1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for North Carolina Senate District 37
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Walter Dalton (D) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Dennis Davis (R) by 0.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Walter DaltonDemocrat · winner
50.4%21,222
Dennis DavisRepublican · incumbent
49.6%20,901
42,123 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