North Carolina's 9th Senate district

North Carolina's 9th
State Senate district
North Carolina's 9th; State Senate district
Senator
	Brent Jackson ; R – Autryville
Demographics	58% White ; 22% Black ; 15% Hispanic ; 1% Asian ; 1% Native American ; 3% Multiracial
Population (2023)	207,134

Last updated December 20, 2025

North Carolina's 9th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Republican Brent Jackson since 2023.^[1]

Geography

Since 2023, the district has included all of Jones, Duplin, Pender, and Bladen counties, as well as most of Sampson County. The district overlaps with the 4th, 12th, 16th, and 22nd state house districts.

District officeholders since 1973

Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
William Jackson Blanchard ( Salemburg )	Republican	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1975		1973–1983 All of Johnston and Sampson counties.^[2]
Edward Renfrow ( Smithfield )	Democratic	January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1981
Robert Warren Sr. ( Benson )	Democratic	January 1, 1981 – January 1, 1983	Redistricted to the 15th district.
Vernon White ( Winterville )	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985	Redistricted from the 6th district.	1983–1993 Parts of Pitt, Beaufort, and Martin counties.^[3]
Thomas Fleming Taft ( Greenville )	Democratic	January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1991
Edward Warren ( Greenville )	Democratic	January 1, 1991 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 3rd district and retired.
Edward Warren ( Greenville )	Democratic	January 1, 1991 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 3rd district and retired.	1993–2003 Parts of Lenoir, Pitt, Beaufort, and Martin counties.^[4]
Patrick Ballantine ( Wilmington )	Republican	January 1, 2003 – April 20, 2004	Redistricted from the 4th district. Resigned to run for Governor.	2003–2013 All of New Hanover County.^[5]^[6]
Vacant		April 20, 2004 - May 5, 2004
Woody White ( Wilmington )	Republican	May 5, 2004 – January 1, 2005	Appointed to finish Ballantine's term. Lost re-election.
Julia Boseman ( Wilmington )	Democratic	January 1, 2005 – January 1, 2011	Retired to run for New Hanover County district court judge.
Thom Goolsby ( Wilmington )	Republican	January 1, 2011 – August 4, 2014	Resigned.
Thom Goolsby ( Wilmington )	Republican	January 1, 2011 – August 4, 2014	Resigned.	2013–2023 Most of New Hanover County.^[7]^[8]^[9]
Vacant		August 4, 2014 – August 18, 2014
Michael Lee ( Wilmington )	Republican	August 18, 2014 – January 1, 2019	Appointed to finish Goolsby's term. Lost re-election.
Harper Peterson ( Wilmington )	Democratic	January 1, 2019 – January 1, 2021	Lost re-election.
Michael Lee ( Wilmington )	Republican	January 1, 2021 – January 1, 2023	Redistricted to the 7th district.
Brent Jackson ( Autryville )	Republican	January 1, 2023 – Present	Redistricted from the 10th district.	2023–Present All of Jones, Duplin, Pender, and Bladen counties. Most of Sampson County.^[10]^[11]

Election results

2024

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2024^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brent Jackson (incumbent)	68,632	65.03%
	Democratic	Jamie Campbell Bowles	36,900	34.97%
Total votes			105,532	100%
	Republican hold

2022

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2022^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brent Jackson (incumbent)	50,252	100%
Total votes			50,252	100%
	Republican hold

2020

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2020^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Lee	63,255	50.51%
	Democratic	Harper Peterson (incumbent)	61,987	49.49%
Total votes			125,242	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2018^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harper Peterson	42,257	48.60%
	Republican	Michael Lee (incumbent)	42,026	48.33%
	Libertarian	Ethan Bickley	2,671	3.07%
Total votes			86,954	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2016^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Lee (incumbent)	60,174	57.35%
	Democratic	Andrew Barnhill	44,743	42.65%
Total votes			104,917	100%
	Republican hold

2014

North Carolina Senate 9th district Republican primary election, 2014^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Lee	9,685	81.22%
	Republican	Michael T. Burns	1,130	9.48%
	Republican	Justin LaNasa	1,109	9.30%
Total votes			11,924	100%

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2014^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Lee (incumbent)	35,517	55.36%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Redenbaugh	28,637	44.64%
Total votes			64,154	100%
	Republican hold

2012

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2012^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thom Goolsby (incumbent)	52,955	54.16%
	Democratic	Deb Butler	44,817	45.84%
Total votes			97,772	100%
	Republican hold

2010

North Carolina Senate 9th district Republican primary election, 2010^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thom Goolsby	8,926	60.01%
	Republican	Michael Lee	5,948	39.99%
Total votes			14,874	100%

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2010^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thom Goolsby	36,701	57.44%
	Democratic	Jim Leutze	27,189	42.56%
Total votes			63,890	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2008

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2008^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Boseman (incumbent)	50,516	51.67%
	Republican	Michael Lee	47,244	48.33%
Total votes			97,760	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2006^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Boseman (incumbent)	27,804	62.99%
	Republican	Al Roseman	16,333	37.01%
Total votes			44,137	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina Senate 9th district Democratic primary election, 2004^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Boseman	5,690	79.64%
	Democratic	Buford "Buff" McConatha	1,455	20.36%
Total votes			7,145	100%

North Carolina Senate 9th district Republican primary election, 2004^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Woody White (incumbent)	7,251	71.47%
	Republican	Don Hayes	2,894	28.53%
Total votes			10,145	100%

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2004^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Boseman	40,486	50.55%
	Republican	Woody White (incumbent)	39,601	49.45%
Total votes			80,087	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2002

North Carolina Senate 9th district Republican primary election, 2002^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick Ballantine (incumbent)	8,552	88.82%
	Republican	Dallas J. Brown Jr.	1,076	11.18%
Total votes			9,628	100%

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2002^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick Ballantine (incumbent)	34,361	65.11%
	Democratic	Laura Padgett	17,381	32.93%
	Libertarian	Shaun Mitchell	1,033	1.96%
Total votes			52,775	100%
	Republican hold

2000

North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2000^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward Warren (incumbent)	34,721	61.86%
	Republican	A. A. "Dick" Adams	21,407	38.14%
Total votes			56,128	100%
	Democratic hold

References

↑ "State Senate District 9, NC". Census Reporter. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
↑ J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate 1973-1974" . Retrieved April 20, 2024.
↑ J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate Districts Map - 1985 to 1992" . Retrieved April 20, 2024.
↑ "1992 Senate Base Plan #6" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
↑ "Interim Senate Redistricting Plan For N.C. 2002 Elections" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
↑ "2003 Senate Redistricting Plan" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
↑ "Rucho Senate 2" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
↑ "2018 Senate Election Districts" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
↑ "2019 Senate Consensus Nonpartisan Map" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
↑ "S.L. 2022-2 Senate" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
↑ "S.L. 2023-146 Senate" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ "NC State Senate 09". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] "State Senate District 9, NC". Census Reporter. Retrieved January 16, 2025.

[2] J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate 1973-1974" . Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[3] J.D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State Senate Districts Map - 1985 to 1992" . Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[4] "1992 Senate Base Plan #6" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 12, 2022.

[5] "Interim Senate Redistricting Plan For N.C. 2002 Elections" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 12, 2022.

[6] "2003 Senate Redistricting Plan" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 12, 2022.

[7] "Rucho Senate 2" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 12, 2022.

[8] "2018 Senate Election Districts" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 12, 2022.

[9] "2019 Senate Consensus Nonpartisan Map" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved May 12, 2022.

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

[11] "S.L. 2023-146 Senate" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 16, 2025.

[12] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[13] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[14] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[15] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[16] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[17] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[18] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[19] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[20] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[21] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[22] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[23] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[24] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[25] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[26] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[27] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[28] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

[29] "NC State Senate 09". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

[29]