North Carolina State Senate District 40
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Joyce Waddell Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Joyce Waddell (D) 79.4, Jeff Scott (O) 20.6
- Last election
- Joyce Waddell (Democratic) won by 58.8 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: ShieldsRight column: Waddell
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeShieldsWaddell
- Races
- Won 0 of 3
- Won 6 of 6
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 12
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Candidates on the ballot
- Joyce WaddellIncumbentDemocratic
- Bobbie ShieldsRepublican
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Official results for North Carolina
History (17 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 85,230
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoyce WaddellWon Democratic 67,66079.4% OtherJeff Scott Other 17,57020.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 54,753
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoyce WaddellWon(incumbent) Democratic 36,79967.2% RepublicanBobbie Shields Republican 17,95432.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 89,184
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2020 to 2021)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoyce WaddellWon(incumbent) Democratic 64,27872.1% RepublicanBobbie Shields Republican 24,90627.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 59,199
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2018 to 2019)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoyce WaddellWon(incumbent) Democratic 44,77375.6% RepublicanBobbie Shields Republican 14,42624.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 74,513
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoyce WaddellWon(incumbent) Democratic 61,48182.5% RepublicanMarguerite Cooke Republican 13,03217.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,788
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoyce WaddellWon Democratic 34,788100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 76,000
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMalcolm GrahamWon(incumbent) Democratic 63,92584.1% RepublicanEarl Lyndon Philip Republican 12,07515.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 55,313
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMalcolm GrahamWon(incumbent) Democratic 32,16858.2% RepublicanJohn Aneralla Republican 23,14541.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 99,018
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMalcolm GrahamWon(incumbent) Democratic 66,30767.0% RepublicanEd Mulheren Republican 32,71133.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,561
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMalcolm GrahamWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,24761.5% RepublicanEd Mulheren Republican 13,31438.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 72,729
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMalcolm GrahamWon Democratic 42,09657.9% RepublicanBrian Sisson Republican 30,63342.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 54,955
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert PittengerWon Republican 29,97954.5% DemocraticT. L. Odom(incumbent) Democratic 23,70443.1% LibertarianSteven C. Wright Libertarian 1,2722.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,061
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDaniel G. ClodfelterWon(incumbent) Democratic 28,11863.8% RepublicanWayne Johnson Republican 15,94336.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,776
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDaniel G. ClodfelterWon Democratic 18,45564.1% RepublicanLarry E. Rogers Republican 10,32135.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,169
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLeslie WinnerWon(incumbent) Democratic 27,18664.5% RepublicanE. Dunbar Jewell Republican 14,98335.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,650
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLeslie WinnerWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,650100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,144
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 40, 1992 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLeslie WinnerWon Democratic 27,23860.3% RepublicanRay Warren Republican 17,90639.7%
- 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 40, election results 1992 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/senate/40. 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:40
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