1978 general · November 7, 1978
1978 North Carolina State Senate election results, district by district
Every North Carolina State Senate district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 44 · R 6
Races27
Changed party0
Unopposed37%10 races
Incumbents defeated3
Every district
D 44 · R 6
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Melvin R. Daniels · J. J. Harrington (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | D. Livingston Stallings (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | William D. Mills (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 | Bennie D. Schwartz (D) | 28.4 | |
| SD-5 | Harold W. Hardison (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | Julian R. Allsbrook · Vernon E. White (D) | 36.1 | |
| SD-7 | Dallas Alford · James D. Speed (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 | Henson P. Barnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Edward Renfrow (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 | John T. Henley · Joe Raynor (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-11 | R. C. Soles Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 | Sam R. Noble (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Willis P. Whichard · Kenneth C. Royall Jr. (D) | 31.0 | |
| SD-14 | Robert W. Wynne · I. Beverly Lake Jr. · William A. Creech (D) | 12.8 | |
| SD-15 | George W. Marion Jr. · Conrad R. Duncan (D) | 10.1 | |
| SD-16 | Russell Walker · Charles Vickery (D) | 5.0 | |
| SD-17 | James B. Garrison · Robert B. Jordan III (D) | 22.0 | |
| SD-18 | Ralph H. Scott (D) | 7.9 | |
| SD-19 | Rachel G. Gray · Katherine Hagen Sebo · Walter C. Cockerham (DEM) | 0.1 | |
| SD-20 | Anne Bagnal · Marvin Ward (REP) | 1.4 | |
| SD-21 | Robert M. Davis Jr. · William E. Lang (DEM) | 1.4 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-22 | Carolyn Mathis · Craig Lawing · Cecil R. Jenkins Jr. · Fred D. Alexander (D) | 5.0 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-23 | Cass Ballenger · William W. Redman Jr. (R) | 1.5 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-24 | Donald R. Kincaid · James H. Edwards (REP) | 0.5 | |
| SD-25 | Marshall A. Rauch · Ollie Harris · Helen Rhyne Marvin (D) | 12.0 | |
| SD-26 | I. C. Crawford · Robert S. Swain (D) | 5.1 | |
| SD-27 | Cecil Hill · Joe H. Palmer (D) | 7.7 |
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