Republicans have regained their super majority in the North Carolina State Senate, but finished just short of gaining a veto-proof majority in the State House in Tuesday’s midterm general election.
Sen. Bobby Hanig of Currituck County was one of the key victories giving the GOP a three-fifths majority in the Senate.
But with the House remaining one seat short of a supermajority for the Republicans, Democratic Governor Roy Cooper will still have the ability to turn back legislation passed by the General Assembly in his final two years.
Republicans maintained their hold on the two U.S. Senate seats with a victory by Ted Budd. North Carolina’s delegation in the U.S. House will be evenly split with seven Republicans and seven Democrats.
However, the House districts will have to be redrawn before the 2024 election by the Republican-controlled legislature.
The GOP also picked up the majority in the state Supreme Court through 2028 by taking both seats on the ballot Tuesday, and swept the state Court of Appeals races.
Turnout statewide was 50.53 percent, with 3,745,547 ballots cast as of Wednesday morning. Mail-in absentee ballots must be received by Friday at 5 p.m., so those numbers are expected to increase.
All results are unofficial until each county conducts their canvass next week and certifies the results.
Results of the general election held November 8, 2022:
U.S. Senate – 2655 of 2655 precincts
Ted Budd (R) 1,891,342 50.71%
Cheri Beasley (D) 1,745,716 47.08%
Shannon W. Bray (L) 50,812 1.36%
Matthew Hoh (G) 29,163 0.78%
Write-In 2,477 0.07%
U.S. House – District 1 – 266 of 266 precincts
Don Davis (D) 133,729 52.27%
Sandy Smith (R) 122,128 47.73%
U.S. House – District 3 – 224 of 224 precincts
Greg Murphy (R) 165,690 67.03%
Barbara D. Gaskins (D) 81,503 32.97%
N.C. Senate – District 3 – 106 of 106 precincts
Bobby Hanig (R) 37,822 52.55%
Valerie Jordan (D) 34,146 47.45%
N.C. Senate – District 1 – 87 of 87 precincts
Norman W. Sanderson (R) 61,034 100%
N.C. House – District 1 – 40 of 40 precincts
Edward C. Goodwin (R) 25,587 100%
N.C. House – District 5 – 31 of 31 precincts
Bill Ward (R) 15,683 53.97%
Howard Hunter III (D) 13,375 46.03%
N.C. House – District 79 – 51 of 51 precincts
Keith Kidwell (R) 26,174 100%
N.C. Supreme Court, Seat 3 – 2655 of 2655 precincts
Richard Dietz (R) 1,950,323 52.59%
Lucy Inman (D) 1,758,273 47.41%
N.C. Supreme Court, Seat 5 – 2655 of 2655 precincts
Trey Allen (R) 1,941,991 52.58%
Sam J. Ervin IV (D) 1,764,509 47.62%
N.C. Courts of Appeals, Seat 8 – 2655 of 2655 precincts
Julee Tate Flood (R) 1,941,252 52.62%
Carolyn Jennings Thompson (D) 1,747,634 47.38%
N.C. Court of Appeals, Seat 9 – 2655 of 2655 precincts
Donna Stroud (R) 2,012,454 54.60%
Brad A. Salmon (D) 1,673,631 45.40%
N.C. Court of Appeals, Seat 10 – 2655 of 2655 precincts
John M. Tyson (R) 1,951,890 52.95%
Gale Murray Adams (D) 1,734,513 47.05%
N.C. Court of Appeals, Seat 11 – 2655 of 2655 precincts
Michael J. Stading (R) 1,953,052 53.06%
Darren Jackson (D) 1,727,967 46.94%
