1988Final results
1988 election for North Carolina Senate District 1
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Marc Basnight (D) won with 75.2% of the vote, defeating Daniel W. Lawrence (R) by 50.4 points.
Marc BasnightDemocrat · winner · incumbent
75.2%29,610
Daniel W. LawrenceRepublican
24.8%9,776
39,386 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET