2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for North Carolina Senate District 5
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Louis Milford Pate Jr. (R) won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Don Davis (D) by 9.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Louis Milford Pate Jr.Republican · winner
54.5%25,780
Don DavisDemocrat · incumbent
45.5%21,488
47,268 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