2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for North Carolina Senate District 45
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Dan Soucek (R) won with 60.0% of the vote, defeating Steve Goss (D) by 19.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dan SoucekRepublican · winner
60.0%34,777
Steve GossDemocrat · incumbent
40.0%23,223
58,000 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