2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for North Carolina Senate District 47
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Joe Sam Queen (D) won with 51.3% of the vote, defeating Keith W. Presnell (R) by 2.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Joe Sam QueenDemocrat · winner
51.3%27,935
Keith W. PresnellRepublican · incumbent
48.7%26,530
54,465 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