1990 general · November 6, 1990
1990 North Carolina State Senate election results, district by district
Every North Carolina State Senate district in the 1990 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 36 · R 14
Races35
Changed party2
Unopposed37%13 races
Incumbents defeated3
Every district
D 36 · R 14
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Marc Basnight (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | Frank Ballance (D) | 40.9 | |
| SD-3 | Bev Perdue (D) | 30.6 | |
| SD-4 | B. Tommy Pollard (R) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| SD-5 | Wendell Holmes Murphy (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | R. L. Martin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Frank Block (D) | 2.3 | |
| SD-8 | Henson P. Barnes (D) | 15.6 | |
| SD-9 | Edward N. Warren (D) | 29.4 | |
| SD-10 | James E. Ezzell Jr. (D) | 42.8 | |
| SD-11 | James D. Speed (D) | 23.3 | |
| SD-12 | Joe Raynor · Lura Tally (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Kenneth C. Royall Jr. · Ralph A. Hunt (D) | 16.7 | |
| SD-14 | J. K. Sherron Jr. · William W. Staton · Joseph E. Johnson (D) | 4.8 | |
| SD-15 | N. Leo Daughtry (R) | 14.6 | |
| SD-16 | Russell Walker · Howard Lee (D) | 2.3 | |
| SD-17 | Aaron W. Plyler · J. Richard Conder (D) | 12.3 | |
| SD-18 | R. C. Soles Jr. (D) | 22.4 | |
| SD-19 | Robert G. Shaw (R) | 23.8 | |
| SD-20 | Ted Kaplan · Marvin Ward (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 | George B. Daniel (D) | 22.5 | |
| SD-22 | Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. (R) | 16.7 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-23 | Betsy L. Cochrane · Paul S. Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 | A. P. Sands III · William D. Goldston Jr. (D) | 5.0 | |
| SD-25 | John Carter · James Forrester · Helen Rhyne Marvin (REP) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-26 | Austin M. Allran · Howard F. Bryan (R) | 3.8 | |
| SD-27 | Donald R. Kincaid · Daniel Reid Simpson (R) | 13.2 | |
| SD-28 | Dennis Winner · Herbert Hyde (D) | 2.0 | |
| SD-29 | Robert C. Carpenter · Clark Plexico (REP) | 0.7 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-30 | David Parnell (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 | William N. Martin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 | Mary P. Seymour (D) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| SD-33 | James F. Richardson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-34 | T. L. Odom (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-35 | John G. Blackmon (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