1970Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1970 election for North Carolina Senate District 31

Name: 1970 election for North Carolina Senate District 31
Start: 1970-11-03
Location: North Carolina

North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina

2 seats: Lamar Gudger (D), I. C. Crawford (D) won.

2 seats

Lamar GudgerDemocrat · winner

28.8%27,422

I. C. CrawfordDemocrat · winner

27.4%26,101

R. T. DentRepublican · incumbent

22.4%21,328

21.5%20,527

95,378 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET