2018 North Carolina Senate election

2018 North Carolina Senate election
All 50 seats in the North Carolina State Senate
	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

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 6 seats in this election, ending the Republican supermajority that they had held since 2011 in the state senate.^[1]^[2]

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		Elected
1st	Bill Cook†	Rep	Bob Steinburg	Rep
2nd	Norman W. Sanderson	Rep	Norman W. Sanderson	Rep
3rd	Erica Smith	Dem	Erica Smith	Dem
4th	Toby Fitch	Dem	Toby Fitch	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 V. 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^[a]	Dem	Jay Chaudhuri	Dem
16th	New seat		Wiley Nickel	Dem
17th	Tamara P. Barringer	Rep	Sam Searcy	Dem
18th	John M. Alexander Jr.^[b]	Rep	John M. Alexander Jr.	Rep
18th	Chad Barefoot†	Rep	John M. Alexander Jr.	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 W. Tillman^[c]	Rep	Jerry W. Tillman	Rep
27th	Trudy Wade	Rep	Michael Garrett	Dem
28th	Gladys A. Robinson	Dem	Gladys A. Robinson	Dem
29th	Cathy Dunn†^[d]	Rep	Eddie Gallimore	Rep
30th	Phil Berger^[e]	Rep	Phil Berger	Rep
31st	Joyce Krawiec	Rep	Joyce Krawiec	Rep
31st	Dan Barrett^[f]	Rep	Joyce Krawiec	Rep
32nd	Paul A. Lowe Jr.	Dem	Paul A. 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 L. Curtis	Rep	Ted Alexander	Rep
45th	Deanna Ballard	Rep	Deanna Ballard	Rep
45th	Shirley B. Randleman^[g]	Rep	Deanna Ballard	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
Party		Candi- dates	No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican Party	50	1,816,854	48.995%	29	6	58%
	Democratic Party	50	1,856,838	50.074%	21	6	42%
	Libertarian Party	14	33,219	0.896%	0		0%
	Constitution Party	1	1,301	0.035%	0		0%
Total		32	3,708,212	100.00%	50		100.00%

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%:

District 9, 0.27% (gain)
District 19, 0.74% (gain)
District 27, 1.04% (gain)
District 18, 2.55%
District 17, 4.25% (gain)
District 39, 5.78%
District 1, 6.42%
District 3, 7.72%
District 24, 7.72%
District 7, 7.8%

Incumbents defeated in primary election

Shirley B. 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 L. Curtis (R-District 44), defeated by Ted Alexander (R)

Incumbents defeated in general election

Michael V. Lee (R-District 9), defeated by Harper Peterson (D)
Tamara P. 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)

Detailed results

Districts 1–25

District 1

Incumbent Republican Bill Cook has represented the 1st district since 2013.
Cook didn't seek re-election. Representative Bob Steinburg won the open seat.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 1
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 hold

District 2

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

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norman W. 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

Incumbent Democrat Erica Smith has represented the 3rd district since 2015.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 3
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 has represented the 4th district since 2018.
Fitch won his first full term.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 4
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 has represented the 5th district since 2013 and previously from 2009 to 2011.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 5
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 has represented the 6th district since 2004.
District 6 had the lowest number of votes cast in any district election in 2018.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 6
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 M. Pate Jr. has represented the 7th district and its predecessors since 2011.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louis M. Pate Jr. (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 has represented the 8th district since 2011.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 8
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 has represented the 9th district since 2014.
Lee was defeated for re-election by Democrat Harper Peterson.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 9
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 has represented the 10th district since 2011.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 10
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 has represented the 11th district since 2017.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 11
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 has represented the 12th district since 2013.
Rabin didn't seek re-election. Republican Jim Burgin won the open seat.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 12
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 has represented the 13th district since 2017.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 13
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 has represented the 14th district since 2009.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 14
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 has represented the 16th district since 2016, successfully sought re-election here. Brian Lewis won the highest percentage vote of any Libertarian State Senate candidate in 2018 with 3.61%.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 15
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.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 16
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 P. Barringer has represented the 17th district since 2013. Following redistricting, this seat was made more competitive.
Barringer lost re-election to Democrat Sam Searcy.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Searcy	50,040	50.60%
	Republican	Tamara P. 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 M. Alexander Jr. 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 M. Alexander Jr. narrowly won re-election.
The election in District 18 had the highest number of votes cast of any district election in the 2018 elections.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John M. Alexander Jr. (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 has represented the 19th district since 2011.
Meredith lost re-election to Democrat Kirk deViere.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 19
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. has represented the 20th district since 2007.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 20
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 has represented the 21st district since 2013.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 21
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 has represented the 22nd district since 2013.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 22
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 has represented the 23rd district since 2013.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 23
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 has represented the 24th district since 2011.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 24
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 has represented the 25th district since 2015.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 25
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 W. Tillman, who has represented the 29th district since 2003, successfully sought re-election here.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 26
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry W. 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 has represented the 27th district since 2013.
Wade lost re-election to Democrat Michael Garrett.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 27
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 A. Robinson has represented the 28th district since 2011. This district had the largest margin of any district election in 2018.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 28
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gladys A. 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 has represented the 33rd district since 2017, didn't seek re-election. Eddie Gallimore defeated representative Sam Watford to win the Republican nomination and easily won the general election.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 29
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 has represented the 26th district and its predecessors since 2001, successfully sought re-election here.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 30
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 has represented the 31st district since 2014, and Dan Barrett, who has represented the 34th district since his appointment in August 2017, sought re-election here. Krawiec narrowly defeated Barrett in the Republican primary and then she easily won the general election.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 31
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 A. Lowe Jr. has represented the 32nd district since 2015.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 32
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul A. 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.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 33
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 has 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 is 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 L. Curtis's term in the 44th district.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 34
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 has represented the 35th district since 2011.
Tucker didn't seek re-election.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 35
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 has represented the 36th district since 2017.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 36
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 has represented the 37th district since 2014.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 37
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 D. M. Ford has represented the 38th district since 2013.
Ford lost the Democratic primary to Mujtaba Mohammed, who easily won the general election.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 38
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 has represented the 39th district since 2017.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 39
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 has represented the 40th district since 2015.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 40
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 has represented the 41st district since 2013.
Tarte lost re-election to Democrat Natasha Marcus.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 41
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 has represented the 42nd district since 2015.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 40
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 has represented the 43rd district since 2011.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 43
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 L. Curtis has 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.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 44
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 B. 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.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 45
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 has represented the 46th district and its predecessors since 2011.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 46
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 has represented the 47th district since 2011.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 47
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 has represented the 48th district since 2016.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 48
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 has represented the 49th district since 2014.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 49
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 has represented the 50th district since 2011.

2018 North Carolina Senate election, district 49
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

Notes

^ Redistricted from the 16th district.
^ Redistricted from the 15th district.
^ Redistricted from the 29th district.
^ Redistricted from the 33rd district.
^ Redistricted from the 26th district.
^ Redistricted from the 34th district.
^ Redistricted from the 30th district.

References

^ Bonner, Lynn. "With no recount in close race, Democrats break supermajority in NC Senate". The News & Observer. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ Larson, David (December 26, 2018). "Eight years of Republican supermajority brought major changes to NC". The North State Journal. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ "11/06/2018 OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE". NC SBE Contest Results. North Carolina Board of Elections. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ Tiberii, Jeff. "Republicans Lose Supermajorities In North Carolina General Assembly". www.wunc.org. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[5] Redistricted from the 16th district.

[6] Redistricted from the 15th district.

[7] Redistricted from the 29th district.

[8] Redistricted from the 33rd district.

[9] Redistricted from the 26th district.

[10] Redistricted from the 34th district.

[11] Redistricted from the 30th district.

[1] Bonner, Lynn. "With no recount in close race, Democrats break supermajority in NC Senate". The News & Observer. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[2] Larson, David (December 26, 2018). "Eight years of Republican supermajority brought major changes to NC". The North State Journal. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[3] "11/06/2018 OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE". NC SBE Contest Results. North Carolina Board of Elections. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[4] Tiberii, Jeff. "Republicans Lose Supermajorities In North Carolina General Assembly". www.wunc.org. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

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