North Carolina's 17th Senate district

North Carolina's 17th State Senate district
Senator	Sydney Batch D – Holly Springs
Demographics	69%  White 10%  Black 9%  Hispanic 7%  Asian 1% Other 4%  Multiracial
Population (2023)	206,091

North Carolina's 17th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Sydney Batch since 2021. ^[1]

Geography

Since 2003, the district has included part of Wake County. The district overlaps with the 11th, 21st, 36th, and 41st state house districts.

District officeholders

Multi-member district

Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
James Banks "Jim" Garrison	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1983		Charles Deane Jr.	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1975	Redistricted from the 19th district.	1973–1993 All of Stanly, Union, Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, and Scotland counties. [2]
				Mary Odom	Democratic	January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1977
				Bob Jordan	Democratic	January 1, 1977 – January 1, 1985	Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor.
Aaron Plyler	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 35th district and retired.
				J. Richard Conder	Democratic	January 1, 1985 – July 1, 1997	Resigned. [3]
								1993–2003 All of Union, Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, and Scotland counties. Parts of Stanly and Hoke counties. [4]
				Vacant		July 1, 1997 – July 23, 1997
				Bill Purcell	Democratic	July 23, 1997 – January 1, 2003	Appointed to finish Conder's term. Redistricted to the 25th district.

Single-member district

Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Richard Stevens	Republican	January 1, 2003 – September 7, 2012	Retired and resigned early.	2003–Present Part of Wake County. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Vacant		September 7, 2012 – October 4, 2012
Tamara Barringer	Republican	October 4, 2012 – January 1, 2019	Appointed to finish Steven's term. Lost re-election.
Sam Searcy	Democratic	January 1, 2019 – December 30, 2020	Resigned.
Vacant		December 30, 2020 – January 11, 2021
Sydney Batch	Democratic	January 11, 2021 – Present	Appointed to finish Searcy's term.

Election results

2024

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2024 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sydney Batch (incumbent)	71,610	74.38%
	Libertarian	Patrick Bowersox	24,661	25.62%
Total votes			96,271	100%
	Democratic hold

2022

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2022 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sydney Batch (incumbent)	45,279	51.83%
	Republican	Mark Cavaliero	40,167	45.97%
	Libertarian	Patrick Bowersox	1,922	2.20%
Total votes			87,368	100%
	Democratic hold

2020

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2020 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Searcy (incumbent)	83,564	51.41%
	Republican	Mark Cavaliero	72,774	44.77%
	Libertarian	Travis Groo	6,204	3.82%
Total votes			162,542	100%
	Democratic hold

2018

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2018 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Searcy	50,040	50.60%
	Republican	Tamara Barringer (incumbent)	45,841	46.35%
	Libertarian	Bruce Basson	3,016	3.05%
Total votes			98,897	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2016 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tamara Barringer (incumbent)	59,105	48.30%
	Democratic	Susan P. Evans	58,063	47.45%
	Libertarian	Susan Hogarth	5,191	4.24%
Total votes			122,359	100%
	Republican hold

2014

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2014 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tamara Barringer (incumbent)	44,292	58.46%
	Democratic	Bryan Fulghum	31,476	41.54%
Total votes			75,768	100%
	Republican hold

2012

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2012 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tamara Barringer (incumbent)	57,101	53.67%
	Democratic	Erv Portman	49,298	46.33%
Total votes			106,399	100%
	Republican hold

2010

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2010 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Stevens (incumbent)	51,391	63.75%
	Democratic	David Donovan	29,217	36.25%
Total votes			80,608	100%
	Republican hold

2008

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2008 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Stevens (incumbent)	75,311	81.20%
	Libertarian	Brian Irving	17,441	18.80%
Total votes			92,752	100%
	Republican hold

2006

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2006 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Stevens (incumbent)	40,430	100%
Total votes			40,430	100%
	Republican hold

2004

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2004 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Stevens (incumbent)	55,908	58.74%
	Democratic	Norwood Clark	37,432	39.33%
	Libertarian	Ryan Maas	1,844	1.94%
Total votes			95,184	100%
	Republican hold

2002

North Carolina Senate 17th district Republican primary election, 2002 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Stevens	6,213	69.53%
	Republican	David S. Sharpe Jr.	2,723	30.47%
Total votes			8,936	100%

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2002 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Stevens	37,076	61.69%
	Democratic	Thomas B. Hunt	20,616	34.30%
	Libertarian	Susan Hogarth	2,411	4.01%
Total votes			60,103	100%
	Republican win (new seat)

2000

North Carolina Senate 17th district Republican primary election, 2000 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William P. "Bill" Davis	6,007	41.66%
	Republican	Eddie Goodall	4,960	34.40%
	Republican	Michael Concannon	3,452	23.94%
Total votes			14,419	100%

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2000 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Aaron Plyler (incumbent)	57,678	27.84%
	Democratic	Bill Purcell (incumbent)	51,316	24.77%
	Republican	William P. "Bill" Davis	48,350	23.33%
	Republican	Eddie Goodall	47,427	22.89%
	Libertarian	Alan Light	2,438	1.18%
Total votes			207,209	100%
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

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