1984Final results
1984 election for North Carolina Senate District 1
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Marc Basnight (D) won with 66.4% of the vote, defeating C. Barry McCarty (R) by 32.7 points.
Marc BasnightDemocrat · winner
66.4%25,404
C. Barry McCartyRepublican
33.6%12,880
38,284 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET