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N.C. SENATE: The North Carolina Senate consists of 50 members who stand for election every two years. Every member represents a Senate district, which is redrawn after each decennial census. During the 2009-2010 Legislative Session, Democrats hold a 30 to 20 majority over Republicans in the chamber.

2012 Candidate Questionnaires:

In March, the NC FreeEnterprise Foundation sent candidate questionnaires to all candidates running for the N.C. Senate. The candidates’ responses to our questionnaires are available here.

1. ✦ Scanned Questionnaires: Click on the “Q” beside a candidate’s name to download and view a scanned copy of the candidate’s completed questionnaire. (If a candidate does not have a “Q” by their name, they did not complete and return a candidate questionnaire.)
   

Please Note: All candidates were asked to respond to one or more open-ended questions and were invited to provide additional comments or explanations for their answers if the answer options provided did not enable them to accurately convey their positions or opinions. Please refer the the candidates’ scanned questionnaires to view responses to open-ended questions and to see additional comments.

N.C. SENATE:

DEMOCRAT                                                                         REPUBLICAN                                                                            THIRD PARTY

District 1:                       

  Stan White, appointed incumbent                                        Q Bill Cook

                                                                                              Jerry Evans             

District 2: OPEN

  Q Greg Muse                                                                       Norman Sanderson

                                                                                              Randy Ramsey

                                                                                              Q Ken Jones

District 3:

  Q Clark Jenkins, incumbent

  Florence Arnold Armstrong

District 4:

  Ed Jones, incumbent                                                           Q Warren Scott Nail

District 5: OPEN

  Don Davis

  Q Tony Moore

District 6:

                                                                                               Harry Brown, incumbent

District 7:

                                                                                              Louis Pate, incumbent

District 8:

Denny Hefner                                                                        Bill Rabon, incumbent

District 9:

  Deb Butler                                                                            Q Thom Goolsby, incumbent

District 10:

                                                                                              Q Brent Jackson, incumbent

                                                                                               Q Mike Osborne

District 11:

  Clarence Bender                                                                  Buck Newton, incumbent

                                                                                               Q Dennis Nielsen

District 12: OPEN

  Q Brad Salmon                                                                    Q Don Davis

  Q James Clark                                                                     Tim McNeill

                                                                                               Q Daniel Glover

                                                                                               Ronald Rabin

District 13:

  Q Michael Walters, incumbent                                             Q W. Bernard White

District 14:

  Dan Blue, incumbent

District 15:

  Sig Hutchinson                                                                     Q Neal Hunt, incumbent

District 16:

  Josh Stein, incumbent

District 17: OPEN

   Erv Portman                                                                        Q Tamara Barringer

District 18:

  Doug Berger, incumbent                                                      Glen Bradley

                                                                                               Michael Schriver

                                                                                               Q Chad Barefoot

District 19:

  George Tatum                                                                     Q Wesley Meredith, incumbent

District 20:

  Q Floyd McKissick, Jr., incumbent

  Q Ralph McKinney, Jr.

District 21: OPEN

  Robert Clark

  Curtis Worthy

  Eronomy (Mohammed) Smith

  Allen Thomas, Jr.

  Larry Shaw

  Q Billy King

District 22: OPEN

  Kerry Sutton                                                                        Milton Holmes

  Mike Woodard

District 23:

  Ellie Kinnaird, incumbent                                                    Q Dave Carter

District 24:

                                                                                              Rick Gunn, incumbent                                                                Q Brandon Black (L)

District 25: OPEN

  Q Gene McLaurin                                                                Q Gene McIntyre

  Daniel Wilson                                                                      Q Jack Benoy

District 26:

  Bobby Stanley                                                                      Phil Berger, incumbent

                                                                                               Q Bobby Coffer

District 27: OPEN

  Dan Miller                                                                            Q Justin Conrad

  Myra Sloane                                                                        Q Trudy Wade

                                                                                              Q Latimer Alexander

                                                                                               Q Sal Leone

District 28: OPEN

  Gladys Robinson, incumbent

  Q Bruce Davis

District 29:

                                                                                               Q Jerry Tillman, incumbent

                                                                                               Tommy Davis

                                                                                               Q John Marcum

District 30:

  Ric Marshall                                                                         Don East, incumbent

District 31:

  Delmas Parker                                                                     Pete Brunstetter, incumbent

District 32: OPEN

  James Taylor, Jr.                                                                 Q Reginald Reid

  Earline Parmon

  Wilbert S. Banks

District 33:

                                                                                               Stan Bingham, incumbent

                                                                                               Q Eddie Gallimore

                                                                                               Q Sam Watford

District 34:

                                                                                              Q Andrew Brock, incumbent

District 35:

                                                                                               Tommy Tucker, incumbent

District 36:

                                                                                               Fletcher Hartsell, incumbent

District 37:

  Dan Clodfelter, incumbent                                                   Michael Alan Vadini

District 38:

  Charlie Dannelly, incumbent                                               Q Richard Rivette

  Jamison Lawson                                                                 James Soder

  Joel Ford

District 39:

  Jack Flynn                                                                           Q Bob Rucho, incumbent

District 40:

  Malcolm Graham, incumbent                                               Earl Lyndom Philip

District 41: OPEN

                                                                                               Q John Aneralla

                                                                                               Q Jeff Tarte

                                                                                               Troy Stafford

                                                                                               Robby Benton

                                                                                               Q Donald Copeland, Sr.

District 42:

  Bivins Hollar                                                                        Austin Allran, incumbent

  Joseph (Jody) Inglefield

District 43:

                                                                                              Q Kathy Harrington, incumbent

District 44:

  Ross Bulla                                                                            Q Chris Carney, appointed incumbent

                                                                                               Q David Curtis

                                                                                               Q Karen Ray

District 45:

  Roy Carter                                                                            Dan Soucek, incumbent

                                                                                               George Robinson

District 46:

  John McDevitt                                                                      Q Warren Daniel, incumbent                                                      Q Richard Evey (L)

District 47:

  Phil Feagan                                                                          Ralph Hise, incumbent

District 48:

                                                                                               Q Tom Apodaca, incumbent

                                                                                               Q Fremont Brown II

District 49:

  Martin Nesbitt, incumbent                                                    Q RL Clark

                                                                                               Q Chancellor von Henner

District 50:

  John Snow                                                                           Jim Davis, incumbent

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