1980 general · November 4, 1980
1980 North Carolina State Senate election results, district by district
Every North Carolina State Senate district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 40 · R 10
Races27
Changed party2
Unopposed26%7 races
Incumbents defeated3
Every district
D 40 · R 10
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Melvin R. Daniels · J. J. Harrington (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | Joseph E. Thomas (D) | 33.3 | |
| SD-3 | William D. Mills (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 | J. A. Wright (R) | 2.5 | Flipped |
| SD-5 | Harold W. Hardison (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | Vernon E. White · Julian R. Allsbrook (D) | 26.2 | |
| SD-7 | Dallas Alford · James D. Speed (D) | 23.4 | |
| SD-8 | Henson P. Barnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Robert D. Warren (D) | 29.3 | |
| SD-10 | Glenn Jernigan · Joe Raynor (D) | 16.9 | |
| SD-11 | R. C. Soles Jr. (D) | 28.3 | |
| SD-12 | Sam R. Noble (D) | 95.9 | |
| SD-13 | Kenneth C. Royall Jr. · William G. Hancock (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Robert W. Wynne · Joseph E. Johnson · William A. Creech (D) | 7.9 | |
| SD-15 | Conrad R. Duncan · George W. Marion Jr. (D) | 4.3 | |
| SD-16 | Russell Walker · Charles Vickery (D) | 3.9 | |
| SD-17 | James B. Garrison · Robert B. Jordan III (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-18 | Cary D. Allred (R) | 16.5 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-19 | Walter C. Cockerham · Henry E. Frye · Rachel G. Gray (REP) | 0.6 | |
| SD-20 | Marvin Ward · John J. Cavanagh (DEM) | 0.8 | |
| SD-21 | Paul S. Smith · Gilbert Lee Boger (R) | 2.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-22 | Carolyn Mathis · Craig Lawing · James D. McDuffie · Cecil R. Jenkins Jr. (D) | 2.6 | |
| SD-23 | William W. Redman Jr. · Cass Ballenger (R) | 7.0 | |
| SD-24 | Donald R. Kincaid · Harold A. Baker (R) | 3.6 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-25 | Ollie Harris · Helen Rhyne Marvin · Marshall A. Rauch (D) | 9.3 | |
| SD-26 | James Clarke · Robert S. Swain (D) | 2.5 | |
| SD-27 | R. P. Thomas · Joe H. Palmer (D) | Unopposed |
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