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North Carolina Senate District 1

State Senate District 1

Covers all of Bertie County, Northampton County, Dare County, Tyrrell County, Hertford County, Gates County, Currituck County, Perquimans County, Camden County and Pasquotank County.

Who Holds This Seat

Jerry Tillett

Republican · State Senator

Holds This SeatOn the 2026 ballot

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Running in 2026

IncumbentNov 3 General
Jerry Tillett

Republican · State Senator

Ballot
On the 2026 ballot
Last Change
Profile updated · Oct 3
Raised
Not on file
Cash on Hand
Not on file

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ChallengerNov 3 General
Melissa Zehner

Democrat

Ballot
On the 2026 ballot
Last Change
Profile updated · Oct 3
Raised
Not on file
Cash on Hand
Not on file

No finance filing on record.

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On File, Not Running

Cole Johnson

Republican · Ran for Senate District 1

Lost the 2026 primary

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Dave Forsythe

Republican · Ran for Senate District 1

Lost the 2026 primary

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Jay Lane

Republican · Ran for Senate District 1

Lost the 2026 primary

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The District

Includes Buxton, Elizabeth City, Moyock, Ahoskie, Cofield, Como, Duck, Frisco, Grandy, Hertford, Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk and 38 more.

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96 precincts · District lines: State legislative lines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 (SLDU/SLDL) · Precinct lines: North Carolina State Board of Elections, statewide precinct shapefile (dl.ncsbe.gov/PrecinctMaps; NC public record); Census 2020 VTDs for the elections before the current layer

Results in This District

ContestFirstSecondMarginVotes
2024 President96 precinctsNC State Board of Elections — official precinct resultsOfficial certified resultsDonald J. Trump (R)39,949 · 57.7%Kamala D. Harris (D)28,384 · 41.0%R+16.769,219
2024 Governor96 precinctsNC State Board of Elections — official precinct resultsOfficial certified resultsMark Robinson (R)36,196 · 53.2%Josh Stein (D)29,357 · 43.1%R+10.168,047
2022 U.S. Senate96 precinctsNC State Board of Elections — official precinct resultsOfficial certified resultsTed Budd (R)30,437 · 58.1%Cheri Beasley (D)20,532 · 39.2%R+18.952,348
2020 President96 precinctsNC State Board of Elections — official precinct resultsOfficial certified resultsDonald J. Trump (R)23,741 · 65.8%Joseph R. Biden (D)11,684 · 32.4%R+33.436,058
2020 U.S. Senate96 precinctsNC State Board of Elections — official precinct resultsOfficial certified resultsThom Tillis (R)22,708 · 63.9%Cal Cunningham (D)11,244 · 31.6%R+32.235,553
2020 Governor96 precinctsNC State Board of Elections — official precinct resultsOfficial certified resultsDan Forest (R)22,612 · 63.1%Roy Cooper (D)12,503 · 34.9%R+28.235,825

Totals add up the certified precinct results for the precincts inside today's district lines. A precinct split by the district line counts in full, or only in the district holding most of its voters where the linkage assigns it to one, and votes a county reported only countywide (some counties' absentee and early votes) are left out, so totals can differ from an official canvass.

Past Results

NC State Senate District 01 (REP)

North Carolina Primary Election 03/03/2026 · Mar 3, 2026
CandidateVotesShare
Jerry TillettRepublican7,54337.8%
Jay LaneRepublican6,29531.6%
Dave ForsytheRepublican3,16015.8%
Cole JohnsonRepublican2,94314.8%

Official certified results — NC State Board of Elections · NC State Board of Elections — official precinct results

NC State Senate District 01

North Carolina General Election 11/05/2024 · Nov 5, 2024
CandidateVotesShare
Bobby HanigRepublican62,80557.2%
Susan Harman-ScottDemocrat46,97942.8%

Official certified results — NC State Board of Elections · NC State Board of Elections — official precinct results

NC State Senate District 01

North Carolina General Election 11/08/2022 · Nov 8, 2022
CandidateVotesShare
Norman W. SandersonRepublican61,486100.0%

Official certified results — NC State Board of Elections · NC State Board of Elections — official precinct results

NC State Senate District 01

North Carolina General Election 11/03/2020 · Nov 3, 2020
CandidateVotesShare
Bob SteinburgRepublican58,31955.2%
Tess JudgeDemocrat47,24844.8%

Official certified results — NC State Board of Elections · NC State Board of Elections — official precinct results

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