1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1986 election for North Carolina Senate District 7
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Frank Block (D) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Franklin E. Williams Sr. (R) by 7.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Frank BlockDemocrat · winner
53.7%16,233
Franklin E. Williams Sr.Republican
46.3%14,000
30,233 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