RepublicanNot in office · last served 2020Last on a ballot: Nov 2018

Louis Milford Pate Jr.

Last held office: North Carolina State Senate, District 7 (2012–2020). Ran in 13 elections between 1994 and 2018, winning 10.

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

Offices held, and every time Pate was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Margin: how far Pate finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
2018	North Carolina State Senate, District 7	General	Won	David B. Brantley (D)	53.9%	R+7.8
2016	North Carolina State Senate, District 7	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
2014	North Carolina State Senate, District 7	General	Won	Erik Anderson (D)	68.8%	R+37.6
2014	North Carolina State Senate, District 7	Primary	Won	Unopposed	—	—
2012	North Carolina State Senate, District 7	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
2010	North Carolina State Senate, District 5	General	Won	Don Davis (D)	54.5%	R+9.1
2008	North Carolina State Senate, District 5	General	Lost	Don Davis (D)	47.1%	D+5.8
2006	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 11	General	Won	Ronnie Griffin (D)	65.5%	R+31.0
2004	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 11	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
2002	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 11	General	Won	Phil Baddour Jr. (D)	50.5%	R+1.0
1998	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 11	General	Lost	Phil Baddour Jr. (D)	40.8%	D+18.4
1996	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 11	General	Lost	Phil Baddour Jr. (D)	49.3%	D+1.4
1994	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 11	General	Won	Phil Baddour Jr. (D)	51%	R+2.0