2014 North Carolina Senate election

2014 North Carolina Senate election

November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)
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 26th - Eden 14th - Raleigh Last election 33 17 Seats before 33 17 Seats after 34 16 Seat change 1 1
Results:      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Republican gain
President pro tempore before election Phil Berger Republican President pro tempore-designate Phil Berger Republican

The 2014 North Carolina Senate elections selected members to serve in the North Carolina Senate for a two-year term commencing in January 2015. Going into the election, the Senate had 33 Republican and 17 Democratic members, which constituted a two-thirds super-majority for the Republican Party. Following the election, the Senate had 34 Republican and 16 Democratic members.

Results summary

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected	Party
1st	Bill Cook		Rep	Bill Cook		Rep
2nd	Norman W. Sanderson		Rep	Norman W. Sanderson		Rep
3rd	Clark Jenkins		Dem	Erica Smith		Dem
4th	Angela Bryant		Dem	Angela Bryant		Dem
5th	Don Davis		Dem	Don Davis		Dem
6th	Harry Brown		Rep	Harry Brown		Rep
7th	Louis M. Pate Jr.		Rep	Louis M. Pate Jr.		Rep
8th	Bill Rabon		Rep	Bill Rabon		Rep
9th	Michael Lee		Rep	Michael Lee		Rep
10th	Brent Jackson		Rep	Brent Jackson		Rep
11th	Buck Newton		Rep	Buck Newton		Rep
12th	Ronald Rabin		Rep	Ronald Rabin		Rep
13th	Michael Walters		Dem	Jane Smith		Dem
14th	Dan Blue		Dem	Dan Blue		Dem
15th	Neal Hunt†		Rep	John M. Alexander Jr.		Rep
16th	Josh Stein		Dem	Josh Stein		Dem
17th	Tamara P. Barringer		Rep	Tamara P. Barringer		Rep
18th	Chad Barefoot		Rep	Chad Barefoot		Rep
19th	Wesley Meredith		Rep	Wesley Meredith		Rep
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	Gene McLaurin		Dem	Tom McInnis		Rep
26th	Phil Berger		Rep	Phil Berger		Rep
27th	Trudy Wade		Rep	Trudy Wade		Rep
28th	Gladys A. Robinson		Dem	Gladys A. Robinson		Dem
29th	Jerry W. Tillman		Rep	Jerry W. Tillman		Rep
30th	Shirley B. Randleman		Rep	Shirley B. Randleman		Rep
31st	Joyce Krawiec		Rep	Joyce Krawiec		Rep
32nd	Earline Parmon		Dem	Earline Parmon		Dem
33rd	Stan Bingham		Rep	Stan Bingham		Rep
34th	Andrew C. Brock		Rep	Andrew C. Brock		Rep
35th	Tommy Tucker		Rep	Tommy Tucker		Rep
36th	Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr.		Rep	Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr.		Rep
37th	Jeff Jackson		Dem	Jeff Jackson		Dem
38th	Joel Ford		Dem	Joel Ford		Dem
39th	Bob Rucho		Rep	Bob Rucho		Rep
40th	Joyce Waddell		Dem	Joyce Waddell		Dem
41st	Jeff Tarte		Rep	Jeff Tarte		Rep
42nd	Austin M. Allran†		Rep	Andy Wells		Rep
43rd	Kathy Harrington		Rep	Kathy Harrington		Rep
44th	David Curtis		Rep	David Curtis		Rep
45th	Dan Soucek		Rep	Dan Soucek		Rep
46th	Warren Daniel		Rep	Warren Daniel		Rep
47th	Ralph Hise		Rep	Ralph Hise		Rep
48th	Tom Apodaca		Rep	Tom Apodaca		Rep
49th	Terry Van Duyn		Dem	Terry Van Duyn		Dem
50th	Jim Davis		Rep	Jim Davis		Rep

† - Incumbent not seeking re-election

Detailed results

Districts 1–25

District 1

Incumbent Republican Bill Cook has represented the 1st district since 2013.
Former state Senator Stan M. White challenged Cook again and lost.

North Carolina Senate 1st district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Cook (incumbent)	32,143	53.48%
	Democratic	Stan White	27,957	46.52%
Total votes			60,100	100%
	Republican hold

District 2

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

North Carolina Senate 2nd district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norman W. Sanderson (incumbent)	36,562	60.45%
	Democratic	Carroll G. (Carr) Ipock II	23,925	39.55%
Total votes			60,487	100%
	Republican hold

District 3

Incumbent Democrat Clark Jenkins has represented the 3rd district since 2003.
Jenkins was defeated by Erica Smith-Ingram in the Democratic primary.

North Carolina Senate 3rd district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Erica Smith-Ingram	39,635	100%
Total votes			39,635	100%
	Democratic hold

District 4

Incumbent Democrat Angela Bryant has represented the 4th district since 2013.

North Carolina Senate 4th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Angela Bryant (incumbent)	37,590	65.50%
	Republican	Richard Scott	19,796	34.50%
Total votes			57,386	100%
	Democratic hold

District 5

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

North Carolina Senate 5th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Davis (incumbent)	35,740	100%
Total votes			35,740	100%
	Democratic hold

District 6

Incumbent Republican Majority Leader Harry Brown has represented the 6th district since 2004.

North Carolina Senate 6th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Brown (incumbent)	26,604	100%
Total votes			26,604	100%
	Republican hold

District 7

Incumbent Republican Louis M. Pate Jr. has represented the 7th district and its predecessors since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 7th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louis M. Pate Jr. (incumbent)	37,323	68.80%
	Democratic	Erik Anderson	16,924	31.20%
Total votes			54,247	100%
	Republican hold

District 8

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

North Carolina Senate 8th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Rabon (incumbent)	39,402	57.01%
	Democratic	Ernie Ward	29,707	42.99%
Total votes			69,109	100%
	Republican hold

District 9

Incumbent Republican Michael Lee has represented the 9th district since 2014.

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Lee (incumbent)	35,517	55.36%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Redenbaugh	28,637	44.64%
Total votes			64,154	100%
	Republican hold

District 10

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

North Carolina Senate 10th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brent Jackson (incumbent)	31,239	62.46%
	Democratic	Donald B. Rains	18,779	37.54%
Total votes			50,018	100%
	Republican hold

District 11

Incumbent Republican Buck Newton has represented the 11th district since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 11th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Buck Newton (incumbent)	42,364	100%
Total votes			42,364	100%
	Republican hold

District 12

Incumbent Republican Ronald Rabin has represented the 12th district since 2013.

North Carolina Senate 12th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ronald Rabin (incumbent)	26,903	55.96%
	Democratic	Joe Langley	21,169	44.04%
Total votes			48,072	100%
	Republican hold

District 13

Incumbent Democrat Michael Walters has represented the 13th district since 2009.
Walters didn't seek re-election and was succeeded by fellow Democrat Jane Smith.

North Carolina Senate 13th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jane Smith	24,076	62.78%
	Republican	Bernard White	14,276	37.22%
Total votes			38,352	100%
	Democratic hold

District 14

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

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Blue (incumbent)	44,879	100%
Total votes			44,879	100%
	Democratic hold

District 15

Incumbent Republican Neal Hunt has represented the 15th district since 2005.
Hunt didn't seek re-election and was succeeded by Republican John M. Alexander Jr.

North Carolina Senate 15th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John M. Alexander Jr.	41,366	50.43%
	Democratic	Tom Bradshaw	40,665	49.57%
Total votes			82,031	100%
	Republican hold

District 16

Incumbent Democrat Josh Stein has represented the 16th district since 2009.

North Carolina Senate 16th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Josh Stein (incumbent)	42,422	67.11%
	Republican	Molotov Mitchell	20,791	32.89%
Total votes			63,213	100%
	Democratic hold

District 17

Incumbent Republican Tamara P. Barringer has represented the 17th district since 2013.

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tamara P. Barringer (incumbent)	44,292	58.46%
	Democratic	Bryan Fulghum	31,476	41.54%
Total votes			75,768	100%
	Republican hold

District 18

Incumbent Republican Chad Barefoot has represented 18th district since 2013.

North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chad Barefoot (incumbent)	34,646	52.89%
	Democratic	Sarah Crawford	30,861	47.11%
Total votes			65,507	100%
	Republican hold

District 19

Incumbent Republican Wesley Meredith has represented the 19th district since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 19th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wesley Meredith (incumbent)	23,636	54.44%
	Democratic	Billy Richardson	19,781	45.56%
Total votes			43,417	100%
	Republican hold

District 20

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

North Carolina Senate 20th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Floyd McKissick Jr. (incumbent)	46,482	100%
Total votes			46,482	100%
	Democratic hold

District 21

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

North Carolina Senate 21st district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Clark (incumbent)	31,663	100%
Total votes			31,663	100%
	Democratic hold

District 22

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

North Carolina Senate 22nd district general election, 2014

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

District 23

Incumbent Democrat Valerie Foushee has represented the 23rd district since her appointment in September 2013.
Foushee is seeking her first full term.

North Carolina Senate 23rd district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Valerie Foushee (incumbent)	53,652	68.20%
	Republican	Mary Lopez-Carter	25,021	31.80%
Total votes			78,673	100%
	Democratic hold

District 24

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

North Carolina Senate 24th district general election, 2014

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

District 25

Incumbent Democrat Gene McLaurin has represented the 25th district since 2012.
McLaurin was defeated for re-election by Republican Tom McInnis.

North Carolina Senate 25th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom McInnis	28,496	50.40%
	Democratic	Gene McLaurin (incumbent)	26,632	47.10%
	Libertarian	P. H. Dawkins	1,412	2.50%
Total votes			56,540	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Districts 26–50

District 26

Incumbent Republican president pro tempore Phil Berger has represented the 26th district since and its predecessors since 2001.

North Carolina Senate 26th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Berger (incumbent)	40,352	59.17%
	Democratic	William Osborne	27,845	40.83%
Total votes			68,197	100%
	Republican hold

District 27

Incumbent Republican Trudy Wade has represented the 27th district since 2013.

North Carolina Senate 27th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trudy Wade (incumbent)	46,814	100%
Total votes			46,814	100%
	Republican hold

District 28

Incumbent Democrat Gladys A. Robinson has represented the 28th district since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 28th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gladys A. Robinson (incumbent)	43,286	100%
Total votes			43,286	100%
	Democratic hold

District 29

Incumbent Republican Jerry W. Tillman has represented the 29th district since

North Carolina Senate 29th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry W. Tillman (incumbent)	41,100	70.86%
	Democratic	Tommy Davis	16,901	29.14%
Total votes			58,001	100%
	Republican hold

District 30

Incumbent Republican Shirley B. Randleman has represented the 30th district since 2012.

North Carolina Senate 30th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shirley B. Randleman (incumbent)	35,783	71.06%
	Democratic	Eva P. Ingle	14,572	28.94%
Total votes			50,355	100%
	Republican hold

District 31

Incumbent Republican Joyce Krawiec has represented the 31st district since her appointment in January 2014.
Krawiec is seeking her first full term.

North Carolina Senate 31st district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joyce Krawiec (incumbent)	45,915	64.82%
	Democratic	John K. Motsinger Sr.	24,922	35.18%
Total votes			70,837	100%
	Republican hold

District 32

Incumbent Democrat Earline Parmon has represented the 32nd district since 2013.

North Carolina Senate 32nd district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earline Parmon (incumbent)	36,045	100%
Total votes			36,045	100%
	Democratic hold

District 33

Incumbent Republican Stan Bingham has represented the 33rd district and its predecessors since 2001.

North Carolina Senate 33rd district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stan Bingham (incumbent)	38,784	100%
Total votes			38,784	100%
	Republican hold

District 34

Incumbent Republican Andrew C. Brock has represented the 34th district since 2003.

North Carolina Senate 34th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew C. Brock (incumbent)	38,010	66.05%
	Democratic	Constance L. (Connie) Johnson	19,533	33.95%
Total votes			57,543	100%
	Republican hold

District 35

Incumbent Republican Tommy Tucker has represented the 35th district since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 35th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tommy Tucker (incumbent)	39,188	100%
Total votes			39,188	100%
	Republican hold

District 36

Incumbent Republican Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. has represented the 36th district and its predecessors since 1991.

North Carolina Senate 36th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. (incumbent)	39,774	100%
Total votes			39,774	100%
	Republican hold

District 37

Incumbent Democrat Jeff Jackson has represented the 37th district since his appointment on May 6, 2014.
Jackson is seeking his first full term.

North Carolina Senate 37th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Jackson (incumbent)	31,392	100%
Total votes			31,392	100%
	Democratic hold

District 38

Incumbent Democrat Joel Ford has represented the 38th district since 2013.

North Carolina Senate 38th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joel Ford (incumbent)	35,366	79.71%
	Republican	Richard Rivette	9,003	20.29%
Total votes			44,369	100%
	Democratic hold

District 39

Incumbent Republican Bob Rucho has represented the 39th district and its predecessors since 2008 and previously from 1997 to 2005.

North Carolina Senate 39th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Rucho (incumbent)	44,091	100%
Total votes			44,091	100%
	Republican hold

District 40

Incumbent Democrat Maclom Graham has represented the 40th district since 2005.
Graham didn't seek re-election, insteading unsuccessfully seeking election to the U.S House.

North Carolina Senate 40th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joyce Waddell	34,788	100%
Total votes			34,788	100%
	Democratic hold

District 41

Incumbent Republican Jeff Tarte has represented the 41st district since 2013.

North Carolina Senate 41st district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Tarte (incumbent)	35,572	60.47%
	Democratic	Latrice McRae	23,255	39.53%
Total votes			58,827	100%
	Republican hold

District 42

Incumbent Republican Austin M. Allran has represented the 42nd district and its predecessors since 1986.
Allran isn't seeking re-election. Representative Andy Wells won the open seat.

North Carolina Senate 42nd district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Wells	31,869	59.49%
	Democratic	Patrice (Pat) Hensley	21,703	40.51%
Total votes			53,572	100%
	Republican hold

District 43

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

North Carolina Senate 43rd district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kathy Harrington (incumbent)	36,978	100%
Total votes			36,978	100%
	Republican hold

District 44

Incumbent Republican David Curtis has represented the 44th district since 2013.

North Carolina Senate 44th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Curtis (incumbent)	45,722	100%
Total votes			45,722	100%
	Republican hold

District 45

Incumbent Republican Dan Soucek has represented the 45th district since 2011.

North Carolina Senate 45th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Soucek (incumbent)	33,165	60.18%
	Democratic	Jim Sponenberg	21,941	39.82%
Total votes			55,106	100%
	Republican hold

District 46

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

North Carolina Senate 46th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Warren Daniel (incumbent)	30,373	58.71%
	Democratic	Emily B. Church	21,363	41.29%
Total votes			51,736	100%
	Republican hold

District 47

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

North Carolina Senate 47th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Hise (incumbent)	39,299	100%
Total votes			39,299	100%
	Republican hold

District 48

Incumbent Republican Tom Apodaca has represented the 48th district since 2003.

North Carolina Senate 48th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Apodaca (incumbent)	37,664	57.42%
	Democratic	Rick Wood	27,925	42.58%
Total votes			65,589	100%
	Republican hold

District 49

Incumbent Democrat Terry Van Duyn has represented the 49th district since her appointment in April 2014.
Van Duyn is seeking her first full term.

North Carolina Senate 49th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terry Van Duyn (incumbent)	42,347	61.29%
	Republican	Mark Crawford	26,745	38.71%
Total votes			69,092	100%
	Democratic hold

District 50

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

North Carolina Senate 50th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Davis (incumbent)	33,820	53.86%
	Democratic	Jane Hipps	28,974	46.14%
Total votes			62,974	100%
	Republican hold

See also

• List of North Carolina state legislatures

References

• North Carolina General Assembly Elections
• North Carolina State Senate elections, 2014 at Ballotpedia