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Election 1992 Results

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1992 US Senate election in North Carolina

Lauch Faircloth (Republican) beat Terry Sanford (Democrat) in North Carolina in 1992, 50.3% to 46.3%, a margin of 4.0 points and 103,877 votes.

North Carolina changed party: in 1986 it went Democratic, for Terry Sanford.

Republicans led in 56 of the 100 counties and Democrats in 43. The largest, Mecklenburg, cast 218,643 votes and went to the Republican by 0.7 points. The closest was Greene, where 30 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lauch Faircloth won Republican 1,297,892 50.3%
Terry Sanford Democratic 1,194,015 46.3%
All other candidates 85,984 3.3%
Total2,577,891

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Mecklenburg 104,373 47.7% 105,867 48.4% 8,403 218,643 R+0.7
Wake 99,315 48.0% 100,311 48.5% 7,271 206,897 R+0.5
Guilford 71,511 49.0% 69,752 47.8% 4,701 145,964 D+1.2
Forsyth 52,080 45.1% 59,574 51.6% 3,739 115,393 R+6.5
Durham 51,016 61.3% 29,970 36.0% 2,271 83,257 D+25.3
Buncombe 34,458 47.0% 37,250 50.8% 1,587 73,295 R+3.8
Cumberland 34,076 51.4% 29,654 44.7% 2,608 66,338 D+6.7
Gaston 19,133 31.2% 38,774 63.3% 3,326 61,233 R+32.1
New Hanover 20,976 41.0% 27,540 53.9% 2,584 51,100 R+12.8
Davidson 18,053 36.5% 29,413 59.4% 2,030 49,496 R+23.0
Catawba 16,754 34.1% 29,829 60.6% 2,607 49,190 R+26.6
Orange 30,320 65.0% 14,805 31.7% 1,530 46,655 D+33.3
Rowan 15,847 37.3% 24,344 57.4% 2,240 42,431 R+20.0
Alamance 17,573 41.6% 23,299 55.2% 1,342 42,214 R+13.6
Cabarrus 15,115 36.7% 24,051 58.4% 2,044 41,210 R+21.7
Pitt 19,299 49.7% 18,827 48.5% 684 38,810 D+1.2
Iredell 14,266 36.8% 22,514 58.0% 2,019 38,799 R+21.3
Randolph 12,454 32.6% 24,467 64.0% 1,292 38,213 R+31.4
Henderson 11,202 34.8% 20,073 62.4% 883 32,158 R+27.6
Union 11,716 37.7% 18,165 58.4% 1,205 31,086 R+20.7
Robeson 21,308 68.6% 9,098 29.3% 664 31,070 D+39.3
Johnston 12,003 38.8% 17,755 57.4% 1,190 30,948 R+18.6
Rockingham 14,800 48.0% 14,885 48.3% 1,153 30,838 R+0.3
Cleveland 13,353 44.3% 15,575 51.7% 1,197 30,125 R+7.4
Burke 13,080 43.4% 15,833 52.6% 1,192 30,105 R+9.1
Nash 11,971 40.4% 16,826 56.9% 800 29,597 R+16.4
Wayne 11,082 41.9% 14,899 56.3% 471 26,452 R+14.4
Moore 10,674 40.6% 15,004 57.0% 642 26,320 R+16.5
Caldwell 9,517 36.6% 15,341 58.9% 1,171 26,029 R+22.4
Wilkes 8,717 34.8% 15,515 62.0% 794 25,026 R+27.2
Craven 10,257 41.5% 13,901 56.3% 544 24,702 R+14.8
Onslow 8,873 37.2% 13,878 58.2% 1,110 23,861 R+21.0
Surry 10,387 44.4% 12,566 53.7% 443 23,396 R+9.3
Lincoln 8,332 37.7% 12,669 57.3% 1,098 22,099 R+19.6
Wilson 10,941 49.6% 10,797 49.0% 310 22,048 D+0.7
Carteret 9,041 41.4% 11,934 54.6% 873 21,848 R+13.2
Brunswick 10,015 46.0% 10,617 48.8% 1,118 21,750 R+2.8
Stanly 8,529 39.5% 12,297 56.9% 788 21,614 R+17.4
Haywood 10,871 51.9% 9,530 45.5% 551 20,952 D+6.4
Harnett 9,088 44.0% 10,785 52.3% 760 20,633 R+8.2
Rutherford 8,628 42.8% 10,830 53.7% 710 20,168 R+10.9
Edgecombe 11,856 60.7% 7,264 37.2% 405 19,525 D+23.5
Columbus 12,163 63.2% 6,610 34.3% 479 19,252 D+28.8
Sampson 8,740 46.2% 9,945 52.5% 240 18,925 R+6.4
Lenoir 9,048 48.1% 9,477 50.4% 268 18,793 R+2.3
Watauga 8,577 45.8% 9,372 50.0% 794 18,743 R+4.2
Halifax 10,919 58.8% 7,173 38.7% 464 18,556 D+20.2
Chatham 9,830 54.5% 7,599 42.2% 595 18,024 D+12.4
Stokes 6,983 42.1% 9,133 55.0% 480 16,596 R+13.0
Beaufort 6,564 41.9% 8,717 55.6% 396 15,677 R+13.7
Richmond 9,177 60.4% 5,310 34.9% 708 15,195 D+25.4
Lee 6,361 44.0% 7,578 52.4% 532 14,471 R+8.4
Duplin 7,120 50.7% 6,589 47.0% 323 14,032 D+3.8
Alexander 5,392 39.4% 7,885 57.6% 423 13,700 R+18.2
Franklin 6,810 50.9% 6,117 45.7% 465 13,392 D+5.2
McDowell 5,950 44.8% 6,977 52.6% 340 13,267 R+7.7
Vance 7,281 56.3% 5,407 41.8% 253 12,941 D+14.5
Transylvania 5,483 42.7% 6,940 54.0% 425 12,848 R+11.3
Yadkin 3,871 30.6% 8,431 66.7% 333 12,635 R+36.1
Granville 6,712 53.7% 5,336 42.7% 445 12,493 D+11.0
Pender 5,729 45.9% 6,177 49.5% 568 12,474 R+3.6
Davie 3,841 31.8% 7,812 64.7% 412 12,065 R+32.9
Jackson 6,236 54.2% 5,093 44.3% 166 11,495 D+9.9
Macon 5,030 44.7% 5,940 52.8% 274 11,244 R+8.1
Ashe 4,580 41.9% 6,077 55.6% 269 10,926 R+13.7
Dare 5,121 48.6% 5,121 48.6% 298 10,540 level
Person 4,417 45.5% 4,926 50.8% 355 9,698 R+5.2
Bladen 6,064 62.9% 3,436 35.6% 143 9,643 D+27.3
Pasquotank 5,387 57.9% 3,832 41.2% 86 9,305 D+16.7
Yancey 4,452 49.3% 4,497 49.8% 79 9,028 R+0.5
Montgomery 4,486 51.1% 4,065 46.3% 221 8,772 D+4.8
Scotland 5,690 65.0% 2,924 33.4% 139 8,753 D+31.6
Cherokee 4,000 46.5% 4,533 52.7% 64 8,597 R+6.2
Anson 5,473 67.3% 2,532 31.1% 126 8,131 D+36.2
Martin 4,249 54.5% 3,450 44.2% 98 7,797 D+10.2
Caswell 4,950 63.5% 2,732 35.1% 112 7,794 D+28.5
Northampton 5,211 70.6% 2,076 28.1% 91 7,378 D+42.5
Madison 3,857 52.7% 3,364 46.0% 91 7,312 D+6.7
Hertford 4,860 66.8% 2,350 32.3% 61 7,271 D+34.5
Polk 3,100 43.9% 3,835 54.3% 132 7,067 R+10.4
Warren 4,762 67.7% 2,152 30.6% 124 7,038 D+37.1
Mitchell 1,811 26.7% 4,784 70.5% 189 6,784 R+43.8
Avery 1,879 28.4% 4,507 68.2% 226 6,612 R+39.7
Bertie 4,165 65.9% 2,083 33.0% 71 6,319 D+32.9
Hoke 3,961 64.9% 2,000 32.8% 140 6,101 D+32.1
Greene 2,683 49.5% 2,653 49.0% 81 5,417 D+0.6
Currituck 2,546 49.6% 2,457 47.8% 133 5,136 D+1.7
Washington 2,908 57.0% 2,138 41.9% 55 5,101 D+15.1
Pamlico 2,414 49.7% 2,262 46.5% 184 4,860 D+3.1
Alleghany 2,198 47.8% 2,259 49.1% 140 4,597 R+1.3
Chowan 2,440 55.5% 1,867 42.5% 90 4,397 D+13.0
Swain 2,237 52.3% 1,984 46.4% 54 4,275 D+5.9
Clay 1,749 45.4% 2,064 53.6% 41 3,854 R+8.2
Jones 2,017 53.3% 1,677 44.3% 90 3,784 D+9.0
Graham 1,618 43.3% 2,081 55.7% 35 3,734 R+12.4
Perquimans 1,947 53.0% 1,666 45.3% 62 3,675 D+7.6
Gates 2,530 70.3% 1,014 28.2% 54 3,598 D+42.1
Camden 1,405 53.8% 1,159 44.4% 49 2,613 D+9.4
Hyde 1,260 59.0% 834 39.0% 43 2,137 D+19.9
Tyrrell 911 59.1% 605 39.3% 25 1,541 D+19.9

