North Carolina 2018 Election Results

North Carolina held its general election on November 6, 2018, deciding 170 legislative seats. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

Republicans kept both chambers but lost their supermajorities, falling below the three-fifths margin needed to override vetoes by Gov. Roy Cooper (D) without Democratic votes.
Democrats raised more than $15 million to break the supermajorities, competing on districts redrawn after courts struck down the 2011 maps. They hit Republican incumbents hardest in Mecklenburg and Wake counties:
- Mecklenburg: Sen. Jeff Tarte (R) lost SD-41 to Natasha Marcus (D). In the House, John Bradford (R) lost HD-98 to Christy Clark (D), Andy Dulin (R) lost HD-104 to Brandon Lofton (D), and C. Scott Stone (R) lost HD-105 to Wesley Harris (D). In HD-103, Rachel Hunt (D) beat House Finance chair Bill Brawley (R) by fewer than 70 votes, confirmed by a recount that made it the last legislative race decided.
- Wake: Sen. Tamara Barringer (R) lost SD-17 to Sam Searcy (D). In the House, Nelson Dollar (R) lost HD-36 to Julie von Haefen (D), and Chris Malone (R) lost HD-35 to Terence Everitt (D).
- Elsewhere: Democrats unseated three more senators. Michael Garrett (D) beat Trudy Wade (R) in SD-27 by fewer than 1,000 votes, Kirk deViere (D) beat Wesley Meredith (R) in SD-19 by about 430, and Harper Peterson (D) beat Michael Lee (R) in SD-9 by about 230; Lee conceded after the canvass. In the House, Joe Sam Queen (D) unseated Rep. Mike Clampitt (R) in HD-119, and Ray Russell (D) unseated four-term Rep. Jonathan Jordan (R) in HD-93.
Republicans took back a little ground, unseating Reps. Bobbie J. Richardson (D) in HD-7 (Lisa Barnes (R)) and George Graham (D) in HD-12 (Chris Humphrey (R)).
Beyond the incumbent defeats, 2 more races were decided by less than two percentage points, both narrow holds: Rep. Stephen Ross (R) kept HD-63 by fewer than 300 votes, and Rep. Jean Farmer-Butterfield (D) kept HD-24 by about 450. Nearly every legislative race was contested; just 1 lacked a major-party matchup.
Democrats also widened their state Supreme Court majority. Civil rights lawyer Anita Earls (D) unseated Justice Barbara Jackson (R), giving Democrats five of the court's seven seats; Chris Anglin, a registered Democrat until just before filing, also appeared on the ballot as a Republican.
Voters approved 4 of the 6 amendments the Republican legislature placed on the ballot. The two that would have shifted power from the governor, over judicial vacancy appointments and control of the elections and ethics board, failed by wide margins; five former governors of both parties had opposed them. Voters approved photo ID to vote in person, leaving the details to a lame-duck session, along with a lower income tax cap, Marsy's Law crime victims' rights, and a right to hunt and fish.

Legislature

House (120 seats): 45 D, 75 R before the election, 55 D, 65 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Senate (50 seats): 15 D, 34 R, 1 other or vacant before the election, 21 D, 29 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
House 1	Ed Goodwin (R) 53.1%	Ronald Wesson (D) 46.9%
House 2	Larry Yarborough (R) 55.3%	Darryl Moss (D) 44.7%
House 3	Michael Speciale (R) 54.9%	Barbara Lee (D) 42.4%, T. Lee Horne III (L) 2.7%
House 4	Jimmy Dixon (R) 62.9%	Da'Quan Love (D) 34.9%, Kevin E. Hayes (L) 2.3%
House 5	Howard Hunter III (D) 59.9%	Phillip Smith (R) 40.1%
House 6	Bobby Hanig (R) 55%	Tess Judge (D) 45%
House 7	Lisa Barnes (R) 58%	Bobbie J. Richardson (D) 42%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 8	Kandie Smith (D) 64.65%	Brencis Smith (R) 35.4%	Flipped R to D
House 9	Gregory Murphy (R) 60%	Kris Rixon (D) 40%
House 10	John Bell (R) 69.3%	Tracy Blackmon (D) 30.7%
House 11	Allison Dahle (D) 69.2%	Brennan Brooks (R) 27.3%, Travis Groo (L) 3.5%
House 12	Chris Humphrey (R) 56.1%	George Graham (D) 43.9%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 13	Patricia McElraft (R) 72.8%	Penelope diMaio (D) 27.2%
House 14	George Cleveland (R) 58.8%	Isaiah Johnson (D) 41.2%
House 15	Phil Shepard (R) 66.4%	Daniel Whitten (D) 33.6%
House 16	Carson Smith (R) 59.3%	John Johnson (D) 40.7%
House 17	Frank Iler (R) 63.5%	Tom Simmons (D) 36.5%
House 18	Deb Butler (D) 62.4%	Louis Harmati (R) 34.5%, Joseph Sharp (L) 3.1%
House 19	Ted Davis (R) 49.3%	Marcia Morgan (D) 46.9%, David Perry (L) 3.8%
House 20	Holly Grange (R) 52.7%	Lesley Cohen (D) 47.3%
House 21	Raymond Smith Jr. (D) 52.6%	Robert Freeman Sr. (R) 47.4%
House 22	William Brisson (R) 56.7%	Martin Denning (D) 43.3%
House 23	Shelly Willingham (D) 60.9%	Claiborne R. Holtzman (R) 39.1%
House 24	Jean Farmer-Butterfield (D) 50.8%	Ken Fontenot (R) 49.2%
House 25	James Gailliard (D) 51.5%	John Check (R) 45.1%, Nick Taylor (L) 3.4%	Flipped R to D
House 26	Donna White (R) 59.8%	Linda Bennett (D) 40.2%
House 27	Michael Wray (D) 69.3%	Raymond Dyer (R) 30.7%
House 28	Larry Strickland (R) 63.2%	Jimmie Massengill (D) 34.4%, Walter Rabon (L) 2.5%
House 29	MaryAnn Black (D) 88.2%	Charles Becker (R) 11.8%
House 30	Marcia Morey (D) 73.84%	B. Angelo Burch Sr. (R) 24.03%, Matthew Wagoner (L) 2.12%
House 31	Zack Hawkins (D) 81%	Torian Webson (R) 15.9%, Erik Raudsep (L) 3.1%
House 32	Terry Garrison (D) 64.3%	Robert Shingler (R) 35.7%
House 33	Rosa Gill (D) 78.7%	Anne Murtha (R) 21.3%
House 34	Grier Martin (D) 65.5%	Catherine Whiteford (R) 32.1%, Cap Hayes (L) 2.4%
House 35	Terence Everitt (D) 51.1%	Chris Malone (R) 45.5%, Michael Nelson (L) 3.4%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 36	Julie von Haefen (D) 49.5%	Nelson Dollar (R) 47.5%, Robyn Pegram (L) 3%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 37	Sydney Batch (D) 49.9%	John Adcock (R) 47.9%, Guy Meilleur (L) 2.2%	Flipped R to D
House 38	Yvonne Lewis Holley (D) 81.9%	Kenneth Bagnal (R) 15.5%, Bobby Emory (L) 2.6%
House 39	Darren Jackson (D) 66.4%	Rhonda Allen (R) 31.4%, Martin Matuszewski (L) 2.2%
House 40	Joel John (D) 51.2%	Marilyn Avila (R) 45%, David Ulmer (L) 3.7%
House 41	Gale Adcock (D) 66.8%	Emmanuel Wilder (R) 33.2%
House 42	Marvin Lucas, Jr. (D) 76%	Eddie Joe Williams (R) 21.4%, Mark Crowe (Other) 2.6%
House 43	Elmer Floyd (D) 74.1%	John Czajkowski (R) 25.9%
House 44	Bill Richardson (D) 56.6%	Linda Devore (R) 43.4%
House 45	John Szoka (R) 58.4%	Albeiro Florez (D) 41.6%
House 46	Brenden Jones (R) 63.4%	Barbara Yates-Lockamy (D) 36.6%
House 47	Charles Graham (D) 58.9%	Jarrod Lowery (R) 41.1%
House 48	Garland Pierce (D) 62.9%	Russell Walker (R) 37.1%
House 49	Cynthia Ball (D) 66.3%	Dave Robertson (R) 31.1%, Jonathan Horst (L) 2.6%
House 50	Graig Meyer (D) 62.1%	Kenneth Rothrock (R) 37.9%
House 51	John Sauls (R) 52.8%	Lisa Mathis (D) 47.2%
House 52	Jamie Boles (R) 62.7%	Lowell Simon (D) 37.3%
House 53	David Lewis, Sr. (R) 63%	Richard Chapman (D) 37%
House 54	Robert Reives (D) 63.3%	Jay Stobbs (R) 36.7%
House 55	Mark Brody (R) 65.3%	Franklin Deese (D) 34.7%
House 56	Verla Insko (D) 86.2%	Marcus Cooke (R) 11.3%, Matthew Clements (L) 2.5%
House 57	Ashton Clemmons (D) 67.6%	Troy Lawson (R) 32.4%
House 58	Amos Quick (D) 76.8%	Peter Boykin (R) 23.2%
House 59	Jon Hardister (R) 56.65%	Steven Buccini (D) 43.35%
House 60	Cecil Brockman (D) 69%	Kurt Collins (R) 31%
House 61	Mary Harrison (D) 73.3%	Alissa Batts (R) 26.7%
House 62	John Faircloth (R) 57.3%	Martha Shafer (D) 42.7%
House 63	Stephen Ross (R) 50.5%	Erica McAdoo (D) 49.5%
House 64	Dennis Riddell (R) 57.8%	Elliott Lynch (D) 42.2%
House 65	Jerry Carter (R) 57.4%	Michael Lee (D) 34.9%, Houston Barrow (L) 7.7%
House 66	Ken Goodman (D) 51%	Joey Davis (R) 46.9%, Justin Miller (G) 2.1%
House 67	Clayton Sasser (R) 72.4%	Karen Webster (D) 24.1%, Mike Finn (L) 3.5%
House 68	Craig Horn (R) 58.5%	Richard Foulke (D) 41.5%
House 69	Dean Arp (R) 60.3%	Jennifer Benson (D) 39.7%
House 70	Patrick J. Hurley (R) 76.9%	Mary Rulli (D) 23.1%
House 71	Evelyn Terry (D) 72.7%	Scott Arnold (R) 27.3%
House 72	Derwin Montgomery (D) 79.1%	Reginald Reid (R) 20.9%
House 73	Lee Zachary (R) 64.1%	Bill Stinson (D) 35.9%
House 74	Debra Conrad (R) 54.5%	Terri LeGrand (D) 45.5%
House 75	Donny Lambeth (R) 53.1%	Dan Besse (D) 46.9%
House 76	Harry Warren (R) 61.2%	Joseph Fowler III (D) 38.8%
House 77	Julia Howard (R) 73.4%	Bonnie Clark (D) 26.6%
House 78	Allen McNeill (R) 78.8%	James Meredith Jr. (D) 21.2%
House 79	Keith Kidwell (R) 60.6%	Jerry Langley (D) 39.4%
House 80	Steve Jarvis (R) 75.1%	Wendy Sellars (D) 24.9%
House 81	Larry Potts (R) 71.8%	Edwin Phillips Jr. (D) 28.2%
House 82	Linda P. Johnson (R) 52.8%	Aimy Steele (D) 47.2%
House 83	Larry Pittman (R) 52.8%	Gail Young (D) 47.2%
House 84	Rena Turner (R) 68.9%	Allison Edwards (D) 31.1%
House 85	Josh Dobson (R) 74.9%	Howard Larsen (D) 25.05%
House 86	Hugh Blackwell (R) 64.5%	Timothy Barnsback (D) 35.5%
House 87	Destin Hall (R) 72.9%	Amanda Bregel (D) 27.1%
House 88	Mary Belk (D) 75.6%	Ty Turner (R) 24.4%
House 89	Mitchell Setzer (R) 72.3%	Greg Cranford (D) 27.75%
House 90	Sarah Stevens (R) 68.35%	John Worth Wiles (D) 26.7%, James Poindexter (R) 5%
House 91	Kyle Hall (R) 73.2%	Michael Booth (D) 24.6%, Steven Brenneis (L) 2.1%
House 92	Chaz Beasley (D) 70%	Deborah Ware (R) 30%
House 93	Ray Russell (D) 52.2%	Jonathan C. Jordan (R) 47.8%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 94	Jeffrey C. Elmore (R) 72.7%	Dianne Little (D) 27.3%
House 95	John A. Fraley (R) 64.1%	Carla Fassbender (D) 35.9%
House 96	Jay Adams (R) 60.7%	Kimberly Bost (D) 39.3%
House 97	Jason Saine (R) 70.5%	Nate Robertson (D) 29.5%
House 98	Christy Clark (D) 50.5%	John Bradford (R) 49.5%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 99	Nasif Majeed (D) 82.35%	Joshua Niday (R) 17.6%
House 100	John Autry (D) 70.8%	Nancy Campbell (R) 29.2%
House 101	Carolyn Logan (D) 78.7%	Steve Mauney (R) 21.3%
House 102	Becky Carney (D) 83.35%	Tyler Norris (R) 16.6%
House 103	Rachel Hunt (D) 50.1%	Bill Brawley (R) 49.9%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 104	Brandon Lofton (D) 51.8%	Andy Dulin (R) 48.2%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 105	Wesley Harris (D) 52.3%	C. Scott Stone (R) 47.7%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 106	Carla Cunningham (D) 80.6%	Geovani Sherow (R) 19.45%
House 107	Kelly Alexander, Jr. (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 108	John Torbett (R) 59.7%	Robert Kellogg (D) 40.3%
House 109	Dana Bumgardner (R) 59%	Susan Maxon (D) 41%
House 110	Kelly Hastings (R) 67.8%	Christy Mccleary (D) 32.2%
House 111	Tim Moore (R) 65.41%	David C. Brinkley (D) 34.59%
House 112	Dave Rogers (R) 70.9%	Gregory Gallagher (D) 29.1%
House 113	Cody Henson (R) 57.5%	Samuel Edney (D) 42.5%
House 114	Susan C. Fisher (D) 82.3%	Kris Lindstam (R) 17.7%
House 115	John Ager (D) 58.3%	Amy Evans (R) 41.7%
House 116	Brian Turner (D) 54.9%	Marcus Brown (R) 45.1%
House 117	Chuck McGrady (R) 60.1%	Gayle Kemp (D) 39.9%
House 118	Michele D. Presnell (R) 57.2%	Rhonda Schandevel (D) 42.8%
House 119	Joe Sam Queen (D) 52.3%	Mike Clampitt (R) 47.7%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 120	Kevin Corbin (R) 73.4%	Aaron Martin (D) 26.6%
Senate 1	Bob Steinburg (R) 53.2%	D. Cole Phelps (D) 46.8%
Senate 2	Norman Sanderson (R) 61.8%	Ginger Garner (D) 35.5%, Timothy Harris (L) 2.7%
Senate 3	Erin Smith (D) 53.9%	Chuck Earley Jr. (R) 46.1%
Senate 4	Milton F. Fitch Jr. (D) 57.8%	Richard Scott (R) 40.2%, Jesse Shearin (L) 2%
Senate 5	Donald Davis (D) 55.3%	Kimberly Robb (R) 44.7%
Senate 6	Harry Brown (R) 65.1%	Joe Webb (D) 34.9%
Senate 7	Louis M. Pate, Jr. (R) 53.9%	David B. Brantley (D) 46.1%
Senate 8	Bill Rabon (R) 58.5%	David Sink Jr. (D) 38.5%, Anthony A. Mascolo (L) 2.9%
Senate 9	Harper Peterson (D) 48.6%	Michael Lee (R) 48.3%, Ethan Bickley (L) 3.1%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 10	Brent Jackson (R) 62.5%	Vernon Moore (D) 37.5%
Senate 11	Richard Horner (R) 56.5%	Albert Pacer (D) 43.5%
Senate 12	Jim Burgin (R) 60%	Jean Sivoli (D) 40%
Senate 13	Danny Britt (R) 62.5%	John T. Campbell (D) 37.5%
Senate 14	Dan Blue (D) 71.4%	Sandy Andrews (R) 25.9%, Richard Haygood (L) 2.8%
Senate 15	Jay Chaudhuri (D) 73.1%	Alan David Michael (R) 23.3%, Brian Lewis (L) 3.6%
Senate 16	Wiley Nickel (D) 65.3%	Paul Smith (R) 31.2%, Brian Irving (L) 3.5%
Senate 17	Sam Searcy (D) 50.6%	Tamara Barringer (R) 46.4%, Bruce Basson (L) 3%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 18	John Alexander (R) 49.9%	Mack Paul (D) 47.4%, Brad Hessel (L) 2.8%
Senate 19	Kirk deViere (D) 50.4%	Wesley Meredith (R) 49.6%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 20	Floyd B. McKissick, Jr. (D) 83.5%	Thomas Stark (R) 13.85%, Jared Erickson (L) 2.6%
Senate 21	Ben Clark (D) 70.9%	Timothy Leever (R) 29.1%
Senate 22	Mike Woodard (D) 61.8%	Rick Padgett (R) 36.1%, Ray Ubinger (L) 2%
Senate 23	Valerie Foushee (D) 71.3%	Tom Glendinning (R) 28.7%
Senate 24	Rick Gunn (R) 53.9%	J.D. Wooten (D) 46.1%
Senate 25	Tom McInnis (R) 57.1%	Helen Probst Mills (D) 42.9%
Senate 26	Jerry W. Tillman (R) 64.8%	William (Bill) McCaskill (D) 35.2%
Senate 27	Michael Garrett (D) 50.5%	Trudy Wade (R) 49.5%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 28	Gladys Robinson (D) 75.2%	Clark Porter (R) 24.75%
Senate 29	Eddie Gallimore (R) 71.6%	Cheraton Love (D) 28.4%
Senate 30	Phil Berger (R) 62.6%	Jen Mangrum (D) 34.2%, R. Michael Jordan (L) 3.2%
Senate 31	Joyce Krawiec (R) 61%	John Motsinger Jr. (D) 39%
Senate 32	Paul Lowe (D) 72.9%	Eric Henderson (R) 27.1%
Senate 33	Carl Ford (R) 68.2%	Arin Wilhelm (D) 31.8%
Senate 34	Vickie Sawyer (R) 69.7%	Beniah McMiller (D) 30.3%
Senate 35	Todd Johnson (R) 61.5%	Caroline Walker (D) 38.5%
Senate 36	Paul Newton (R) 56.6%	Mark Shelley (D) 43.4%
Senate 37	Jeff Jackson (D) 78.1%	Nora Trotman (R) 20%, Stuart Andrew Collins (Other) 1.9%
Senate 38	Mujtaba Mohammed (D) 81.7%	Richard Rivette (R) 18.3%
Senate 39	Dan Bishop (R) 52.9%	Chad Stachowicz (D) 47.1%
Senate 40	Joyce Waddell (D) 75.6%	Bobby Shields (R) 24.4%
Senate 41	Natasha Marcus (D) 56.9%	Jeff Tarte (R) 43.1%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 42	Andy Wells (R) 66.3%	Ric Vandett (D) 33.7%
Senate 43	Kathryn Harrington (R) 63.4%	Altriese Price (D) 33.8%, Mitchell Bridges (L) 2.8%
Senate 44	Ted Alexander (R) 68.8%	David Lee Lattimore (D) 31.15%
Senate 45	Deanna Ballard (R) 65.1%	Wes Luther (D) 34.9%
Senate 46	Warren Daniel (R) 70%	Art Sherwood (D) 30%
Senate 47	Ralph Hise (R) 62.3%	David Wheeler (D) 37.7%
Senate 48	Chuck Edwards (R) 56.3%	Norm Bossert (D) 43.7%
Senate 49	Terry Van Duyn (D) 63.7%	Mark Crawford (R) 33.9%, Lynn Smith (L) 2.4%
Senate 50	Jim Davis (R) 60.3%	Bobby Kuppers (D) 39.7%

Ballot measures

Measure	Description	Result
Income Tax Cap Amendment	Changes cap on income tax from 10 percent to 7 percent	Passed (57.35% yes)
Judicial Selection for Midterm Vacancies Amendment	Creates a process, involving a commission, legislature, and governor to appoint to vacant state judicial seats	Failed (33.15% yes)
Legislative Appointments to Elections Board and Commissions Amendment	Makes the legislature responsible for appointments to election board	Failed (38.4% yes)
Marsy's Law Amendment	Expands the constitutional rights of crime victims	Passed (62.13% yes)
Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment	Creates a constitutional right to hunt and fish	Passed (57.13% yes)
Voter ID Amendment	Requires a photo ID to vote in person	Passed (55.49% yes)

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