2018 North Carolina Senate election

2018 North Carolina Senate election
November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
All 50 seats in the North Carolina State Senate
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Phil Berger Dan Blue
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 1, 2005 March 2, 2014
Leader's seat 30th - Eden 14th - Raleigh
Last election 35 15
Seats after 29 21
Seat change 6 6
Popular vote 1,816,854 1,856,838
Percentage 49.0% 50.1%
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Republicans:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Democrats:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
President pro tempore before election

Phil Berger
Republican

President pro tempore-designate

Phil Berger
Republican

The 2018 North Carolina Senate elections elected 50 members to serve in the North Carolina Senate for a two-year term starting in January 2019. The Democratic Party gained six seats in this election, ending the Republican supermajority that they had held since 2011 in the state senate.

52.98% of registered voters cast ballots in this election, marking the highest turnout for a midterm election in North Carolina since 1990.

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