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

North Carolina Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Ted Budd (R) R+3.2
2020 Thom Tillis (R) R+1.7
2016 Richard Burr (R) R+5.7
2014 Thom Tillis (R) R+1.6
2010 Richard Burr (R) R+11.8
2008 Kay Hagan (D) D+8.5
2004 Richard Burr (R) R+4.6
2002 Elizabeth H. Dole (R) R+8.6
1998 John Edwards (D) D+4.1
1996 Jesse Helms (R) R+6.7
1992 Lauch Faircloth (R) R+4.0
1990 Jesse Helms (R) R+5.1
1986 Terry Sanford (D) D+3.5
1984 Jesse Helms (R) R+3.9
1980 John P. East (R) R+0.6
1978 Jesse Helms (R) R+9.0
1974 Robert B. Morgan (D) D+24.0
1972 Jesse Helms (R) R+8.0
1968 Sam J. Ervin (D) D+21.1
1966 B. Everett Jordan (D) D+11.2
1962 Sam J. Ervin (D) D+20.9
1960 B. Everett Jordan (D) D+22.9
1956 Sam J. Ervin (D) D+33.1
1954 W. Kerr Scott (D) D+31.8
1950 Clyde R. Hoey (D) D+37.3
1948 J. Melville Broughton (D) D+42.2
1944 Clyde R. Hoey (D) D+40.5
1942 Josiah W. Bailey (D) D+31.8
1938 Robert R. Reynolds (D) D+27.6
1936 Josiah W. Bailey (D) D+41.5
1932 Robert R. Reynolds (D) D+37.2
1930 Josiah W. Bailey (D) D+21.2
1926 Lee S. Overman (D) D+21.0
1924 Furnifold Simmons (D) D+23.1
1920 Lee S. Overman (D) D+15.0
1918 Furnifold Simmons (D) D+21.0
1914 Lee S. Overman (D) D+16.4