North Carolina's 22nd Senate district

North Carolina's 22nd Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Sophia Chitlik since 2025.^[1]

North Carolina's 22nd State Senate district
Senator	Sophia Chitlik D–Durham
Demographics	42% White 31% Black 17% Hispanic 5% Asian 5% Multiracial
Population (2023)	202,293

Geography

Since 2023, the district has included part of Durham County. The district overlaps with the 2nd, 29th, 30th, and 31st state house districts.

District officeholders since 1973

Multi-member district

Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Cy Bahakel (Matthews)	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1977		Eddie Knox (Charlotte)	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1975	Redistricted from the 27th district.	Herman Moore (Charlotte)	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1977	Redistricted from the 27th district.	Michael Mullins (Charlotte)	Republican	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1975		1973–1985 All of Cabarrus and Mecklenburg Counties.[2]
				Fred Alexander (Charlotte)	Democratic	January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1981						Jim McDuffie (Charlotte)	Democratic	January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1979
Craig Lawing (Charlotte)	Democratic	January 1, 1977 – January 1, 1985						Carolyn Mathis (Charlotte)	Republican	January 1, 1977 – January 1, 1983
												Cecil Jenkins Jr. (Kannapolis)	Democratic	January 1, 1979 – January 1, 1985
				Jim McDuffie (Charlotte)	Democratic	January 1, 1981 – January 1, 1983
				Benjamin Tison (Charlotte)	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985		Kenneth Harris (Charlotte)	Republican	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985

Single-member district

Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
James Johnson Jr. (Concord)	Republican	January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1991		1985–1993 All of Cabarrus County. Part of Mecklenburg County.
Fletcher Hartsell Jr. (Concord)	Republican	January 1, 1991 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 36th district.
				1993–2003 All of Cabarrus County. Parts of Rowan and Stanly counties.[3]
Harris Blake (Pinehurst)	Republican	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2013	Redistricted to the 29th district and retired.	2003–2005 All of Moore and Lee counties. Part of Harnett County.[4]
				2005–2013 All of Moore and Harnett counties.[5]
Mike Woodard (Durham)	Democratic	January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2025	Lost re-nomination.	2013–2019 All of Caswell and Person counties. Part of Durham County.[6]
				2019–2023 All of Granville and Person counties. Part of Durham County.[7][8]
				2023–Present Part of Durham County.[9][10]
Sophia Chitlik (Durham)	Democratic	January 1, 2025 – Present

Election results

2024

North Carolina Senate 22nd district Democratic primary election, 2024^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sophia Chitlik	17,270	57.59%
	Democratic	Mike Woodard (incumbent)	12,719	42.41%
Total votes			29,989	100%

North Carolina Senate 22nd district general election, 2024^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sophia Chitlik	83,844	85.98%
	Libertarian	Ray Ubinger	13,674	14.02%
Total votes			97,518	100%
	Democratic hold

2022

North Carolina Senate 22nd district Republican primary election, 2022^[13]

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^[14]

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

2020

North Carolina Senate 22nd district general election, 2020^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Woodard (incumbent)	60,402	58.43%
	Republican	Rick Padgett	39,792	38.50%
	Libertarian	Ray Ubinger	3,175	3.07%
Total votes			103,369	100%
	Democratic hold

2018

North Carolina Senate 22nd district general election, 2018^[16]

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%
	Democratic hold

2016

North Carolina Senate 22nd district general election, 2016^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Woodard (incumbent)	74,693	65.58%
	Republican	T. Greg Doucette	39,198	34.42%
Total votes			113,891	100%
	Democratic hold

2014

North Carolina Senate 22nd district Republican primary election, 2014^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Milton Holmes	2,557	51.97%
	Republican	Herman Joubert	2,363	48.03%
Total votes			4,920	100%

North Carolina Senate 22nd district general election, 2014^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Woodard (incumbent)	47,978	67.13%
	Republican	Herman Joubert	23,491	32.87%
Total votes			71,469	100%
	Democratic hold

2012

North Carolina Senate 22nd district Democratic primary election, 2012^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Woodard	22,356	67.79%
	Democratic	Kerry Sutton	10,621	32.21%
Total votes			32,977	100%

North Carolina Senate 22nd district general election, 2012^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Woodard	67,484	65.38%
	Republican	Milton Holmes	35,730	34.62%
Total votes			103,214	100%
	Democratic win (new seat)

2010

North Carolina Senate 22nd district Republican primary election, 2010^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harris Blake (incumbent)	6,679	65.86%
	Republican	Richard Morgan	3,462	34.14%
Total votes			10,141	100%

North Carolina Senate 22nd district general election, 2010^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harris Blake (incumbent)	38,331	100%
Total votes			38,331	100%
	Republican hold

2008

North Carolina Senate 22nd district Republican primary election, 2008^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harris Blake (incumbent)	8,797	59.41%
	Republican	Cindy Richardson Morgan	6,010	40.59%
Total votes			14,807	100%

North Carolina Senate 22nd district general election, 2008^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harris Blake (incumbent)	50,111	60.27%
	Democratic	Abraham Oudeh	33,033	39.73%
Total votes			83,144	100%
	Republican hold

2006

North Carolina Senate 22nd district general election, 2006^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harris Blake (incumbent)	24,490	62.58%
	Democratic	Abraham Oudeh	14,644	37.42%
Total votes			39,134	100%
	Republican hold

2004

North Carolina Senate 22nd district general election, 2004^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harris Blake (incumbent)	35,605	51.73%
	Democratic	Oscar Harris	33,229	48.27%
Total votes			68,834	100%
	Republican hold

2002

North Carolina Senate 22nd district Democratic primary election, 2002^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jimmy Love Sr.	6,690	62.17%
	Democratic	Wanda H. Hunt	4,071	37.83%
Total votes			10,761	100%

North Carolina Senate 22nd district Republican primary election, 2002^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harris Blake	4,687	37.29%
	Republican	Teena S. Little	3,995	31.78%
	Republican	Bobby Ray Hall	1,963	15.62%
	Republican	Tim McNeill	1,925	15.31%
Total votes			12,570	100%

North Carolina Senate 22nd district general election, 2002^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harris Blake	24,975	54.43%
	Democratic	Jimmy Love Sr.	20,072	43.74%
	Libertarian	Jonathan Lubecky	840	1.83%
Total votes			45,887	100%
	Republican win (new seat)

2000

North Carolina Senate 22nd district Republican primary election, 2000^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fletcher Hartsell Jr. (incumbent)	5,273	77.82%
	Republican	Glenn Harold Comer	1,503	22.18%
Total votes			6,776	100%

North Carolina Senate 22nd district general election, 2000^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fletcher Hartsell Jr. (incumbent)	48,592	100%
Total votes			48,592	100%
	Republican hold