North Carolina U.S. Senate election history

Every North Carolina U.S. Senate election from 1978 to 2022: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

North Carolina Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

Year	Seat	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Margin	Votes
2022	Class III	Ted Budd	Republican	Cheri Beasley	3.2	3,773,924
2020	Class II	Thomas Roland Tillis	Republican	Cal Cunningham	1.8	5,474,952
2016	Class III	Richard Burr	Republican	Deborah K. Ross	5.7	4,691,133
2014 flip	Class II	Thomas Roland Tillis	Republican	Kay R. Hagan	1.6	2,915,281
2010	Class III	Richard Burr	Republican	Elaine Marshall	11.8	2,660,079
2008 flip	Class II	Kay R. Hagan	Democratic	Elizabeth H. Dole	8.5	4,271,970
2004 flip	Class III	Richard Burr	Republican	Erskine Bowles	4.6	3,472,082
2002	Class II	Elizabeth H. Dole	Republican	Erskine Bowles	8.6	2,331,181
1998 flip	Class III	John Edwards	Democratic	Lauch Faircloth	4.1	2,012,143
1996	Class II	Jesse Helms	Republican	Harvey Gantt	6.7	2,556,456
1992 flip	Class III	Lauch Faircloth	Republican	Terry Sanford	4.0	2,577,891
1990	Class II	Jesse Helms	Republican	Harvey Gantt	5.1	2,069,585
1986 flip	Class III	Terry Sanford	Democratic	James Thomas Broyhill	3.5	1,591,330
1986 special flip	Class II	Terry Sanford	Democratic	James Thomas Broyhill	1.8	1,534,848
1984	Class II	Jesse Helms	Republican	James B. Hunt	3.9	2,239,051
1980 flip	Class III	John P. East	Republican	Robert Morgan	0.6	1,797,665
1978	Class II	Jesse Helms	Republican	John Randolph Ingram	9.0	1,135,814

Ted Budd won in 2022 by 3.2 points.

Ted Budd (Republican, term ends 2029) and Thom Tillis (Republican, term ends 2027).

In 2008, when Kay R. Hagan won.

In 2022, when Ted Budd won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.