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2004Final results

2004 election for North Carolina Senate District 11

North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina

A. B. Swindell (D) won with 60.4% of the vote, defeating Dennis Nielsen (R) by 20.7 points.

A. B. SwindellDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.4%40,234
Dennis NielsenRepublican
39.6%26,417
66,651 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 2004

Races before and after

EvenD+17.71998D+7.42000D+22.32002D+20.72004D+23.32006R+5.82010

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET