2010Final results
2010 election for North Carolina Senate District 1
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Marc Basnight (D) won with 55.4% of the vote, defeating Hood Richardson (R) by 10.8 points.
Marc BasnightDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.4%31,270
Hood RichardsonRepublican
44.6%25,169
56,439 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET