North Carolina State Senate District 32
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Paul Lowe Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Paul Lowe (D) 68.9, George K. Ware (R) 28.3, Zac Lentz (L) 2.8
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- Paul LoweIncumbentDemocratic
- Peter AntinozziRepublican
- Keenen AlticGreen
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- Last election
- Paul Lowe (Democratic) won by 40.6 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 3 candidates
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- Won 5 of 5
- Years since first win
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- 10
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Candidates on the ballot
- Paul LoweIncumbentDemocratic
- Peter AntinozziRepublican
- Keenen AlticGreen
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Official results for North Carolina
History (23 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 96,484
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul LoweWon Democratic 66,48868.9% RepublicanGeorge K. Ware Republican 27,28128.3% LibertarianZac Lentz Libertarian 2,7152.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 79,206
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul LoweWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Paul Lowe Jr. Democratic 46,98659.3% RepublicanGeorge K. Ware Republican 32,22040.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 113,288
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2020 to 2021)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul LoweWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Paul Lowe Jr. Democratic 67,29359.4% RepublicanVen Challa Republican 45,99540.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 64,788
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2018 to 2019)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul LoweWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Paul Lowe Jr. Democratic 47,21672.9% RepublicanEric Henderson Republican 17,57227.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 63,667
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPaul LoweWonName as filed: Paul Lowe Jr. Democratic 63,667100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,045
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
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- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEarline W. ParmonWon(incumbent) Democratic 36,045100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 79,190
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticEarline W. ParmonWon Democratic 57,80373.0% RepublicanReginald Reid Republican 21,38727.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,905
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLinda GarrouWon(incumbent) Democratic 24,12565.4% RepublicanNathan Jones Republican 12,78034.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 57,672
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLinda GarrouWon(incumbent) Democratic 57,672100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,663
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLinda GarrouWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,663100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 55,823
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLinda GarrouWon(incumbent) Democratic 38,90369.7% RepublicanW. R. Dowe Republican 16,92030.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,388
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLinda GarrouWon(incumbent) Democratic 28,388100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 55,851
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKay R. HaganWon(incumbent) Democratic 34,35361.5% RepublicanWendell Sawyer Republican 21,49838.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,874
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKay R. HaganWon Democratic 20,88652.4% RepublicanJohn M. Blust(incumbent) Republican 18,98847.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 52,081
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn M. BlustWon Republican 26,09650.1% DemocraticDonald R. Vaughan Democratic 25,98549.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,204
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom SawyerWon Republican 12,82850.9% DemocraticDorothy K. Kearns Democratic 12,37649.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 53,138
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary P. SeymourWon(incumbent) Democratic 28,50153.6% RepublicanJudith P. Mendenhall Republican 23,30643.9% LibertarianTom Bailey Libertarian 1,3312.5% - Election day
- November 6, 1990
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary SeymourWon Democratic —— - Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard E. Chalk Jr.Won Republican —— - Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary SeymourWon Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,218
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWendell H. SawyerWon Republican 24,62555.7% DemocraticRachel G. Gray(incumbent) Democratic 19,59344.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,915
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRachel G. GrayWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,84353.4% RepublicanWendell H. Sawyer Republican 11,78645.5% LibertarianStuart Norman Libertarian 2861.1% - No results on file 1971 to 1981
- Votes for listed candidates
- 26,127
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
North Carolina Senate District 32, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticZebulon Doyle AlleyWon Democratic 14,15554.2% RepublicanCarroll W. Wilkie(incumbent) Republican 11,97245.8%
- 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 32, election results 1970 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/senate/32. 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:32
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