1996 general · November 5, 1996
1996 North Carolina State Senate election results, district by district
Every North Carolina State Senate district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 50 seats
After the electionD 30 · R 20
Races42
Changed party2
Unopposed21%9 races
Incumbents defeated3
Every district
D 30 · R 20
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Marc Basnight (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 | Frank Ballance (D) | 43.9 | |
| SD-3 | Bev Perdue (D) | 19.9 | |
| SD-4 | Patrick J. Ballantine (R) | 32.5 | |
| SD-5 | Charles W. Albertson (D) | 9.6 | |
| SD-6 | R. L. Martin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Luther Henry Jordan Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 | John H. Kerr III (D) | 12.1 | |
| SD-9 | Edward N. Warren (D) | 18.9 | |
| SD-10 | Roy Cooper III (D) | 22.7 | |
| SD-11 | Allen H. Wellons (D) | 6.9 | |
| SD-12 | Virginia Foxx · Don W. East (R) | 2.7 | |
| SD-13 | Jeanne H. Lucas · Wilbur P. Gulley (D) | 10.7 | |
| SD-14 | Brad Miller · Eric Miller Reeves (D) | 1.0 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-15 | Daniel E. Page (R) | 1.7 | |
| SD-16 | Ellie Kinnaird · Howard Lee (D) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-17 | J. Richard Conder · Aaron W. Plyler (D) | 3.9 | |
| SD-18 | R. C. Soles Jr. (D) | 24.5 | |
| SD-19 | Robert G. Shaw (R) | 45.4 | |
| SD-20 | Hamilton C. Horton Jr. · Mark McDaniel (R) | 1.8 | |
| SD-21 | Hugh Webster (R) | 3.0 | |
| SD-22 | Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. (R) | 20.3 | |
| SD-23 | Jim Phillips (D) | 6.9 | Flipped |
| SD-24 | Anthony E. Rand (D) | 4.3 | |
| SD-25 | David W. Hoyle (D) | 28.7 | |
| SD-26 | Austin M. Allran (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 | Donald R. Kincaid · John A. Garwood (R) | 13.7 | |
| SD-28 | Jesse Ledbetter · R. L. Clark (R) | 0.2 | |
| SD-29 | Clark Plexico (D) | 20.6 | |
| SD-30 | David F. Weinstein (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 | William N. Martin (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 | John Blust (R) | 0.2 | |
| SD-33 | Charlie Dannelly (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-34 | T. L. Odom (D) | 13.6 | |
| SD-35 | Robert Rucho (R) | 26.2 | |
| SD-36 | John H. Carrington (R) | 10.0 | |
| SD-37 | Walter Dalton (D) | 0.8 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-38 | Betsy L. Cochrane (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-39 | James Forrester (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-40 | Leslie Winner (D) | 28.9 | |
| SD-41 | Larry Shaw (D) | 39.1 | |
| SD-42 | Robert C. Carpenter (R) | 83.0 |
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