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2016 US Senate election in North Carolina

Richard Burr (Republican) beat Deborah K. Ross (Democrat) in North Carolina in 2016, 51.1% to 45.4%, a margin of 5.7 points and 267,211 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2010, when Richard Burr also won.

Republicans led in 77 of the 100 counties and Democrats in 23. The largest, Wake, cast 524,609 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.8 points. The closest was Martin, where 147 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
Richard Burr won Republican 2,395,376 51.1%
Deborah K. Ross Democratic 2,128,165 45.4%
All other candidates 167,592 3.6%
Total4,691,133

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wake 290,286 55.3% 217,789 41.5% 16,534 524,609 D+13.8
Mecklenburg 277,020 59.2% 173,272 37.1% 17,255 467,547 D+22.2
Guilford 143,914 56.5% 103,341 40.5% 7,677 254,932 D+15.9
Forsyth 89,666 50.6% 82,004 46.3% 5,543 177,213 D+4.3
Durham 117,884 75.9% 33,718 21.7% 3,638 155,240 D+54.2
Buncombe 75,897 55.2% 56,086 40.8% 5,533 137,516 D+14.4
Cumberland 69,733 55.4% 51,902 41.2% 4,266 125,901 D+14.2
New Hanover 48,994 44.5% 56,153 50.9% 5,068 110,215 R+6.5
Union 32,116 30.8% 67,893 65.0% 4,385 104,394 R+34.3
Gaston 30,582 32.1% 60,298 63.3% 4,388 95,268 R+31.2
Cabarrus 34,266 37.1% 53,723 58.2% 4,382 92,371 R+21.1
Johnston 28,279 33.2% 53,977 63.3% 2,988 85,244 R+30.1
Orange 57,877 70.7% 21,884 26.7% 2,055 81,816 D+44.0
Iredell 24,187 29.7% 53,125 65.1% 4,248 81,560 R+35.5
Pitt 40,062 50.3% 37,150 46.6% 2,435 79,647 D+3.7
Davidson 17,753 23.9% 53,535 72.2% 2,863 74,151 R+48.3
Catawba 20,744 29.0% 47,232 66.1% 3,461 71,437 R+37.1
Alamance 28,873 40.9% 39,380 55.8% 2,368 70,621 R+14.9
Brunswick 22,370 33.2% 42,112 62.6% 2,824 67,306 R+29.3
Randolph 13,208 20.6% 48,048 75.1% 2,732 63,988 R+54.4
Rowan 19,227 30.2% 41,230 64.7% 3,222 63,679 R+34.6
Henderson 19,793 34.4% 35,486 61.7% 2,229 57,508 R+27.3
Onslow 17,029 30.3% 36,180 64.5% 2,907 56,116 R+34.1
Wayne 21,286 42.5% 27,530 54.9% 1,288 50,104 R+12.5
Moore 16,059 33.2% 30,724 63.6% 1,556 48,339 R+30.3
Nash 23,093 48.6% 23,450 49.4% 933 47,476 R+0.8
Craven 16,955 36.5% 27,741 59.7% 1,778 46,474 R+23.2
Harnett 16,821 36.8% 27,305 59.7% 1,639 45,765 R+22.9
Cleveland 15,025 34.1% 27,491 62.3% 1,605 44,121 R+28.3
Rockingham 14,193 33.9% 26,157 62.4% 1,538 41,888 R+28.6
Chatham 20,530 51.7% 18,049 45.5% 1,122 39,701 D+6.2
Robeson 19,053 48.1% 19,792 49.9% 805 39,650 R+1.9
Lincoln 9,798 24.8% 27,867 70.4% 1,915 39,580 R+45.7
Burke 11,471 29.9% 25,165 65.5% 1,772 38,408 R+35.7
Wilson 19,435 51.3% 17,641 46.6% 794 37,870 D+4.7
Carteret 9,668 25.9% 26,189 70.0% 1,531 37,388 R+44.2
Caldwell 8,538 23.8% 25,532 71.1% 1,847 35,917 R+47.3
Surry 7,509 23.6% 23,143 72.7% 1,162 31,814 R+49.1
Wilkes 6,749 21.8% 22,852 73.9% 1,317 30,918 R+52.1
Haywood 10,953 36.2% 17,873 59.0% 1,471 30,297 R+22.8
Franklin 12,880 42.7% 16,279 53.9% 1,038 30,197 R+11.3
Rutherford 8,240 27.7% 20,366 68.4% 1,152 29,758 R+40.7
Stanly 7,255 24.5% 20,831 70.3% 1,560 29,646 R+45.8
Watauga 13,837 46.9% 14,259 48.3% 1,428 29,524 R+1.4
Pender 9,087 33.1% 17,180 62.6% 1,161 27,428 R+29.5
Granville 12,758 47.0% 13,580 50.0% 825 27,163 R+3.0
Lenoir 12,297 46.5% 13,518 51.1% 640 26,455 R+4.6
Sampson 10,269 40.1% 14,819 57.8% 529 25,617 R+17.8
Halifax 15,601 62.4% 8,983 35.9% 417 25,001 D+26.5
Lee 10,392 41.9% 13,535 54.6% 864 24,791 R+12.7
Edgecombe 15,847 64.3% 8,353 33.9% 445 24,645 D+30.4
Beaufort 8,436 35.7% 14,313 60.6% 870 23,619 R+24.9
Columbus 8,841 38.1% 13,637 58.7% 750 23,228 R+20.6
Stokes 4,774 21.3% 16,698 74.4% 975 22,447 R+53.1
Davie 5,117 23.7% 15,568 72.0% 929 21,614 R+48.4
Duplin 8,013 39.0% 12,002 58.4% 542 20,557 R+19.4
Vance 12,056 61.0% 7,362 37.3% 344 19,762 D+23.8
McDowell 4,901 25.1% 13,671 70.0% 960 19,532 R+44.9
Person 7,765 40.1% 11,033 57.0% 565 19,363 R+16.9
Dare 7,226 37.6% 11,393 59.3% 590 19,209 R+21.7
Richmond 8,430 44.7% 9,732 51.6% 704 18,866 R+6.9
Jackson 8,014 43.3% 9,628 52.0% 857 18,499 R+8.7
Alexander 3,895 21.5% 13,271 73.3% 929 18,095 R+51.8
Hoke 9,561 53.3% 7,669 42.7% 723 17,953 D+10.5
Transylvania 6,749 38.2% 10,221 57.9% 695 17,665 R+19.7
Yadkin 3,162 18.0% 13,704 78.2% 669 17,535 R+60.1
Macon 5,367 30.7% 11,357 65.0% 745 17,469 R+34.3
Pasquotank 8,579 50.2% 8,083 47.3% 443 17,105 D+2.9
Bladen 6,999 44.8% 8,242 52.7% 394 15,635 R+8.0
Cherokee 3,210 23.2% 10,116 73.2% 489 13,815 R+50.0
Scotland 7,161 52.8% 6,113 45.1% 287 13,561 D+7.7
Ashe 3,575 26.8% 9,253 69.4% 511 13,339 R+42.6
Currituck 2,999 24.3% 8,921 72.3% 417 12,337 R+48.0
Martin 5,678 48.0% 5,825 49.3% 315 11,818 R+1.2
Montgomery 4,206 36.8% 6,838 59.8% 396 11,440 R+23.0
Madison 4,271 38.6% 6,286 56.8% 505 11,062 R+18.2
Caswell 4,671 42.7% 5,991 54.8% 275 10,937 R+12.1
Polk 3,970 37.1% 6,362 59.4% 383 10,715 R+22.3
Anson 5,793 55.6% 4,383 42.0% 250 10,426 D+13.5
Hertford 6,714 67.5% 3,116 31.3% 120 9,950 D+36.2
Yancey 3,566 36.0% 5,956 60.2% 371 9,893 R+24.2
Warren 6,336 64.8% 3,258 33.3% 181 9,775 D+31.5
Northampton 6,065 62.4% 3,511 36.1% 148 9,724 D+26.3
Bertie 5,590 60.9% 3,446 37.5% 147 9,183 D+23.3
Avery 1,705 21.1% 6,071 75.0% 318 8,094 R+53.9
Greene 3,518 44.0% 4,280 53.5% 202 8,000 R+9.5
Mitchell 1,714 21.6% 5,951 74.9% 277 7,942 R+53.3
Chowan 2,881 40.9% 4,027 57.2% 133 7,041 R+16.3
Pamlico 2,374 35.0% 4,200 61.9% 206 6,780 R+26.9
Perquimans 2,281 34.7% 4,153 63.3% 131 6,565 R+28.5
Washington 3,392 55.8% 2,534 41.7% 155 6,081 D+14.1
Swain 2,320 38.7% 3,323 55.5% 349 5,992 R+16.7
Clay 1,482 25.3% 4,183 71.4% 192 5,857 R+46.1
Alleghany 1,337 25.3% 3,720 70.4% 229 5,286 R+45.1
Gates 2,316 44.0% 2,821 53.6% 129 5,266 R+9.6
Jones 2,001 39.5% 2,911 57.4% 157 5,069 R+18.0
Camden 1,279 26.3% 3,401 70.0% 180 4,860 R+43.7
Graham 872 21.9% 2,935 73.7% 174 3,981 R+51.8
Hyde 949 41.8% 1,244 54.8% 77 2,270 R+13.0
Tyrrell 695 40.7% 941 55.1% 71 1,707 R+14.4

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