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2012Final results

2012 election for North Carolina Senate District 12

North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina

Ronald Rabin (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Brad Salmon (D) by 2.0 points.

Ronald RabinRepublican · winner
51.0%37,809
Brad SalmonDemocrat
49.0%36,337
74,146 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

EvenR+29.72006R+3.92008R+39.32010R+2.02012R+11.92014R+15.02016

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET