1976Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for North Carolina Senate District 23
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
2 seats: Bobby Lee Combs (D), Cass Ballenger (R) won.
2 seatsBobby Lee CombsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
26.5%40,088
Cass BallengerRepublican · winner
24.6%37,167
Pleas LackeyDemocrat · incumbent
24.5%37,056
Harlan RobertsonRepublican
24.5%37,034
151,345 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