2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2010 election for North Carolina Senate District 43
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Kathy Harrington (R) won with 69.5% of the vote, defeating Jim Long (D) by 39.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Kathy HarringtonRepublican · winner
69.5%28,504
Jim LongDemocrat
30.5%12,488
40,992 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