1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for North Carolina Senate District 32
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Wendell H. Sawyer (R) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating Rachel G. Gray (D) by 11.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Wendell H. SawyerRepublican · winner
55.7%24,625
Rachel G. GrayDemocrat · incumbent
44.3%19,593
44,218 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