North Carolina state legislative election results, 2024
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The sections below contain analysis of election results in the state legislative elections for North Carolina in 2024.
General election results
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Retiring incumbents
Senate
Six incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[1] This was less than the average of seven retirements per cycle between 2010 and 2022. Those incumbents were:
House
Fourteen incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[2] This was less than the average of 15.4 retirements per cycle between 2010 and 2022. Those incumbents were:
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in North Carolina. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in North Carolina in 2024. Information below was calculated on Feb. 28, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Nineteen North Carolina state legislative incumbents faced primary challenges, representing 13% of all incumbents running for re-election. This was a decade low number and percentage of contested incumbents in North Carolina.
Of the 19 incumbents in contested primaries, eight were Democrats and 11 were Republicans.
North Carolina had 43 contested state legislative primaries 2024, a 41% decrease from 2022 and a decade low.
Of the 43 contested primaries, there were 19 for Democrats and 24 for Republicans. For Democrats, this was 10 fewer than in 2022. For Republicans, the number was down 45% from 44 in 2022.
Overall, 363 major party candidates — 193 Democrats and 170 Republicans — filed to run. All 120 House and 50 Senate seats were up for election.
Twenty-one of those seats were open, meaning no incumbents filed. This guaranteed that at least 12% of the legislature would be represented by newcomers in 2025.
Senate
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the North Carolina State Senate from 2010 to 2024.[3]
| Open Seats in North Carolina State Senate elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 50 | 6 (12 percent) | 44 (88 percent) |
| 2022 | 50 | 10 (20 percent) | 40 (80 percent) |
| 2020 | 50 | 11 (22 percent) | 39 (78 percent) |
| 2018 | 50 | 5 (10 percent) | 45 (90 percent) |
| 2016 | 50 | 7 (14 percent) | 43 (86 percent) |
| 2014 | 50 | 5 (10 percent) | 45 (90 percent) |
| 2012 | 50 | 11 (22 percent) | 39 (78 percent) |
| 2010 | 50 | 8 (16 percent) | 42 (84 percent) |
House
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2010 to 2024.[4]
| Open Seats in North Carolina House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 120 | 15 (13 percent) | 105 (87 percent) |
| 2022 | 120 | 20 (17 percent) | 100 (83 percent) |
| 2020 | 120 | 15 (13 percent) | 105 (87 percent) |
| 2018 | 120 | 11 (9 percent) | 109 (91 percent) |
| 2016 | 120 | 14 (12 percent) | 106 (88 percent) |
| 2014 | 120 | 9 (8 percent) | 111 (92 percent) |
| 2012 | 120 | 33 (28 percent) | 87 (72 percent) |
| 2010 | 120 | 10 (8 percent) | 110 (92 percent) |
See also
- Elections
- Elections calendar
- Elections by state and year
- State Poll Opening and Closing Times
- State legislative elections, 2024
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
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