2000Final results
2000 election for North Carolina Senate District 1
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Marc Basnight (D) won with 70.3% of the vote, defeating Ronald W. Toppin Sr. (R) by 40.6 points.
Marc BasnightDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.3%39,069
Ronald W. Toppin Sr.Republican
29.7%16,495
55,564 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET