1986 general · November 4, 1986
1986 North Carolina State Senate election results, district by district
Every North Carolina State Senate district in the 1986 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
Races35
Changed party2
Unopposed34%12 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 40 · R 10
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Marc Basnight (D) | 54.9 | |
| SD-2 | J. J. Harrington (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Bill Barker (D) | 20.3 | |
| SD-4 | A. D. Guy (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | Harold W. Hardison (D) | 55.4 | |
| SD-6 | R. L. Martin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Frank Block (D) | 7.4 | Flipped |
| SD-8 | Henson P. Barnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Tom Taft (D) | 22.4 | |
| SD-10 | James E. Ezzell Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-11 | James D. Speed (D) | 42.6 | |
| SD-12 | Anthony E. Rand · Lura Tally (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Ralph A. Hunt · Kenneth C. Royall Jr. (D) | 14.8 | |
| SD-14 | William W. Staton · Joseph E. Johnson · J. K. Sherron Jr. (D) | 5.9 | |
| SD-15 | Robert D. Warren (D) | 16.5 | |
| SD-16 | Wanda H. Hunt · Russell Walker (D) | 5.4 | |
| SD-17 | Aaron W. Plyler · J. Richard Conder (D) | 6.7 | |
| SD-18 | R. C. Soles Jr. (D) | 5.6 | |
| SD-19 | Robert G. Shaw (R) | 35.2 | |
| SD-20 | Ted Kaplan · Marvin Ward (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 | George B. Daniel (D) | 25.8 | |
| SD-22 | James C. Johnson Jr. (R) | 28.1 | |
| SD-23 | Paul S. Smith · Robert Vance Somers (R) | 2.2 | |
| SD-24 | William D. Goldston Jr. · A. P. Sands III (D) | 7.0 | |
| SD-25 | Helen Rhyne Marvin · Ollie Harris · Marshall A. Rauch (D) | 7.6 | |
| SD-26 | Bill Redman · Austin M. Allran (R) | 11.9 | |
| SD-27 | Donald R. Kincaid · Daniel Reid Simpson (R) | 8.3 | |
| SD-28 | Dennis Winner · Robert S. Swain (D) | 3.1 | |
| SD-29 | R. P. Thomas · Charles W. Hipps (D) | 4.2 | |
| SD-30 | David Parnell (D) | 58.4 | |
| SD-31 | William N. Martin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 | Mary P. Seymour (D) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| SD-33 | James F. Richardson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-34 | James D. McDuffie (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-35 | Laurence A. Cobb (R) | 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