North Carolina State Senate District 36
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Eddie Settle Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Eddie Settle (R) 79.0, Darren Staley (D) 21.0
- Last election
- Eddie Settle (Republican) won by 58.0 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: HardwickRight column: Settle
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeSettleNo published score for Hardwick
- Races
- None listed
- Won 2 of 2
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 4
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Candidates on the ballot
- Trevor Cole HardwickDemocratic
- Eddie SettleIncumbentRepublican
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Official results for North Carolina
History (17 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 111,546
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEddie SettleWon Republican 88,10279.0% DemocraticDarren Staley Democratic 23,44421.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 65,973
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEddie SettleWon Republican 65,973100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 121,181
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul NewtonWon(incumbent) Republican 69,93257.7% DemocraticMarcus J. Singleton Democratic 51,24942.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 79,354
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul R. NewtonWon(incumbent) Republican 44,93856.6% DemocraticMark E. Shelley Democratic 34,41643.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 95,205
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul R. NewtonWon Republican 59,55662.6% DemocraticRobert Brown Democratic 35,64937.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,774
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFletcher L. Hartsell Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 39,774100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 60,957
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFletcher L. Hartsell Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 60,957100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 54,193
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFletcher L. Hartsell Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 37,40369.0% DemocraticMike Helms Democratic 16,79031.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 88,099
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFletcher L. Hartsell Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 50,05256.8% DemocraticCharles Paxton Democratic 38,04743.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,247
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFletcher L. Hartsell Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 22,26963.2% DemocraticMike Helms Democratic 12,97836.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 57,540
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFletcher L. Hartsell Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 46,84881.4% LibertarianMike Helms Libertarian 10,69218.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,455
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFletcher L. Hartsell Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 31,42866.2% DemocraticLarry Harris Democratic 13,36328.2% LibertarianMike Helms Libertarian 2,6645.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 100,191
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. CarringtonWon(incumbent) Republican 56,01055.9% DemocraticJames C. Crew Democratic 44,18144.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,627
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. CarringtonWon(incumbent) Republican 45,627100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 82,865
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. CarringtonWon(incumbent) Republican 45,57855.0% DemocraticConstance Ludwig Democratic 37,28745.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,439
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. CarringtonWon Republican 25,23658.1% DemocraticLinda Gunter(incumbent) Democratic 18,20341.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 72,204
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 36, 1992 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLinda GunterWon Democratic 35,78249.6% RepublicanPaul Stam Jr. Republican 35,17148.7% LibertarianBill Coyle Libertarian 1,2511.7%
- 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
- 1992 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 36, election results 1992 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/senate/36. 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:36
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