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2014 Senate elections · North Carolina history

North Carolina U.S. Senate election 2014

Thomas Roland Tillis REP +1.6 gain · Class II seat · held 11/4/14

Votes counted
2,915,281
Margin
1.6 pts
Seat held by
Democraticchanged party

General election 11/4/14

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Thomas Roland Tillis WonREP1,423,25948.82%
Kay R. HaganDEM1,377,65147.26%
Sean Newton HaughLIB109,1003.74%
Write-in—4,3070.15%
John W. RhodesW6210.02%
David WaddellW2010.01%
Barry GurneyW1420.01%
Total2,915,281

Official source: Election-Statistics

Other North Carolina Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2022Class IIITed Budd3.2
2020Class IIThomas Roland Tillis1.8
2016Class IIIRichard Burr5.7
2014Class IIThomas Roland Tillis1.6
2010Class IIIRichard Burr11.8
2008Class IIKay R. Hagan8.5
2004Class IIIRichard Burr4.6
2002Class IIElizabeth H. Dole8.6
1998Class IIIJohn Edwards4.1
1996Class IIJesse Helms6.7
1992Class IIILauch Faircloth4.0
1990Class IIJesse Helms5.1

Full North Carolina Senate history →

Questions and answers

Who won the 2014 North Carolina Senate race?

Thomas Roland Tillis (REP) won with 48.8% of the vote, ahead of Kay R. Hagan (47.3%), a margin of 1.6 points.

Did the North Carolina Senate seat change party in 2014?

Yes. It moved from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.

How many votes were cast in the 2014 North Carolina Senate race?

2,915,281 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.