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2008Final results

2008 election for North Carolina Senate District 18

North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina

Bob Atwater (D) won with 69.0% of the vote, defeating Roger Gerber (R) by 38.0 points.

Bob AtwaterDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.0%66,916
Roger GerberRepublican
31.0%30,063
96,979 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+24.51996D+15.72002D+17.52004D+38.02008D+18.92010R+11.82012

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