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2024Final results

2024 election for North Carolina Senate District 19

North Carolina State Senate · North Carolina

Val Applewhite (D) won with 62.9% of the vote, defeating Semone Pemberton (R) by 29.0 points.

Val ApplewhiteDemocrat · winner
62.9%55,697
33.9%30,005
Steven SwintonLibertarian
3.3%2,884
The same year, the district voted D+28.3 for president; this race was D+29.0.88,586 votes

Source: North Carolina State Board of ElectionsUpdated Oct 1, 2026, 6:13 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2024

Races before and after

EvenR+12.92016D+0.72018D+3.12020D+5.42022D+29.02024D+47.12026

Source: North Carolina State Board of ElectionsUpdated Oct 1, 2026, 6:13 AM ET

The candidates

Val Applewhite (D)Semone Pemberton (R)

Also on the ballot: Steven Swinton (Libertarian), 3.3%