North Carolina State Senate District 15
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Jay Chaudhuri Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
David BankertRepublicanJay ChaudhuriDemocratic · Incumbent8 years since first win
David Bankert 30.2Jay Chaudhuri 66.0
Last result · 2024 generalNo published poll names both candidates.
- Last election
- Jay Chaudhuri (Democratic) won by 35.8 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: BankertRight column: Chaudhuri
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeChaudhuriNo published score for Bankert
- Races
- Won 0 of 1
- Won 5 of 5
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 8
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Candidates on the ballot
- Jay ChaudhuriIncumbentDemocratic
- David BankertRepublican
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Official results for North Carolina
History (28 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 102,137
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJay ChaudhuriWon Democratic 67,35566.0% RepublicanDavid Bankert Republican 30,86730.2% LibertarianKat McDonald Libertarian 3,9153.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 77,711
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJay ChaudhuriWon(incumbent) Democratic 52,47267.5% RepublicanEmanuela Prister Republican 22,77629.3% LibertarianSammie Brooks Libertarian 2,4633.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 123,598
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2020 to 2021)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJay ChaudhuriWon(incumbent) Democratic 71,70058.0% RepublicanMario J. Lomuscio Republican 45,45736.8% OtherKat McDonald Other 6,4415.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 83,175
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2018 to 2019)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJay ChaudhuriWon(incumbent) Democratic 60,80573.1% RepublicanAlan David Michael Republican 19,36523.3% LibertarianBrian Lewis Libertarian 3,0053.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 117,985
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn AlexanderWon(incumbent) Republican 58,99950.0% DemocraticLaurel Deegan-Fricke Democratic 53,90545.7% LibertarianBrad Hessel Libertarian 5,0814.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 82,031
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn AlexanderWon Republican 41,36650.4% DemocraticTom Bradshaw Democratic 40,66549.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 111,031
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNeal HuntWon(incumbent) Republican 61,98155.8% DemocraticSig Hutchinson Democratic 49,05044.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 73,325
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNeal HuntWon(incumbent) Republican 44,39760.5% DemocraticCharles Malone Democratic 28,92839.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 107,650
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNeal HuntWon(incumbent) Republican 56,87352.8% DemocraticChris Mintz Democratic 46,17542.9% LibertarianJan MacKay Libertarian 4,6024.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 57,332
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNeal HuntWon(incumbent) Republican 31,47854.9% DemocraticDorothy Bowles Democratic 25,85445.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 70,904
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNeal HuntWon Republican 59,97084.6% LibertarianLee Griffin Libertarian 10,93415.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 61,384
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. CarringtonWon(incumbent) Republican 34,17755.7% DemocraticDorothy Bowles Democratic 25,58141.7% LibertarianNathan Wilson Libertarian 1,6262.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 49,302
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticOscar N. HarrisWon(incumbent) Democratic 30,14861.1% RepublicanJohn Hairr Republican 19,15438.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,675
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticOscar N. HarrisWon Democratic 21,14956.1% RepublicanTeddy Byrd Republican 15,91542.2% LibertarianJohn Wallace Libertarian 6111.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,070
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDaniel E. PageWon(incumbent) Republican 22,90750.8% DemocraticOscar N. Harris Democratic 22,16349.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,975
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDaniel E. PageWon Republican 14,51450.1% DemocraticElaine Marshall(incumbent) Democratic 14,46149.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,766
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticElaine MarshallWon Democratic 25,77757.6% RepublicanLinwood H. Parker Republican 18,98942.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,681
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanN. Leo DaughtryWon(incumbent) Republican 23,32057.3% DemocraticL. Shelton Warren Democratic 17,36142.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,890
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanN. Leo DaughtryWon Republican 21,28052.0% DemocraticRobert D. Warren(incumbent) Democratic 19,61048.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,576
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert D. WarrenWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,56158.3% RepublicanRobert S. Griffith II Republican 14,01541.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,931
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert D. WarrenWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,03858.3% RepublicanRobert S. Griffith II Republican 17,89341.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,726
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert D. WarrenWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,77165.5% RepublicanJohn D. Johnson Republican 10,95534.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 114,963
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticConrad R. DuncanWon(incumbent) Democratic 40,41035.1% DemocraticGeorge W. Marion Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 39,72034.5% RepublicanNicholas Canzona Republican 34,83330.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 97,573
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGeorge W. Marion Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 29,47930.2% DemocraticConrad R. DuncanWon Democratic 29,39630.1% RepublicanRonald M. Joyce Republican 19,50220.0% RepublicanMaurine F. Allen Republican 19,19519.7% OtherR. Lee Farmer Other 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 92,299
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWesley D. WebsterWon(incumbent) Democratic 46,38550.3% DemocraticGeorge W. Marion Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 45,90449.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 104,306
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWesley D. WebsterWon(incumbent) Democratic 32,62131.3% DemocraticGeorge W. Marion Jr.Won Democratic 32,37931.0% RepublicanGarland S. Edwards Republican 21,22720.4% RepublicanHarold F. Stanley Republican 18,07917.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 65,884
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticFred Folger Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 33,23550.4% DemocraticWesley D. WebsterWon Democratic 32,64949.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,795
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
North Carolina Senate District 15, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticS. Bunn FrinkWon Democratic 9,795100.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1970 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). North Carolina State Senate District 15, election results 1970 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/senate/15. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:nc/sldu:15
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026