2010Final results
2010 election for North Carolina Senate District 48
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Tom Apodaca (R) won with 65.9% of the vote, defeating Chris Dixon (D) by 31.9 points.
Tom ApodacaRepublican · winner · incumbent
65.9%43,457
Chris DixonDemocrat
34.1%22,447
65,904 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