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2008Final results

2008 election for North Carolina Senate District 15

North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina

Neal Hunt (R) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Chris Mintz (D) by 9.9 points.

Neal HuntRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.8%56,873
Chris MintzDemocrat
42.9%46,175
Jan MackayLibertarian
4.3%4,602
107,650 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenD+22.32000R+14.02002R+9.82006R+9.92008R+21.12010R+11.62012

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

The candidates

Neal Hunt (R)Chris Mintz (D)

Also on the ballot: Jan Mackay (Libertarian), 4.3%