North Carolina's 18th Senate district

North Carolina's 18th
State Senate district
North Carolina's 18th; State Senate district
Senator
	Mary Wills Bode; D–Oxford
Demographics	72% White; 16% Black; 6% Hispanic; 2% Asian
Population (2020)	229,414

North Carolina's 18th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Mary Wills Bode since 2023.^[1]

Geography

Since 2023, the district has covered all of Granville County, as well as part of Wake County. The district overlaps with the 7th, 32nd, 35th, 40th, and 66th state house districts.

District officeholders since 1973

Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Ralph Scott	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1981	Redistricted from the 17th district. Lost re-election.	1973–1983 All of Alamance County.^[2]
Cary Allred	Republican	January 1, 1981 – January 1, 1983	Redistricted to the 21st district.	1973–1983 All of Alamance County.^[2]
R. C. Soles Jr.	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted from the 11th district. Redistricted to the 8th district.	1983–1993 All of Bladen, Columbus, and Brunswick counties. Part of Cumberland County.^[3]^[4]
R. C. Soles Jr.	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 2003		1993–2003 All of Columbus and Brunswick counties. Parts of Bladen and New Hanover counties.^[5]
Wib Gulley	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – March 19, 2004	Redistricted from the 13th district. Resigned.	2003–2005 All of Person and Granville counties. Part of Durham County.^[6]
Vacant		March 19, 2004 - April 21, 2004
Ralph Hunt	Democratic	April 21, 2004 – January 1, 2005	Appointed to finish Gulley's term. Retired.
Bob Atwater	Democratic	January 1, 2005 – January 1, 2013	Redistricted to the 23rd district and retired.	2005–2013 All of Chatham and Lee counties. Part of Durham County.^[7]
Chad Barefoot	Republican	January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2019	Retired.	2013–2023 All of Franklin County. Part of Wake County.^[8]^[9]^[10]
John Alexander	Republican	January 1, 2019 – January 1, 2021	Redistricted from the 15th district. Retired.
Sarah Crawford	Democratic	January 1, 2021 – January 1, 2023	Retired to run for State House.
Mary Wills Bode	Democratic	January 1, 2023 – Present		2023–Present All of Granville County. Part of Wake County.^[11]

Election results

2022

North Carolina State Senate 18th district Republican primary election, 2022^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	E. C. Sykes	11,124	84.86%
	Republican	Dimitry Slabyak	1,985	15.14%
Total votes			13,109	100%

North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2022^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Wills Bode	42,783	51.36%
	Republican	E.C. Sykes	38,296	45.97%
	Libertarian	Ryan Brown	2,219	2.66%
Total votes			83,298	100%
	Democratic hold

2020

North Carolina State Senate 18th district Democratic primary election, 2020^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah Crawford	21,630	74.23%
	Democratic	Angela F. Bridgman	7,510	25.77%
Total votes			29,140	100%

North Carolina State Senate 18th district Republican primary election, 2020^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry E. Norman	7,116	51.31%
	Republican	Scott McKaig	6,753	48.69%
Total votes			13,869	100%

North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2020^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah Crawford	67,912	52.08%
	Republican	Larry E. Norman	57,890	44.40%
	Libertarian	Jason Loeback	4,595	3.52%
Total votes			130,397	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2018

North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2018^[17]
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%
	Republican hold

2016

North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2016^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chad Barefoot (incumbent)	57,121	55.34%
	Democratic	Gil Johnson	46,105	44.66%
Total votes			103,226	100%
	Republican hold

2014

North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2014^[19]
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

2012

North Carolina State Senate 18th district Republican primary election, 2012^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chad Barefoot	9,149	45.91%
	Republican	Michael Schriver	8,028	40.29%
	Republican	Glen Bradley	2,750	13.80%
Total votes			19,927	100%

North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2012^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chad Barefoot	51,873	55.92%
	Democratic	Doug Berger (incumbent)	40,897	44.08%
Total votes			92,770	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2010

North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2010^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Atwater (incumbent)	38,809	59.43%
	Republican	Roger Gerber	26,488	40.57%
Total votes			65,297	100%
	Democratic hold

2008

North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2008^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Atwater (incumbent)	66,916	69.00%
	Republican	Roger Gerber	30,063	31.00%
Total votes			96,979	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2006^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Atwater (incumbent)	36,763	100%
Total votes			36,763	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina Senate 18th district Democratic primary election, 2004^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Atwater	9,244	52.19%
	Democratic	Paul D. Carrington	6,605	37.29%
	Democratic	Tommy "Jr." Griffin	1,862	10.51%
Total votes			17,711	100%

North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2004^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Atwater	46,875	58.04%
	Republican	Christine Mumma	32,709	40.50%
	Libertarian	Jon Guze	1,186	1.47%
Total votes			80,770	100%
	Democratic hold

2002

North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2002^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wib Gulley (incumbent)	27,335	46.23%
	Republican	Tom Davidson	19,706	40.53%
	Libertarian	Mark Kitchens	1,576	3.24%
Total votes			48,617	100%
	Democratic hold

2000

North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2000^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	R. C. Soles Jr. (incumbent)	39,389	79.52%
	Libertarian	John Evans	10,147	20.48%
Total votes			49,536	100%
	Democratic hold

References

^ "State Senate District 18, NC". Census Reporter. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
^ J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate 1973-1974". Retrieved May 15, 2022.
^ J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate 1983-1984". Retrieved May 15, 2022.
^ J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate Districts Map - 1985 to 1992". Retrieved May 13, 2022.
^ "1992 Senate Base Plan #6" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
^ "Interim Senate Redistricting Plan For N.C. 2002 Elections" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
^ "2003 Senate Redistricting Plan" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
^ "Rucho Senate 2" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
^ "2018 Senate Election Districts" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
^ "2019 Senate Consensus Nonpartisan Map" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
^ "S.L. 2022-2 Senate" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
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[1] "State Senate District 18, NC". Census Reporter. Retrieved May 15, 2022.

[2] J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate 1973-1974". Retrieved May 15, 2022.

[3] J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate 1983-1984". Retrieved May 15, 2022.

[4] J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate Districts Map - 1985 to 1992". Retrieved May 13, 2022.

[5] "1992 Senate Base Plan #6" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 13, 2022.

[6] "Interim Senate Redistricting Plan For N.C. 2002 Elections" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 15, 2022.

[7] "2003 Senate Redistricting Plan" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 15, 2022.

[8] "Rucho Senate 2" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 15, 2022.

[9] "2018 Senate Election Districts" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 15, 2022.

[10] "2019 Senate Consensus Nonpartisan Map" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 15, 2022.

[11] "S.L. 2022-2 Senate" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

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v t e Members of the North Carolina State Senate
156th General Assembly (2023–2024) President of the Senate Mark Robinson (R) President pro tempore Phil Berger (R) Majority Leader Paul Newton (R) Minority Leader Dan Blue (D)
▌Norman Sanderson (R) ▌Bob Brinson (R) ▌Bobby Hanig (R) ▌Buck Newton (R) ▌Kandie Smith (D) ▌Michael Lazzara (R) ▌Michael Lee (R) ▌Bill Rabon (R) ▌Brent Jackson (R) ▌Benton Sawrey (R) ▌Lisa Stone Barnes (R) ▌Jim Burgin (R) ▌Lisa Grafstein (D) ▌Dan Blue (D) ▌Jay Chaudhuri (D) ▌Gale Adcock (D) ▌Sydney Batch (D) ▌Mary Wills Bode (D) ▌Val Applewhite (D) ▌Natalie Murdock (D) ▌Tom McInnis (R) ▌Mike Woodard (D) ▌Graig Meyer (D) ▌Danny Britt (R) ▌Amy Galey (R) ▌Phil Berger (R) ▌Michael Garrett (D) ▌Gladys Robinson (D) ▌Dave Craven (R) ▌Steve Jarvis (R) ▌Joyce Krawiec (R) ▌Paul Lowe Jr. (D) ▌Carl Ford (R) ▌Paul Newton (R) ▌Todd Johnson (R) ▌Eddie Settle (R) ▌Vickie Sawyer (R) ▌Mujtaba Mohammed (D) ▌DeAndrea Salvador (D) ▌Joyce Waddell (D) ▌Natasha Marcus (D) ▌Rachel Hunt (D) ▌Brad Overcash (R) ▌Ted Alexander (R) ▌Dean Proctor (R) ▌Warren Daniel (R) ▌Ralph Hise (R) ▌Tim Moffitt (R) ▌Julie Mayfield (D) ▌Kevin Corbin (R)
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