1974Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for North Carolina Senate District 20
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
2 seats: E. Lawrence Davis (D), Carl Totherow (D) won.
2 seatsE. Lawrence DavisDemocrat · winner
34.8%25,692
Carl TotherowDemocrat · winner
22.8%16,818
Harry BagnalRepublican · incumbent
22.0%16,214
Ed M. McKnightRepublican
20.3%14,999
73,723 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