1988 general · November 8, 1988
1988 North Carolina State Senate election results, district by district
Every North Carolina State Senate district in the 1988 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 37 · R 13
Races35
Changed party3
Unopposed43%15 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
D 37 · R 13
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Marc Basnight (D) | 50.4 | |
| SD-2 | Frank Ballance (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Bill Barker (D) | 15.1 | |
| SD-4 | A. D. Guy (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | Wendell Holmes Murphy (D) | 33.3 | |
| SD-6 | R. L. Martin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Frank Block (D) | 2.4 | |
| SD-8 | Henson P. Barnes (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Tom Taft (D) | 12.3 | |
| SD-10 | James E. Ezzell Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-11 | James D. Speed (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 | Joe Raynor · Lura Tally (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Kenneth C. Royall Jr. · Ralph A. Hunt (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | William W. Staton · Joseph E. Johnson · J. K. Sherron Jr. (D) | 2.2 | |
| SD-15 | N. Leo Daughtry (R) | 4.1 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-16 | Wanda H. Hunt · Russell Walker (D) | 0.1 | |
| SD-17 | Aaron W. Plyler · J. Richard Conder (D) | 9.7 | |
| SD-18 | R. C. Soles Jr. (D) | 27.6 | |
| SD-19 | Robert G. Shaw (R) | 35.8 | |
| SD-20 | Ted Kaplan · Marvin Ward (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 | George B. Daniel (D) | 15.2 | |
| SD-22 | James C. Johnson Jr. (R) | 37.6 | |
| SD-23 | Betsy L. Cochrane · Paul S. Smith (R) | 13.6 | |
| SD-24 | William D. Goldston Jr. · A. P. Sands III (D) | 3.4 | |
| SD-25 | Ollie Harris · Helen Rhyne Marvin · Marshall A. Rauch (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 | Austin M. Allran · Howard F. Bryan (R) | 15.6 | |
| SD-27 | Donald R. Kincaid · Daniel Reid Simpson (R) | 14.1 | |
| SD-28 | Dennis Winner · Robert S. Swain (D) | 2.2 | |
| SD-29 | Robert C. Carpenter · C. W. Hardin (R) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-30 | David Parnell (D) | 86.4 | |
| SD-31 | William N. Martin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 | Richard E. Chalk Jr. (R) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| SD-33 | James F. Richardson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-34 | T. L. Odom (D) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| 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