2004Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2004 election for North Carolina Senate District 40
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Malcolm Graham (D) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating Brian Sisson (R) by 15.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Malcolm GrahamDemocrat · winner
57.9%42,096
Brian SissonRepublican
42.1%30,633
72,729 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET