1976 general · November 2, 1976
1976 North Carolina State Senate election results, district by district
Every North Carolina State Senate district in the 1976 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 46 · R 4
Races27
Changed party0
Unopposed44%12 races
Incumbents defeated3
Every district
D 46 · R 4
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Melvin R. Daniels · J. J. Harrington (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | D. Livingston Stallings (D) | 41.5 | |
| SD-3 | Jerry Popkin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 | W. G. Smith (D) | 12.6 | |
| SD-5 | Harold W. Hardison (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | Julian R. Allsbrook · Vernon E. White (D) | 37.7 | |
| SD-7 | James D. Speed · Dallas Alford (D) | 37.9 | |
| SD-8 | Henson P. Barnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Edward Renfrow (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 | John T. Henley · Joe Raynor (D) | 29.5 | |
| SD-11 | R. C. Soles Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 | Luther Johnson Britt Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Kenneth C. Royall Jr. · Willis P. Whichard (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Robert W. Wynne · I. Beverly Lake Jr. · John W. Winters (D) | 12.4 | |
| SD-15 | Wesley D. Webster · George W. Marion Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | Charles Vickery · Russell Walker (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 | Robert B. Jordan III · James B. Garrison (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-18 | Ralph H. Scott (D) | 36.4 | |
| SD-19 | McNeill Smith · Katherine Hagen Sebo · Rachel G. Gray (D) | 6.0 | |
| SD-20 | E. Lawrence Davis · Carl Totherow (D) | 5.2 | |
| SD-21 | Jack Childers · Robert Vance Somers (DEM) | 1.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-22 | James D. McDuffie · Craig Lawing · Fred D. Alexander · Carolyn Mathis (DEM) | 1.4 | |
| SD-23 | Bobby Lee Combs · Cass Ballenger (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-24 | Roger Sharpe · Donald R. Kincaid (DEM) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-25 | Marshall A. Rauch · Ollie Harris · Helen Rhyne Marvin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 | I. C. Crawford · Robert S. Swain (D) | 8.9 | |
| SD-27 | Cecil Hill · Joe H. Palmer (D) | 9.3 |
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