2006Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2006 election for North Carolina Senate District 2
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Jean R. Preston (R) won with 57.4% of the vote, defeating C. W. Bland (D) by 14.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jean R. PrestonRepublican · winner
57.4%28,340
C. W. BlandDemocrat
42.6%21,052
49,392 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 2006
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET