1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1994 election for North Carolina Senate District 32
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Tom Sawyer (R) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Dorothy K. Kearns (D) by 1.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tom SawyerRepublican · winner
50.9%12,828
Dorothy K. KearnsDemocrat
49.1%12,376
25,204 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 1994
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET