North Carolina's 5th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Kandie Smith since 2023.[1]
North Carolina's 5th State Senate district | |||
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Senator |
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Demographics | 53% White 35% Black 7% Hispanic 2% Asian | ||
Population (2020) | 200,965 |
Geography edit
Since 2019, the district has covered all of Edgecombe and Pitt counties. The district overlaps with the 8th, 9th, and 23rd state house districts.
District officeholders since 1989 edit
Senator | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties |
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Wendell H. Murphy | Democratic | January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1993 |
Retired. | 1989–1993 All of Duplin, Lenoir, and Jones counties. Part of Pender County.[2] |
Charles W. Albertson | Democratic | January 1, 1993 – January 1, 2003 |
Redistricted to the 10th district. | 1993–2003 All of Duplin County. Parts of Sampson, Pender, Onslow, and Jones counties.[3] |
Tony P. Moore | Democratic | January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2005 |
Switched parties. Lost re-election. |
2003–2005 All of Wilson County. Part of Pitt County.[4] |
Republican | ||||
John H. Kerr III | Democratic | January 1, 2005 – January 1, 2009 |
Redistricted from the 7th district. Retired. |
2005–2013 All of Greene County. Parts of Wayne and Pitt counties.[5] |
Don Davis | Democratic | January 1, 2009 – January 1, 2011 |
Lost re-election. | |
Louis M. Pate Jr. | Republican | January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2013 |
Redistricted to the 7th district. | |
Don Davis | Democratic | January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2023 |
Retired to run for Congress. | 2013–2019 All of Greene County. Parts of Wayne, Lenoir, and Pitt counties.[6] |
2019–2023 All of Greene and Pitt counties.[7][8] | ||||
Kandie Smith | Democratic | January 1, 2023 – present |
2023–present All of Edgecombe and Pitt counties.[9] |
Election results edit
2022 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kandie Smith | 13,604 | 86.58% | |
Democratic | Lenton Brown | 2,109 | 13.42% | |
Total votes | 15,713 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kandie Smith | 36,557 | 52.23% | |
Republican | Karen Kozel | 33,432 | 47.77% | |
Total votes | 69,989 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2020 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Davis (incumbent) | 51,702 | 55.12% | |
Republican | Karen Kozel | 42,104 | 44.88% | |
Total votes | 93,806 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2018 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Davis (incumbent) | 11,011 | 77.35% | |
Democratic | Lonnie Carraway | 3,224 | 22.65% | |
Total votes | 14,235 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kimberly Robb | 4,189 | 51.95% | |
Republican | Tony P. Moore | 3,875 | 48.05% | |
Total votes | 8,064 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Davis (incumbent) | 36,321 | 55.34% | |
Republican | Kimberly Robb | 29,317 | 44.66% | |
Total votes | 65,638 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2016 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Davis (incumbent) | 57,882 | 100% | |
Total votes | 57,882 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2014 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Davis (incumbent) | 35,740 | 100% | |
Total votes | 35,740 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2012 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Don Davis | 59,648 | 100% | ||
Total votes | 59,648 | 100% | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |
2010 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Louis M. Pate Jr. | 25,780 | 54.54% | |
Democratic | Don Davis (incumbent) | 21,488 | 45.46% | |
Total votes | 47,268 | 100% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
2008 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Davis | 10,303 | 35.81% | |
Democratic | Kathy A. Taft | 6,942 | 24.13% | |
Democratic | Ed Wilson | 3,882 | 13.49% | |
Democratic | Tony P. Moore | 3,553 | 12.35% | |
Democratic | Chuck Stone | 2,514 | 8.74% | |
Democratic | Charles Elliott Johnson | 1,581 | 5.49% | |
Total votes | 28,775 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Davis | 5,494 | 62.77% | |
Democratic | Kathy A. Taft | 3,259 | 37.23% | |
Total votes | 8,753 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Davis | 40,982 | 52.90% | |
Republican | Louis M. Pate Jr. | 36,493 | 47.10% | |
Total votes | 77,475 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2006 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John H. Kerr III (incumbent) | 17,865 | 58.43% | |
Republican | Todd Siebels | 12,711 | 41.57% | |
Total votes | 30,576 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2004 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John H. Kerr III (incumbent) | 34,162 | 56.80% | |
Republican | Tony P. Moore (incumbent) | 25,987 | 43.20% | |
Total votes | 60,149 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2002 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tony P. Moore | 5,005 | 33.94% | |
Democratic | James M. Johnson III | 4,859 | 32.95% | |
Democratic | William L. Neill | 2,511 | 17.03% | |
Democratic | Robert Wheeler Jr. | 2,371 | 16.08% | |
Total votes | 14,746 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Coulson | 3,651 | 69.74% | |
Republican | George H. Gray | 1,584 | 30.26% | |
Total votes | 5,235 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Tony P. Moore | 22,265 | 50.86% | ||
Republican | Tom Coulson | 20,992 | 47.95% | ||
Libertarian | Christopher Ruff | 521 | 1.19% | ||
Total votes | 43,778 | 100% | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |
2000 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles W. Albertson (incumbent) | 28,166 | 59.58% | |
Republican | Cynthia B. Watson | 19,109 | 40.42% | |
Total votes | 47,275 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
References edit
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