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The Republican candidate won North Carolina's Senate seat R+3.2.

North Carolina, 2022. Candidate results and statewide totals below.

North Carolina — 2022 Senate result
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab, 1976–2024 Senate returns (party-classified by literal ballot party).
Democratic (D)
1,784,049
47.3%
Republican (R)
1,905,786
50.5%
All others
84,089
2.2%
Margin
R+3.2
Candidates
Statewide candidate totals — MIT Election Data + Science Lab, 2022 Senate returns.
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ted BuddRRepublican1,905,78650.5%
Cheri BeasleyDDemocrat1,784,04947.3%
Shannon W. BrayOLibertarian51,6401.4%
Matthew HohOGreen29,9340.8%
OtherOOther2,3780.1%
Michelle Estelle LewisOOther1370.0%
North Carolina, 2022
RepublicanR+3.2
2022 presidential margin by county for North Carolina — 2022 US Senate electionA map of the constituent counties of North Carolina — 2022 US Senate election, each outlined and filled by its 2022 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.WAKE, NC · D+26.6MECKLENBURG, NC · D+32.5GUILFORD, NC · D+18.3FORSYTH, NC · D+11.3DURHAM, NC · D+63.7BUNCOMBE, NC · D+25.5NEW HANOVER, NC · D+1.9UNION, NC · R+28.4CUMBERLAND, NC · D+12.8JOHNSTON, NC · R+23.8CABARRUS, NC · R+12.0GASTON, NC · R+28.0BRUNSWICK, NC · R+25.0IREDELL, NC · R+36.2ORANGE, NC · D+55.5ALAMANCE, NC · R+11.7DAVIDSON, NC · R+48.5CATAWBA, NC · R+39.9PITT, NC · D+2.8HENDERSON, NC · R+18.8RANDOLPH, NC · R+59.4ROWAN, NC · R+38.4ONSLOW, NC · R+35.4MOORE, NC · R+29.1CHATHAM, NC · D+15.8CRAVEN, NC · R+21.3HARNETT, NC · R+26.4LINCOLN, NC · R+46.1NASH, NC · R+6.7WAYNE, NC · R+19.1CLEVELAND, NC · R+33.8ROCKINGHAM, NC · R+35.4CARTERET, NC · R+43.1BURKE, NC · R+38.7CALDWELL, NC · R+52.0FRANKLIN, NC · R+13.0HAYWOOD, NC · R+22.8ROBESON, NC · R+18.6WILSON, NC · R+3.1SURRY, NC · R+50.6WILKES, NC · R+59.2STANLY, NC · R+54.1PENDER, NC · R+33.7RUTHERFORD, NC · R+50.3WATAUGA, NC · D+5.4GRANVILLE, NC · R+8.2LEE, NC · R+17.0COLUMBUS, NC · R+25.4BEAUFORT, NC · R+32.1LENOIR, NC · R+13.8STOKES, NC · R+55.6DAVIE, NC · R+48.2SAMPSON, NC · R+31.0DARE, NC · R+17.7TRANSYLVANIA, NC · R+12.2MCDOWELL, NC · R+49.0MACON, NC · R+38.7HALIFAX, NC · D+14.3EDGECOMBE, NC · D+20.4PERSON, NC · R+21.4ALEXANDER, NC · R+57.7DUPLIN, NC · R+31.5JACKSON, NC · R+9.1PASQUOTANK, NC · R+5.9YADKIN, NC · R+62.9HOKE, NC · D+11.6VANCE, NC · D+11.4RICHMOND, NC · R+18.3CHEROKEE, NC · R+57.8ASHE, NC · R+44.0BLADEN, NC · R+16.5CURRITUCK, NC · R+50.4MADISON, NC · R+18.2POLK, NC · R+21.5SCOTLAND, NC · R+5.9YANCEY, NC · R+31.2MARTIN, NC · R+10.0MONTGOMERY, NC · R+36.5CASWELL, NC · R+21.5WARREN, NC · D+22.2ANSON, NC · R+5.4AVERY, NC · R+51.2NORTHAMPTON, NC · D+11.2HERTFORD, NC · D+25.7MITCHELL, NC · R+56.3BERTIE, NC · D+11.2PAMLICO, NC · R+29.6GREENE, NC · R+18.3CHOWAN, NC · R+23.8CLAY, NC · R+49.6PERQUIMANS, NC · R+41.3ALLEGHANY, NC · R+47.8SWAIN, NC · R+24.6GATES, NC · R+15.7CAMDEN, NC · R+49.6WASHINGTON, NC · D+0.1JONES, NC · R+25.4GRAHAM, NC · R+60.8HYDE, NC · R+18.9TYRRELL, NC · R+22.6
How it voted
Share of the 2022 vote
RepublicanRepublican50.5%1,905,603
DemocraticDemocratic47.3%1,783,875
OtherAll other candidates2.2%81,699
D+60
R+60
100 counties, each filled by 2022 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
North Carolina's Senate margins
Every contest in our store, 1978–2022
North Carolina's Senate marginsDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1978 to 2022. Most recent: −3.2% in 2022.flipped R · 2010−3.2%DR19782022
North Carolina's Senate margins
YearMargin (D minus R)
1978−9.0%
1980−0.6%
1984−3.9%
1986+1.8%
1990−5.1%
1992−4.0%
1996−6.7%
1998+4.1%
2002−8.6%
2004−4.6%
2008+8.5%
2010−11.8%
2014−1.6%
2016−5.7%
2020−1.7%
2022−3.2%