2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for North Carolina Senate District 25
North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina
Tom McInnis (R) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Gene McLaurin (D) by 3.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tom McInnisRepublican · winner
50.4%28,496
Gene McLaurinDemocrat · incumbent
47.1%26,632
Prentice H. DawkinsLibertarian
2.5%1,412
56,540 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 2014
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET