1982 general · November 2, 1982
1982 North Carolina State Senate election results, district by district
Every North Carolina State Senate district in the 1982 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
Races32
Changed party0
Unopposed28%9 races
Incumbents defeated4
Every district
D 44 · R 6
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Melvin R. Daniels (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | J. J. Harrington (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Joseph E. Thomas (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 | A. D. Guy (D) | 29.7 | |
| SD-5 | Harold W. Hardison (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | Julian R. Allsbrook (D) | 58.1 | |
| SD-7 | J. A. Wright (R) | 11.6 | |
| SD-8 | Henson P. Barnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Vernon E. White (D) | 53.7 | |
| SD-10 | Dallas Alford (D) | 89.7 | |
| SD-11 | James D. Speed (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 | Lura Tally · Anthony E. Rand (D) | 14.5 | |
| SD-13 | Kenneth C. Royall Jr. · William G. Hancock (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Joseph E. Johnson · Wilma Woodard · William W. Staton (D) | 11.2 | |
| SD-15 | Robert D. Warren (D) | 30.9 | |
| SD-16 | Russell Walker · Wanda H. Hunt (D) | 6.0 | |
| SD-17 | Robert B. Jordan III · Aaron W. Plyler (D) | 22.0 | |
| SD-18 | R. C. Soles Jr. (D) | 25.9 | |
| SD-19 | Elton Edwards (D) | 2.7 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-20 | Marvin Ward · Richard Barnes (D) | 8.9 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-21 | Cary D. Allred (R) | 3.2 | |
| SD-22 | Ben Tison · Craig Lawing · Kenneth R. Harris · Cecil R. Jenkins Jr. (DEM) | 0.5 | |
| SD-23 | Jack Childers · Robert M. Davis Jr. (D) | 2.3 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-24 | Conrad R. Duncan · George W. Marion Jr. (D) | 10.0 | |
| SD-25 | Helen Rhyne Marvin · Ollie Harris · Marshall A. Rauch (D) | 12.1 | |
| SD-26 | William W. Redman Jr. · Cass Ballenger (R) | 8.9 | |
| SD-27 | Donald R. Kincaid · James H. Edwards (REP) | 3.4 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-28 | Dennis Winner · Robert S. Swain (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 | R. P. Thomas · Charles W. Hipps (D) | 7.7 | |
| SD-30 | David Parnell (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 | William N. Martin (D) | 47.6 | |
| SD-32 | Rachel G. Gray (D) | 7.9 |
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