1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for North Carolina Senate District 18
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Cary D. Allred (R) won with 58.3% of the vote, defeating Ralph H. Scott (D) by 16.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Cary D. AllredRepublican · winner
58.3%19,060
Ralph H. ScottDemocrat · incumbent
41.7%13,654
32,714 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET