North Carolina's 14th Senate district

North Carolina's 14th
State Senate district
North Carolina's 14th; State Senate district
Senator
	Dan Blue ; D – Raleigh
Demographics	32% White ; 41% Black ; 20% Hispanic ; 2% Asian ; 1% Other; 3% Multiracial
Population (2023)	208,449

Last updated December 20, 2025

North Carolina's 14th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Dan Blue since 2009.^[1]

Geography

Since 2003, the district has included part of Wake County. The district overlaps with the 33rd, 38th, 39th, and 66th state house districts.

District officeholders since 1973

Multi-member district

Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Bobby Barker ( Raleigh )	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1977		Robert Barker ( Apex )	Republican	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1975		William Staton ( Sanford )	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1977	Redistricted from the 13th district.	1973–1983 All of Wake, Harnett, and Lee counties.^[2]
Bobby Barker ( Raleigh )	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1977		John Winters ( Raleigh )	Democratic	January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1979		William Staton ( Sanford )	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1977	Redistricted from the 13th district.
I. Beverly Lake Jr. ( Raleigh )	Democratic	January 1, 1977 – October 1979	Switched parties and retired to run for Governor.	John Winters ( Raleigh )	Democratic	January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1979		Robert Wynne ( Raleigh )	Democratic	January 1, 1977 – January 1, 1983
	Democratic	January 1, 1977 – October 1979		William Creech ( Raleigh )	Democratic	January 1, 1979 – January 1, 1983
	Republican	October 1979 – January 1, 1981
Joseph Johnson ( Raleigh )	Democratic	January 1, 1981 – January 1, 1995	Retired.
				Wilma Woodard ( Garner )	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1987		William Staton ( Sanford )	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1993	Redistricted to the 15th district and retired.	1983–1993 All of Lee and Harnett counties. Part of Wake County.^[3]
				J. K. Sherron ( Raleigh )	Democratic	January 1, 1987 – January 1, 1997	Retired.	William Staton ( Sanford )	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1993	Redistricted to the 15th district and retired.
												1993–2003 Parts of Wake and Johnston counties.^[4]
Henry McKoy ( Raleigh )	Republican	January 1, 1995 – January 1, 1997	Lost re-election.
Brad Miller ( Raleigh )	Democratic	January 1, 1997 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 16th district and retired to run for Congress.	Eric Miller Reeves ( Raleigh )	Democratic	January 1, 1997 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 16th district.

Single-member district

Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Vernon Malone ( Raleigh )	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – April 18, 2009	Died.	2003–Present Part of Wake County.^[5]^[6] ^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Vacant		April 18, 2009 – May 19, 2009
Dan Blue ( Raleigh )	Democratic	May 19, 2009 – Present	Appointed to finish Malone's term.

Election results

2024

North Carolina Senate 14th district Democratic primary election, 2024^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Blue (incumbent)	16,816	85.51%
	Democratic	Terry Passione	2,850	14.49%
Total votes			19,666	100%

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2024^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Blue (incumbent)	74,519	73.46%
	Republican	Angela McCarty	23,978	23.64%
	Libertarian	Sammie Brooks	2,945	2.90%
Total votes			101,442	100%
	Democratic hold

2022

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2022^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Blue (incumbent)	45,020	68.97%
	Republican	Chris Baker	18,378	28.16%
	Libertarian	Matthew Laszacs	1,875	2.87%
Total votes			65,273	100%
	Democratic hold

2020

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2020^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Blue (incumbent)	78,811	72.68%
	Republican	Alan David Michael	24,678	22.76%
	Libertarian	Justin Walczak	4,949	4.56%
Total votes			108,438	100%
	Democratic hold

2018

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2018^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Blue (incumbent)	55,035	71.36%
	Republican	Sandy Andrews	19,951	25.87%
	Libertarian	Richard Haygood	2,138	2.77%
Total votes			77,124	100%
	Democratic hold

2016

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2016^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Blue (incumbent)	73,870	100%
Total votes			73,870	100%
	Democratic hold

2014

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2014^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Blue (incumbent)	44,879	100%
Total votes			44,879	100%
	Democratic hold

2012

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2012^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Blue (incumbent)	72,652	100%
Total votes			72,652	100%
	Democratic hold

2010

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2010^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Blue (incumbent)	40,746	65.92%
	Republican	Geoffrey M. Hurlburt	21,067	34.08%
Total votes			61,813	100%
	Democratic hold

2008

North Carolina Senate 14th district Democratic primary election, 2008^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vernon Malone (incumbent)	28,564	71.50%
	Democratic	Ann House Akland	11,383	28.50%
Total votes			39,947	100%

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2008^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vernon Malone (incumbent)	67,823	69.45%
	Republican	Carol Bennett	29,835	30.55%
Total votes			97,658	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2006^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vernon Malone (incumbent)	26,404	65.93%
	Republican	Richard Doeffinger	13,644	34.07%
Total votes			40,048	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina Senate 14th district Republican primary election, 2004^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Odoom	2,451	54.91%
	Republican	Carol Bennett	1,413	31.65%
	Republican	Johnnie C. Mayfield	600	13.44%
Total votes			4,464	100%

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2004^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vernon Malone (incumbent)	45,727	64.11%
	Republican	John Odoom	25,595	35.89%
Total votes			71,322	100%
	Democratic hold

2002

North Carolina Senate 14th district Republican primary election, 2002^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carol Bennett	1,999	55.65%
	Republican	Loretta Thompson	1,593	44.35%
Total votes			3,592	100%

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2002^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vernon Malone	28,469	64.55%
	Republican	Carol Bennett	14,518	32.92%
	Libertarian	Richard Davison	1,117	2.53%
Total votes			44,104	100%
	Democratic win (new seat)

2000

North Carolina Senate 14th district general election, 2000^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Miller (incumbent)	79,871	38.53%
	Democratic	Eric Miller Reeves (incumbent)	65,816	31.75%
	Republican	John W. Bryant	61,599	29.72%
Total votes			207,286	100%
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

References

↑ "State Senate District 14, NC". Census Reporter. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
↑ J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate 1973-1974" . Retrieved July 5, 2025.
↑ J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate Districts Map - 1985 to 1992" . Retrieved July 5, 2025.
↑ "1992 Senate Base Plan #6" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
↑ "Interim Senate Redistricting Plan For N.C. 2002 Elections" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
↑ "2003 Senate Redistricting Plan" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
↑ "Rucho Senate 2" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
↑ "2018 Senate Election Districts" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
↑ "2019 Senate Consensus Nonpartisan Map" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
↑ "S.L. 2022-2 Senate" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
↑ "S.L. 2023-146 Senate" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
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↑ "NC State Senate 14". Our Campaigns. Retrieved June 1, 2022.

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[1] "State Senate District 14, NC". Census Reporter. Retrieved January 17, 2025.

[2] J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate 1973-1974" . Retrieved July 5, 2025.

[3] J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate Districts Map - 1985 to 1992" . Retrieved July 5, 2025.

[4] "1992 Senate Base Plan #6" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved July 5, 2025.

[5] "Interim Senate Redistricting Plan For N.C. 2002 Elections" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved June 1, 2022.

[6] "2003 Senate Redistricting Plan" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved June 1, 2022.

[7] "Rucho Senate 2" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved June 1, 2022.

[8] "2018 Senate Election Districts" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved June 1, 2022.

[9] "2019 Senate Consensus Nonpartisan Map" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved June 1, 2022.

[10] "S.L. 2022-2 Senate" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

[11] "S.L. 2023-146 Senate" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 17, 2025.

[12] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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[28] "NC State Senate 14". Our Campaigns. Retrieved June 1, 2022.

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