North Carolina's 24th Senate district

North Carolina's 24th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Republican Danny Britt since 2023.^[1]

North Carolina's 24th State Senate district
Senator	Danny Britt R–Lumberton
Demographics	30% White 28% Black 11% Hispanic 1% Asian 26% Native American 1% Other 4% Multiracial
Population (2023)	204,313

Geography

Since 2023, the district has included all of Robeson, Hoke, and Scotland counties. The district overlaps with the 46th, 47th, and 48th state house districts.

District officeholders

Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Lura Self Tally (Fayetteville)	Democratic	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 1995	Redistricted from the 12th district. Retired.	1993–2003 Part of Cumberland County.[2]
Tony Rand (Fayetteville)	Democratic	January 1, 1995 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 19th district.
Hugh Webster (Burlington)	Republican	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2007	Redistricted from the 21st district. Lost re-election.	2003–2013 All of Alamance and Caswell counties.[3][4]
Tony Foriest (Graham)	Democratic	January 1, 2007 – January 1, 2011	Lost re-election.
Rick Gunn (Burlington)	Republican	January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2021	Retired.
				2013–2019 All of Alamance County. Part of Randolph County.[5]
				2019–2023 All of Alamance County. Part of Guilford County.[6][7]
Amy Galey (Burlington)	Republican	January 1, 2021 – January 1, 2023	Redistricted to the 25th district.
Danny Britt (Lumberton)	Republican	January 1, 2023 – Present	Redistricted from the 13th district.	2023–Present All of Robeson, Hoke, and Scotland counties.[8][9]

Election results

2024

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2024^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Danny Britt (incumbent)	47,538	58.74%
	Democratic	Kathy Batt	33,387	41.26%
Total votes			80,925	100%
	Republican hold

2022

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2022^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Danny Britt (incumbent)	28,761	58.32%
	Democratic	Darrel "BJ" Gibson Jr.	20,551	41.68%
Total votes			49,312	100%
	Republican hold

2020

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2020^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Amy Galey	61,287	52.43%
	Democratic	J. D. Wooten	55,609	47.57%
Total votes			116,896	100%
	Republican hold

2018

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2018^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Gunn (incumbent)	42,324	53.86%
	Democratic	J. D. Wooten	36,255	46.14%
Total votes			78,579	100%
	Republican hold

2016

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2016^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Gunn (incumbent)	51,833	60.77%
	Democratic	John Thorpe	33,456	39.23%
Total votes			85,289	100%
	Republican hold

2014

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2014^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Gunn (incumbent)	37,454	100%
Total votes			37,454	100%
	Republican hold

2012

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2012^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Gunn (incumbent)	51,230	79.02%
	Democratic	Brandon Black	13,605	20.98%
Total votes			64,835	100%
	Republican hold

2010

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2010^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Gunn	25,674	52.92%
	Democratic	Tony Foriest (incumbent)	20,430	42.11%
	Libertarian	Barry Coe	2,412	4.97%
Total votes			48,516	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2008

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2008^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Foriest (incumbent)	38,539	52.51%
	Republican	Rick Gunn	34,854	47.49%
Total votes			73,393	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina Senate 24th district Democratic primary election, 2006^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Foriest	2,090	70.06%
	Democratic	Tim Purgason	893	29.94%
Total votes			2,983	100%

North Carolina Senate 24th district Republican primary election, 2006^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Webster (incumbent)	1,716	77.09%
	Republican	Phoebe M. Harrison	510	22.91%
Total votes			2,226	100%

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2006^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Foriest	16,973	50.69%
	Republican	Hugh Webster (incumbent)	16,513	49.31%
Total votes			33,486	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2004

North Carolina Senate 24th district Democratic primary election, 2004^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Foriest	4,773	68.34%
	Democratic	Tim Purgason	2,211	31.66%
Total votes			6,984	100%

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2004^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Webster (incumbent)	35,989	57.94%
	Democratic	Tony Foriest	26,127	42.06%
Total votes			62,116	100%
	Republican hold

2002

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2002^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Webster (incumbent)	23,685	57.79%
	Democratic	Bill Powell	17,299	42.21%
Total votes			40,984	100%
	Republican hold

2000

North Carolina Senate 24th district Republican primary election, 2000^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lois Kirby	2,379	57.97%
	Republican	Darryl M. Davis	1,725	42.03%
Total votes			4,104	100%

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2000^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Rand (incumbent)	28,732	59.10%
	Republican	Lois Kirby	19,887	40.90%
Total votes			48,619	100%
	Democratic hold