1970 general · November 3, 1970
1970 North Carolina State Senate election results, district by district
Every North Carolina State Senate district in the 1970 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 43 · R 7
Races33
Changed party0
Unopposed30%10 races
Incumbents defeated5
Every district
D 43 · R 7
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | J. J. Harrington · George Wood (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | Ashley B. Futrell (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Norris C. Reed Jr. (D) | 31.8 | |
| SD-4 | Vernon E. White · Julian R. Allsbrook (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | Charles H. Larkins Jr. (D) | 12.1 | |
| SD-6 | William D. Mills (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | John T. Church (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 | J. Russell Kirby · Henry M. Milgrom (D) | 38.6 | |
| SD-9 | Thomas E. Strickland (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 | John Jay Burney Jr. · Stewart B. Warren (D) | 10.5 | |
| SD-11 | Claude Currie · Gordon P. Allen (D) | 16.1 | |
| SD-12 | J. Ruffin Bailey · Jyles J. Coggins (D) | 4.2 | |
| SD-13 | William W. Staton (D) | 17.6 | |
| SD-14 | N. Hector McGeachy Jr. · John T. Henley (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 | S. Bunn Frink (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | W. C. Taylor (D) | 14.0 | |
| SD-17 | Ralph H. Scott (D) | 0.1 | |
| SD-18 | Hargrove Bowles Jr. · C. Coolidge Murrow · L. P. McLendon Jr. (DEM) | 1.2 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-19 | Charles B. Deane Jr. · William P. Saunders (D) | 5.8 | |
| SD-20 | Luther Johnson Britt Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 | Fred Folger Jr. (D) | 9.5 | |
| SD-22 | Hamilton C. Horton Jr. · Harry Bagnal (R) | 2.4 | |
| SD-23 | Phillip J. Kirk Jr. (R) | 13.4 | |
| SD-24 | Frank N. Patterson · F. Oneil Jones (D) | 8.9 | |
| SD-25 | Donald W. Bingham (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 | Bobby Lee Combs · Norman H. Joyner (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-27 | Eddie Knox · Herman A. Moore · Jack Baugh (D) | 0.3 | |
| SD-28 | David T. Flaherty (R) | 13.5 | |
| SD-29 | Marshall A. Rauch · Ollie Harris (D) | 8.7 | |
| SD-30 | Clyde M. Norton (D) | 11.3 | |
| SD-31 | Lamar Gudger · I. C. Crawford (D) | 5.0 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-32 | Zeb D. Alley (D) | 8.4 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-33 | Carl D. Killian (D) | 8.9 | Incumbent lost |
North Carolina State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner