North Carolina's 1st Senate district

North Carolina's 1st
State Senate district
North Carolina's 1st; State Senate district
Senator
	Norman Sanderson ; R – Minnesott Beach
Demographics	65% White ; 26% Black ; 5% Hispanic ; 1% Asian ; 2% Remainder of multiracial
Population (2020)	197,971

Last updated January 02, 2023

North Carolina's 1st Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Republican Norman Sanderson since 2023.^[1]

Geography

Since 2023, the district has included all of Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan, Washington, Dare, Hyde, Carteret, and Pamlico counties. The district overlaps with the 1st, 5th, 13th, and 79th state house districts.

District officeholders since 1985

Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Marc Basnight	Democratic	January 1, 1985 – January 25, 2011	Resigned.	1985-1993 All of Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Washington, Tyrrell, Dare, and Hyde counties. Parts of Beaufort, Bertie, and Gates counties.^[2]
				1993–2003 All of Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Tyrrell, Dare, and Hyde counties. Parts of Beaufort, Washington, and Bertie counties.^[3]
				2003–2005 All of Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, and Beaufort counties.^[4]
				2005–2013 All of Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Washington, Tyrrell, Dare, Hyde, and Beaufort counties.^[5]
Vacant		January 25, 2011 – January 26, 2011
Stan White	Democratic	January 26, 2011 – January 1, 2013	Appointed to finish Basnight's term. Lost re-election.
Bill Cook	Republican	January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2019	Retired.	2013–2019 All of Gates, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, and Beaufort counties.^[6]
Bob Steinburg	Republican	January 1, 2019 – July 31, 2022	Lost re-nomination and resigned.^[7]	2019–Present All of Hertford, Gates, Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Washington, Tyrrell, Dare, and Hyde counties.
Vacant		July 31, 2022 – August 29, 2022
Bobby Hanig	Republican	August 29, 2022 – January 1, 2023	Appointed to finish Steinburg's term.^[8] Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Norman Sanderson	Republican	January 1, 2023 – Present	Redistricted from the 2nd district.	2023–Present All of Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan, Washington, Dare, Hyde, Carteret, and Pamlico counties.^[9]

Election results

2022

North Carolina Senate 1st district Republican primary election, 2022^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norman Sanderson (incumbent)	12,713	55.48%
	Republican	Bob Steinburg (incumbent)	10,201	44.52%
Total votes			22,914	100%

North Carolina Senate 1st district general election, 2022^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norman Sanderson (incumbent)	61,486	100%
Total votes			61,486	100%
	Republican hold

2020

North Carolina Senate 1st district general election, 2020^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Steinburg (incumbent)	58,319	55.24%
	Democratic	Tess Judge	47,248	44.76%
Total votes			105,567	100%
	Republican hold

2018

North Carolina Senate 1st district Republican primary election, 2018^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Steinburg	6,785	58.04%
	Republican	Clark Twiddy	4,905	41.96%
Total votes			11,690	100%

North Carolina Senate 1st district general election, 2018^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Steinburg	39,815	53.21%
	Democratic	D. Cole Phelps	35,017	46.79%
Total votes			74,832	100%
	Republican hold

2016

North Carolina Senate 1st district general election, 2016^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Cook (incumbent)	53,138	59.11%
	Democratic	Brownie Futrell	36,759	40.89%
Total votes			89,897	100%
	Republican hold

2014

North Carolina Senate 1st district Democratic primary election, 2014^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stan White	9,828	75.86%
	Democratic	Judy Krahenbuhl	3,127	24.14%
Total votes			12,955	100%

North Carolina Senate 1st district general election, 2014^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Cook (incumbent)	32,143	53.48%
	Democratic	Stan White	27,957	46.52%
Total votes			60,100	100%
	Republican hold

2012

North Carolina Senate 1st district Republican primary election, 2012^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Cook	8,243	62.93%
	Republican	Jerry Evans	4,855	37.07%
Total votes			13,098	100%

North Carolina Senate 1st district general election, 2012^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Cook	43,735	50.01%
	Democratic	Stan White (incumbent)	43,714	49.99%
Total votes			87,449	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2010

North Carolina Senate 1st district general election, 2010^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Basnight (incumbent)	31,270	55.40%
	Republican	Hood Richardson	25,169	44.60%
Total votes			56,439	100%
	Democratic hold

2008

North Carolina Senate 1st district general election, 2008^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Basnight (incumbent)	62,661	100%
Total votes			62,661	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina Senate 1st district Republican primary election, 2006^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Toppin	2,818	51.23%
	Republican	Hood Richardson	2,683	48.77%
Total votes			5,501	100%

North Carolina Senate 1st district general election, 2006^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Basnight (incumbent)	30,398	68.84%
	Republican	Ron Toppin	13,758	31.16%
Total votes			44,156	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina Senate 1st district general election, 2004^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Basnight (incumbent)	45,367	64.69%
	Republican	Ron Toppin	24,759	35.31%
Total votes			70,126	100%
	Democratic hold

2002

North Carolina Senate 1st district general election, 2002^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Basnight (incumbent)	32,723	66.63%
	Republican	Ron Toppin	16,392	33.37%
Total votes			49,115	100%
	Democratic hold

2000

North Carolina Senate 1st district general election, 2000^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Basnight (incumbent)	39,069	70.31%
	Republican	Ronald Toppin	16,495	29.69%
Total votes			55,564	100%
	Democratic hold

References

↑ "State Senate District 1, NC". Census Reporter. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
↑ J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate Districts Map - 1985 to 1992" . Retrieved May 10, 2022.
↑ "1992 Senate Base Plan #6" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
↑ "Interim Senate Redistricting Plan For N.C. 2002 Elections" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
↑ "2003 Senate Redistricting Plan" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
↑ "Rucho Senate 2" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
↑ Paul Nielsen (July 19, 2022). "Steinburg to resign from NC Senate July 31". APG East LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
↑ Mark Jurkowitz (August 19, 2022). "Hanig to fill remainder of Steinburg's NC Senate term". The Outer Banks Voice. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
↑ "S.L. 2022-2 Senate" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
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↑ "NC State Senate 01". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2021-09-30.

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[1] "State Senate District 1, NC". Census Reporter. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

[2] J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate Districts Map - 1985 to 1992" . Retrieved May 10, 2022.

[3] "1992 Senate Base Plan #6" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

[4] "Interim Senate Redistricting Plan For N.C. 2002 Elections" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

[5] "2003 Senate Redistricting Plan" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

[6] "Rucho Senate 2" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

[7] Paul Nielsen (July 19, 2022). "Steinburg to resign from NC Senate July 31". APG East LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2022.

[8] Mark Jurkowitz (August 19, 2022). "Hanig to fill remainder of Steinburg's NC Senate term". The Outer Banks Voice. Retrieved August 29, 2022.

[9] "S.L. 2022-2 Senate" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved December 15, 2022.

[10] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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v t e Members of the North Carolina State Senate
155th General Assembly (2021–2022) President of the Senate Mark Robinson (R) President pro tempore Philip E. Berger (R) Majority Leader Kathy Harrington (R) Minority Leader Dan Blue (D)
▌ Bobby Hanig (R) ▌ Norman Sanderson (R) ▌ Ernestine Bazemore (D) ▌ Toby Fitch (D) ▌ Donald Davis (D) ▌ Michael Lazzara (R) ▌ Jim Perry (R) ▌ Bill Rabon (R) ▌ Michael Lee (R) ▌ Brent Jackson (R) ▌ Lisa Stone Barnes (R) ▌ Jim Burgin (R) ▌ Danny Britt (R) ▌ Dan Blue (D) ▌ Jay Chaudhuri (D) ▌ Wiley Nickel (D) ▌ Sydney Batch (D) ▌ Sarah Crawford (D) ▌ Kirk deViere (D) ▌ Natalie Murdock (D) ▌ Ben Clark (D) ▌ Mike Woodard (D) ▌ Valerie Foushee (D) ▌ Amy Galey (R) ▌ Tom McInnis (R) ▌ Dave Craven (R) ▌ Michael Garrett (D) ▌ Gladys Robinson (D) ▌ Steve Jarvis (R) ▌ Phil Berger (R) ▌ Joyce Krawiec (R) ▌ Paul Lowe Jr. (D) ▌ Carl Ford (R) ▌ Vickie Sawyer (R) ▌ Todd Johnson (R) ▌ Paul Newton (R) ▌ Jeff Jackson (D) ▌ Mujtaba Mohammed (D) ▌ DeAndrea Salvador (D) ▌ Joyce Waddell (D) ▌ Natasha Marcus (D) ▌ Dean Proctor (R) ▌ Kathy Harrington (R) ▌ Ted Alexander (R) ▌ Deanna Ballard (R) ▌ Warren Daniel (R) ▌ Ralph Hise (R) ▌ Chuck Edwards (R) ▌ Julie Mayfield (D) ▌ Kevin Corbin (R)
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