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2006 election for North Carolina Senate District 45

North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina

Steve Goss (D) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating David Blust (R) by 0.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Steve GossDemocrat · winner
50.3%24,269
David BlustRepublican
49.7%23,950
48,219 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

EvenD+0.72006D+7.82008R+19.92010R+21.42012R+20.42014R+30.02016

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