1986Final results
1986 election for North Carolina Senate District 1
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Marc Basnight (D) won with 77.4% of the vote, defeating Timothy H. Hodges (R) by 54.9 points.
Marc BasnightDemocrat · winner · incumbent
77.4%20,700
Timothy H. HodgesRepublican
22.6%6,035
26,735 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 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET