2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for North Carolina Senate District 50
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Jim Davis (R) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating John J. Snow Jr. (D) by 0.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim DavisRepublican · winner
50.1%31,041
John J. Snow Jr.Democrat · incumbent
49.9%30,880
61,921 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