2012Final results
2012 election for North Carolina Senate District 17
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Tamara Barringer (R) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Erv Portman (D) by 7.3 points.
Tamara BarringerRepublican · winner
53.7%57,101
Erv PortmanDemocrat
46.3%49,298
106,399 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