2008Final results
2008 election for North Carolina Senate District 40
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Malcolm Graham (D) won with 67.0% of the vote, defeating Ed Mulheren (R) by 33.9 points.
Malcolm GrahamDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.0%66,307
Ed MulherenRepublican
33.0%32,711
99,018 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET