1996Final results
1996 election for North Carolina Senate District 29
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Clark Plexico (D) won with 59.7% of the vote, defeating Steele Smith (R) by 20.6 points.
Clark PlexicoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.7%33,412
Steele SmithRepublican
39.0%21,853
Christopher HeckertLibertarian
1.3%737
56,002 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET