1974Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for North Carolina Senate District 23
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
2 seats: Bobby Lee Combs (D), Pleas Lackey (D) won.
2 seatsBobby Lee CombsDemocrat · winner
27.7%31,767
Pleas LackeyDemocrat · winner
25.2%28,875
J. Reid PooveyRepublican · incumbent
24.4%27,911
Kennedy H. SharpeRepublican · incumbent
22.7%25,949
114,503 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