2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for North Carolina Senate District 47
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Ralph Hise (R) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating Joe Sam Queen (D) by 11.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ralph HiseRepublican · winner
55.8%31,846
Joe Sam QueenDemocrat · incumbent
44.2%25,209
57,055 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