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2008 US Senate election in North Carolina

Kay Hagan (Democrat) beat Elizabeth Dole (Republican) in North Carolina in 2008, 52.7% to 44.2%, a margin of 8.5 points and 361,801 votes.

North Carolina changed party: in 2002 it went Republican, for Elizabeth H. Dole.

Democrats led in 55 of the 100 counties and Republicans in 45. The largest, Wake, cast 438,358 votes and went to the Democrat by 15.1 points. The closest was Pender, where 23 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
Kay Hagan won Democratic 2,249,311 52.7%
Elizabeth Dole Republican 1,887,510 44.2%
All other candidates 135,149 3.2%
Total4,271,970

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 245,774 56.1% 179,428 40.9% 13,156 438,358 D+15.1
Mecklenburg 249,742 61.6% 143,860 35.5% 11,954 405,556 D+26.1
Guilford 147,969 61.9% 85,152 35.6% 6,075 239,196 D+26.3
Forsyth 93,836 56.9% 66,618 40.4% 4,583 165,037 D+16.5
Durham 100,476 74.2% 31,808 23.5% 3,041 135,325 D+50.7
Cumberland 76,509 60.8% 46,279 36.8% 2,983 125,771 D+24.0
Buncombe 70,777 57.8% 46,855 38.3% 4,795 122,427 D+19.5
New Hanover 52,958 53.5% 42,006 42.5% 3,966 98,930 D+11.1
Union 32,716 38.6% 49,185 58.0% 2,956 84,857 R+19.4
Gaston 34,934 41.6% 45,893 54.7% 3,095 83,922 R+13.1
Cabarrus 34,441 44.4% 40,026 51.6% 3,079 77,546 R+7.2
Pitt 41,294 55.6% 31,350 42.2% 1,583 74,227 D+13.4
Orange 52,037 70.3% 19,882 26.9% 2,087 74,006 D+43.4
Iredell 29,420 40.6% 39,934 55.1% 3,143 72,497 R+14.5
Johnston 29,516 41.8% 38,955 55.2% 2,123 70,594 R+13.4
Catawba 27,927 40.3% 38,473 55.6% 2,821 69,221 R+15.2
Davidson 26,706 38.9% 39,221 57.1% 2,736 68,663 R+18.2
Alamance 31,101 48.8% 30,644 48.0% 2,045 63,790 D+0.7
Rowan 25,790 42.1% 32,964 53.8% 2,480 61,234 R+11.7
Randolph 20,031 34.5% 35,247 60.8% 2,703 57,981 R+26.2
Brunswick 25,554 49.0% 24,302 46.6% 2,262 52,118 D+2.4
Henderson 21,214 41.6% 28,022 55.0% 1,737 50,973 R+13.4
Wayne 23,967 48.5% 24,377 49.3% 1,071 49,415 R+0.8
Onslow 21,340 43.3% 25,671 52.1% 2,256 49,267 R+8.8
Nash 24,964 53.1% 21,234 45.2% 831 47,029 D+7.9
Moore 19,511 43.3% 24,014 53.3% 1,495 45,020 R+10.0
Craven 20,214 45.7% 22,768 51.4% 1,272 44,254 R+5.8
Cleveland 20,847 48.0% 21,136 48.6% 1,490 43,473 R+0.7
Rockingham 19,835 48.1% 19,729 47.8% 1,707 41,271 D+0.3
Robeson 23,799 58.6% 16,161 39.8% 634 40,594 D+18.8
Harnett 18,692 46.1% 20,636 50.9% 1,234 40,562 R+4.8
Burke 17,283 46.3% 18,618 49.9% 1,447 37,348 R+3.6
Wilson 20,776 56.6% 15,384 41.9% 545 36,705 D+14.7
Lincoln 13,597 38.3% 20,333 57.2% 1,593 35,523 R+19.0
Caldwell 14,310 40.7% 18,925 53.9% 1,908 35,143 R+13.1
Carteret 12,926 37.6% 20,356 59.2% 1,107 34,389 R+21.6
Chatham 18,316 56.0% 13,398 41.0% 977 32,691 D+15.0
Wilkes 11,029 37.2% 17,206 58.1% 1,385 29,620 R+20.9
Surry 12,615 42.9% 15,808 53.7% 997 29,420 R+10.9
Rutherford 12,633 44.5% 14,639 51.6% 1,096 28,368 R+7.1
Stanly 10,802 38.1% 16,402 57.8% 1,154 28,358 R+19.7
Haywood 14,330 51.2% 12,622 45.1% 1,038 27,990 D+6.1
Watauga 14,253 51.0% 12,462 44.6% 1,212 27,927 D+6.4
Franklin 14,044 53.0% 11,609 43.8% 867 26,520 D+9.2
Lenoir 14,005 53.1% 11,885 45.0% 497 26,387 D+8.0
Sampson 13,223 51.0% 12,239 47.2% 480 25,942 D+3.8
Edgecombe 18,177 70.2% 7,372 28.5% 348 25,897 D+41.7
Halifax 16,929 67.6% 7,756 31.0% 369 25,054 D+36.6
Granville 13,985 57.0% 9,853 40.2% 699 24,537 D+16.8
Columbus 14,043 58.6% 9,184 38.3% 749 23,976 D+20.3
Lee 11,648 49.3% 11,173 47.3% 786 23,607 D+2.0
Pender 11,186 47.6% 11,163 47.5% 1,160 23,509 D+0.1
Beaufort 10,523 46.0% 11,625 50.9% 705 22,853 R+4.8
Stokes 8,335 38.2% 12,455 57.0% 1,047 21,837 R+18.9
Vance 13,900 66.9% 6,519 31.4% 361 20,780 D+35.5
Davie 7,048 34.8% 12,502 61.8% 678 20,228 R+27.0
Duplin 10,451 52.9% 8,852 44.8% 438 19,741 D+8.1
Richmond 11,199 58.9% 7,088 37.3% 712 18,999 D+21.6
McDowell 7,879 42.9% 9,534 51.9% 946 18,359 R+9.0
Person 9,222 50.3% 8,599 46.9% 508 18,329 D+3.4
Pasquotank 9,899 55.4% 7,602 42.6% 359 17,860 D+12.9
Dare 7,538 42.2% 9,871 55.3% 447 17,856 R+13.1
Alexander 6,519 37.9% 9,956 57.9% 719 17,194 R+20.0
Macon 7,496 43.9% 8,864 51.9% 710 17,070 R+8.0
Yadkin 5,720 33.6% 10,557 62.1% 731 17,008 R+28.4
Transylvania 7,919 47.1% 8,219 48.9% 680 16,818 R+1.8
Jackson 9,298 55.7% 6,735 40.3% 669 16,702 D+15.3
Hoke 9,498 61.6% 5,539 35.9% 388 15,425 D+25.7
Bladen 8,920 58.8% 5,873 38.7% 368 15,161 D+20.1
Scotland 8,496 60.9% 5,242 37.6% 218 13,956 D+23.3
Ashe 5,805 44.3% 6,710 51.2% 590 13,105 R+6.9
Cherokee 4,144 33.3% 8,020 64.4% 292 12,456 R+31.1
Martin 7,342 59.0% 4,880 39.2% 221 12,443 D+19.8
Montgomery 5,850 52.1% 5,027 44.8% 352 11,229 D+7.3
Currituck 3,513 32.3% 7,092 65.2% 268 10,873 R+32.9
Anson 7,110 66.4% 3,353 31.3% 246 10,709 D+35.1
Caswell 6,033 56.5% 4,371 41.0% 266 10,670 D+15.6
Northampton 7,300 69.1% 3,111 29.5% 152 10,563 D+39.7
Hertford 7,590 72.1% 2,850 27.1% 87 10,527 D+45.0
Polk 4,971 47.5% 5,051 48.2% 449 10,471 R+0.8
Madison 5,436 52.3% 4,566 43.9% 388 10,390 D+8.4
Warren 7,098 71.1% 2,748 27.5% 139 9,985 D+43.6
Yancey 5,126 52.1% 4,383 44.5% 338 9,847 D+7.5
Bertie 6,516 67.4% 3,023 31.3% 128 9,667 D+36.1
Greene 4,281 53.1% 3,638 45.1% 149 8,068 D+8.0
Avery 2,481 31.6% 5,020 64.0% 344 7,845 R+32.4
Mitchell 2,508 32.3% 4,898 63.1% 355 7,761 R+30.8
Chowan 3,707 50.5% 3,478 47.3% 161 7,346 D+3.1
Pamlico 3,058 46.0% 3,420 51.4% 171 6,649 R+5.4
Washington 4,123 64.0% 2,180 33.8% 141 6,444 D+30.2
Perquimans 2,771 43.5% 3,464 54.4% 130 6,365 R+10.9
Swain 3,265 56.5% 2,248 38.9% 269 5,782 D+17.6
Clay 1,901 34.4% 3,493 63.2% 132 5,526 R+28.8
Gates 2,850 53.3% 2,424 45.3% 78 5,352 D+8.0
Alleghany 2,456 46.5% 2,580 48.9% 243 5,279 R+2.3
Jones 2,601 49.9% 2,461 47.2% 154 5,216 D+2.7
Camden 1,645 34.7% 2,995 63.1% 106 4,746 R+28.4
Graham 1,599 38.8% 2,339 56.8% 182 4,120 R+18.0
Hyde 1,387 56.4% 1,006 40.9% 65 2,458 D+15.5
Tyrrell 983 52.4% 832 44.3% 62 1,877 D+8.0

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