1976Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for North Carolina Senate District 21
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
2 seats: Jack Childers (D), Robert Vance Somers (R) won.
2 seatsJack ChildersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
26.7%37,917
Robert Vance SomersRepublican · winner
26.1%37,002
Tom SuddarthDemocrat · incumbent
24.9%35,375
Gilbert T. Davis Jr.Republican
22.2%31,503
141,798 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET