2008Final results
2008 election for North Carolina Senate District 7
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Doug Berger (D) won with 61.3% of the vote, defeating Chuck Stires (R) by 25.4 points.
Doug BergerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.3%48,874
Chuck StiresRepublican
35.8%28,588
Kira HoweLibertarian
2.9%2,331
79,793 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