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2006Final results

2006 election for North Carolina Senate District 7

North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina

Doug Berger (D) won with 60.6% of the vote, defeating Chuck Stires (R) by 21.3 points.

Doug BergerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.6%22,225
Chuck StiresRepublican
39.4%14,423
36,648 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+41.12000D+7.92002D+13.72004D+21.32006D+25.42008D+3.62010

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