1974Final results
1974 election for North Carolina Senate District 16
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
2 seats: Charles Vickery (D), Russell Walker (D) won.
2 seatsCharles VickeryDemocrat · winner
30.7%27,853
Russell WalkerDemocrat · winner
30.5%27,676
Ed TenneyRepublican
19.8%17,980
Michael BuddRepublican
18.9%17,161
90,672 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET