	49,155	47.35%
	Libertarian	Brad Hessel	2,855	2.75%
Total votes			103,804	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 19

Incumbent Republican Wesley Meredith had represented the 19th district since 2011. Meredith lost re-election to Democrat Kirk deViere.

North Carolina Senate 19th district Democratic primary election, 2018^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kirk deViere	5,257	62.59%
	Democratic	Clarence E. Donaldson	3,142	37.41%
Total votes			8,399	100%

North Carolina Senate 19th district general election, 2018^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kirk deViere	29,815	50.37%
	Republican	Wesley Meredith (incumbent)	29,382	49.63%
Total votes			59,197	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 20

Incumbent Democrat Floyd McKissick Jr. had represented the 20th district since 2007.

North Carolina Senate 20th district general election, 2018^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Floyd McKissick Jr. (incumbent)	74,205	83.52%
	Republican	Tom Stark	12,309	13.85%
	Libertarian	Jared Erickson	2,331	2.62%
Total votes			88,845	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 21

Incumbent Democrat Ben Clark had represented the 21st district since 2013.

North Carolina Senate 21st district Democratic primary election, 2018^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Clark (incumbent)	6,491	55.63%
	Democratic	Naveed Aziz	5,177	44.37%
Total votes			11,668	100%

North Carolina Senate 21st district general election, 2018^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Clark (incumbent)	33,238	70.94%
	Republican	Timothy Leever	13,616	29.06%
Total votes			46,854	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 22

Incumbent Democrat Mike Woodard had represented the 22nd district since 2013.

North Carolina Senate 22nd district general election, 2018^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Woodard (incumbent)	46,153	61.81%
	Republican	Rickey (Rick) Padgett	26,989	36.14%
	Libertarian	Ray Ubinger	1,527	2.05%
Total votes			74,669	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 23

Incumbent Democrat Valerie Foushee had represented the 23rd district since 2013.

North Carolina Senate 23rd district general election, 2018^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Valerie Foushee (incumbent)	73,332	71.29%
	Republican	Tom Glendinning	29,530	28.71%
Total votes			102,862	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 24

Incumbent Republican Rick Gunn had represented the 24th district since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2018^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Gunn (incumbent)	42,324	53.86%
	Democratic	J. D. Wooten	36,255	46.14%
Total votes			78,579	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 25

Incumbent Republican Tom McInnis had represented the 25th district since 2015.

North Carolina Senate 25th district Republican primary election, 2018^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom McInnis (incumbent))	8,911	60.98%
	Republican	Michelle Lexo	5,701	39.02%
Total votes			14,612	100%

North Carolina Senate 25th district general election, 2018^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom McInnis (incumbent)	41,601	57.09%
	Democratic	Helen Probst Mills	31,268	42.91%
Total votes			72,869	100.00%
	Republican hold

Districts 26–50

District 26

Following redistricting, the old 29th district became the new 26th district. Incumbent Republican Jerry Tillman, who had represented the 29th district since 2003, successfully sought re-election here.

North Carolina Senate 26th district general election, 2018^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Tillman (incumbent)	39,103	64.83%
	Democratic	William (Bill) McCaskill	21,217	35.17%
Total votes			60,320	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 27

Incumbent Republican Trudy Wade had represented the 27th district since 2013. Wade lost re-election to Democrat Michael Garrett.

North Carolina Senate 27th district general election, 2018^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Garrett	45,205	50.52%
	Republican	Trudy Wade (incumbent)	44,268	49.48%
Total votes			89,473	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 28

Incumbent Democrat Gladys Robinson had represented the 28th district since 2011. This district had the largest margin of any district election in 2018.

North Carolina Senate 28th District general election, 2018^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gladys Robinson (incumbent)	56,262	75.25%
	Republican	Clark Porter	18,509	24.75%
Total votes			74,771	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 29

Following redistricting, the new 29th district overlaps with much of the former 33rd district. Incumbent Republican Cathy Dunn, who had represented the 33rd district since 2017, did not seek re-election. Eddie Gallimore defeated representative Sam Watford to win the Republican nomination, and easily won the general election.

North Carolina Senate 29th district Republican primary election, 2018^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eddie Gallimore	11,775	55.48%
	Republican	Sam Watford	9,448	44.52%
Total votes			21,223	100%

North Carolina Senate 29th district general election, 2018^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eddie Gallimore	46,974	71.64%
	Democratic	Cheraton Love	18,594	28.36%
Total votes			65,568	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 30

Following redistricting, most of the old 26th district became the new 30th district. Incumbent Republican president pro tempore Phil Berger, who had represented the 26th district and its predecessors since 2001, successfully sought re-election here.

North Carolina Senate 30th district general election, 2018^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Berger (incumbent)	43,132	62.63%
	Democratic	Jen Mangrum	23,558	34.21%
	Libertarian	R. Michael Jordan	2,182	3.17%
Total votes			68,872	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 31

Incumbent Republicans Joyce Krawiec, who had represented the 31st district since 2014, and Dan Barrett, who had represented the 34th district since his appointment in August 2017, sought re-election here. Krawiec narrowly defeated Barrett in the Republican primary, and easily won the general election.

North Carolina Senate 31st district Republican primary election, 2018^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joyce Krawiec (incumbent)	6,436	48.64%
	Republican	Dan Barrett (incumbent)	6,204	46.88%
	Republican	Peter Antinozzi	593	4.48%
Total votes			13,233	100%

North Carolina Senate 31st district general election, 2018^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joyce Krawiec (incumbent)	54,267	61.00%
	Democratic	John Motsinger Jr.	34,693	39.00%
Total votes			88,960	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 32

Incumbent Democrat Paul Lowe Jr. had represented the 32nd district since 2015.

North Carolina Senate 32nd district general election, 2018^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Lowe Jr. (incumbent)	47,221	72.88%
	Republican	Eric Henderson	17,572	27.12%
Total votes			64,793	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 33

After redistricting, the old 33rd district became the new 29th district, and a new 33rd district was created. The new district includes Rowan County and Stanly County. State representative Carl Ford was the Republican nominee.

North Carolina Senate 33rd district Republican primary election, 2018^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl Ford	8,418	60.04%
	Republican	Bill Sorenson	5,602	39.96%
Total votes			14,020	100%

North Carolina Senate 33rd district general election, 2018^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl Ford	47,473	68.18%
	Democratic	Arin Wilhelm	22,154	31.82%
Total votes			69,627	100.00%
	Republican win (new seat)

District 34

Incumbent Republican Dan Barrett had represented the 34th district since his appointment in August 2017. Barrett chose to seek re-election in the 31st district after his home in Davie County was drawn into that district. The new 34th district includes Iredell and Yadkin counties, and was expected to favor Republicans. Republican Vickie Sawyer was elected to a full term here, though after already winning the GOP primary for this seat, she had been appointed to serve the balance of David Curtis's term in the 44th district.

North Carolina Senate 34th district Democratic primary election, 2018^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beniah McMiller	1,483	43.46%
	Democratic	William Stinson	1,271	37.25%
	Democratic	Lisaney Kong	658	19.28%
Total votes			3,412	100%

North Carolina Senate 34th district Republican primary election, 2018^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vickie Sawyer	4,800	43.83%
	Republican	Bob Rucho	3,636	33.20%
	Republican	A. J. Daoud	1,519	13.87%
	Republican	William "Bill" Howell	996	9.10%
Total votes			10,951	100%

North Carolina Senate 34th district general election, 2018^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vickie Sawyer	54,635	69.73%
	Democratic	Beniah McMiller	23,716	30.27%
Total votes			78,351	100.00%
	Republican win (new seat)

District 35

Incumbent Republican Tommy Tucker had represented the 35th district since 2011. Tucker did not seek re-election.

North Carolina Senate 35th district general election, 2018^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Johnson	49,848	61.51%
	Democratic	Caroline L. Walker	31,188	38.49%
Total votes			81,036	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 36

Incumbent Republican Paul Newton had represented the 36th district since 2017.

North Carolina Senate 36th district general election, 2018^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Newton (incumbent)	44,938	56.63%
	Democratic	Mark E. Shelley	34,416	43.37%
Total votes			79,354	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 37

Incumbent Democrat Jeff Jackson had represented the 37th district since 2014.

North Carolina Senate 37th district general election, 2018^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Jackson (incumbent)	52,261	78.05%
	Republican	Nora Trotman	13,395	20.01%
	Constitution	Stuart Andrew Collins	1,301	1.94%
Total votes			66,957	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 38

Incumbent Democrat Joel Ford had represented the 38th district since 2013. Ford lost the Democratic primary to Mujtaba Mohammed, who easily won the general election.

North Carolina Senate 38th district Democratic primary election, 2018^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mujtaba Mohammed	6,899	51.93%
	Democratic	Joel Ford (incumbent)	5,408	40.71%
	Democratic	Roderick Davis	631	4.75%
	Democratic	Tim Wallis	346	2.60%
Total votes			13,284	100%

North Carolina Senate 38th district general election, 2018^[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mujtaba Mohammed	53,563	81.73%
	Republican	Richard Rivette	11,972	18.27%
Total votes			65,535	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 39

Incumbent Republican Dan Bishop had represented the 39th district since 2017.

North Carolina Senate 39th district Democratic primary election, 2018^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chad Stachowicz	5,239	50.08%
	Democratic	Ann Harlan	5,222	49.92%
Total votes			10,461	100%

North Carolina Senate 39th district Republican primary election, 2018^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Bishop (incumbent)	8,778	71.28%
	Republican	Beth Monaghan	3,537	28.72%
Total votes			12,315	100%

North Carolina Senate 39th district general election, 2018^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Bishop (incumbent)	49,698	52.89%
	Democratic	Chad Stachowicz	44,273	47.11%
Total votes			93,971	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 40

Incumbent Democrat Joyce Waddell had represented the 40th district since 2015.

North Carolina Senate 40th district general election, 2018^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joyce Waddell (incumbent)	44,773	75.63%
	Republican	Mr. Bobbie Shields	14,426	24.37%
Total votes			59,199	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 41

Incumbent Republican Jeff Tarte had represented the 41st district since 2013. Tarte lost re-election to Democrat Natasha Marcus.

North Carolina Senate 41st district general election, 2018^[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Natasha Marcus	49,459	56.85%
	Republican	Jeff Tarte (incumbent)	37,536	43.15%
Total votes			86,995	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 42

Incumbent Republican Andy Wells had represented the 42nd district since 2015.

North Carolina Senate 42nd district Republican primary election, 2018^[67]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Wells (incumbent)	9,018	47.46%
	Republican	Mark Hollo	6,506	34.24%
	Republican	Ryan Huffman	2,236	11.77%
	Republican	Dustin Long	1,241	6.53%
Total votes			19,001	100%

North Carolina Senate 42nd district general election, 2018^[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Wells (incumbent)	44,323	66.31%
	Democratic	Ric Vandett	22,522	33.69%
Total votes			66,845	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 43

Incumbent Republican Kathy Harrington had represented the 43rd district since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 43rd district general election, 2018^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kathy Harrington (incumbent)	42,906	63.39%
	Democratic	Altriese Price	22,881	33.80%
	Libertarian	Mitchell D. Bridges	1,900	2.81%
Total votes			67,687	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 44

Incumbent Republican David Curtis had represented the 44th district since 2013. Curtis lost re-nomination to fellow Republican Ted Alexander. Curtis resigned before the end of his term, and Vickie Sawyer was appointed to replace him. Alexander easily won the open seat here, while Sawyer was simultaneously elected to the newly created 34th district which contained her home.

North Carolina Senate 44th district Republican primary election, 2018^[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Alexander	5,523	44.37%
	Republican	David Curtis (incumbent)	4,554	36.59%
	Republican	Martin Oakes	2,370	19.04%
Total votes			12,447	100%

North Carolina Senate 44th district general election, 2018^[71]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Alexander	46,861	68.85%
	Democratic	David Lee Lattimore	21,204	31.15%
Total votes			68,065	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 45

Following redistricting, incumbent Republicans Deanna Ballard and Shirley Randleman had both of their homes drawn into the 45th district. The district was more Ballard's district than Randleman's, and Ballard defeated Randleman in the Republican primary. Ballard easily won the general election.

North Carolina Senate 45th district Republican primary election, 2018^[72]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Deanna Ballard (incumbent)	8,403	53.59%
	Republican	Shirley Randleman (incumbent)	7,276	46.41%
Total votes			15,679	100%

North Carolina Senate 45th district general election, 2018^[73]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Deanna Ballard (incumbent)	48,998	65.08%
	Democratic	Wes Luther	26,293	34.92%
Total votes			75,291	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 46

Incumbent Republican Warren Daniel had represented the 46th district and its predecessors since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 46th district general election, 2018^[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Warren Daniel (incumbent)	42,445	69.97%
	Democratic	Art Sherwood	18,218	30.03%
Total votes			60,663	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 47

Incumbent Republican Ralph Hise had represented the 47th district since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 47th district Democratic primary election, 2018^[75]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Wheeler	4,272	54.17%
	Democratic	Cheryl D. Swofford	2,473	31.36%
	Democratic	Christopher H. Rumfelt	1,141	14.47%
Total votes			7,886	100%

North Carolina Senate 47th district general election, 2018^[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Hise (incumbent)	44,305	62.33%
	Democratic	David Wheeler	26,777	37.67%
Total votes			71,082	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 48

Incumbent Republican Chuck Edwards had represented the 48th district since 2016.

North Carolina Senate 48th district general election, 2018^[77]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Edwards (incumbent)	49,073	56.26%
	Democratic	Norm Bossert	38,147	43.74%
Total votes			87,220	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 49

Incumbent Democrat Terry Van Duyn had represented the 49th district since 2014.

North Carolina Senate 49th district general election, 2018^[78]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terry Van Duyn (incumbent)	61,092	63.70%
	Republican	Mark Crawford	32,519	33.91%
	Libertarian	Lyndon John Smith	2,290	2.39%
Total votes			95,901	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 50

Incumbent Republican Jim Davis had represented the 50th district since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 50th district general election, 2018^[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Davis (incumbent)	48,387	60.30%
	Democratic	Bobby Kuppers	31,851	39.70%
Total votes			80,238	100.00%
	Republican hold

See also

• List of North Carolina state legislatures

Notes

1. Redistricted from the 3rd district.
2. Redistricted from the 16th district.
3. Redistricted from the 15th district.
4. Redistricted from the 29th district.
5. Redistricted from the 33rd district.
6. Redistricted from the 26th district.
7. Redistricted from the 34th district.
8. Redistricted from the 30th district.