2012Final resultsIncumbent defeated
2012 election for North Carolina House District 46
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Ken Waddell (D) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating Gaston Pridgen (R) by 8.1 points.
Ken WaddellDemocrat · winner
54.1%18,160
Gaston PridgenRepublican · incumbent
45.9%15,431
33,591 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 2012
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET