North Carolina Legislature

North Carolina Senate

50 seats: Republican 30, Democratic 20. A majority is 26. 50 districts.

Seats by party

North Carolina Senate

Seats before the November 3, 2026 election

26 needed for a majority

  • 20 Democratic
  • 30 Republican
North Carolina Senate seats before the November 3, 2026 election
Party or statusSeats
Democratic20
Republican30

Seats before the November 3, 2026 election, current to November 2, 2026, counted from the official member list. Source: North Carolina Senate (opens in a new tab).

North Carolina Senate districts map

Point to or tap a district for its name and a link to its page. The list below has every district.

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Every district

Sources and methodology

ShowWhere the seat counts and district lines come from.

These are the seats before the November 3, 2026 election, as the legislature listed them.

District lines come from the U.S. Census Bureau's upper chamber boundary file (Cartographic boundary files, state legislative districts), which maps the districts the state reported to the Census Bureau. Where a state has redrawn its districts since then, the state's own maps are the official ones. District names are the Census Bureau's.

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