North Carolina State Senate District 42
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Woodson Bradley Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Woodson Bradley 50.1Stacie McGinn 49.9
Last result · 2024 generalNo published poll names both candidates.
- Last election
- Woodson Bradley (Democratic) won by 0.2 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: BradleyRight column: McGinn
- Races
- Won 1 of 1
- Won 0 of 1
- Years since first win
- 2
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Woodson BradleyIncumbentDemocratic
- Stacie McGinnRepublican
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Official results for North Carolina
History (17 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 124,334
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWoodson BradleyWonName as filed: Mrs Woodson Bradley Democratic 62,26950.1% RepublicanStacie McGinn Republican 62,06549.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 86,645
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRachel HuntWon Democratic 47,62155.0% RepublicanCheryl Russo Republican 39,02445.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 101,339
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanH. Dean ProctorWon Republican 72,22871.3% DemocraticTina R. Miles Democratic 29,11128.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 66,845
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAndy WellsWon(incumbent) Republican 44,32366.3% DemocraticRic Vandett Democratic 22,52233.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 69,300
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAndy WellsWon(incumbent) Republican 69,300100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 53,572
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAndy WellsWon Republican 31,86959.5% IndependentPatrice Hensley Independent 21,70340.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 83,885
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAustin AllranWon(incumbent) Republican 54,12864.5% DemocraticJoseph Inglefield Democratic 29,75735.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,429
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAustin AllranWon(incumbent) Republican 37,429100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 59,574
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAustin AllranWon(incumbent) Republican 59,574100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,577
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAustin AllranWon(incumbent) Republican 22,67155.9% DemocraticLyndon Helton Democratic 17,90644.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 51,623
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAustin AllranWon(incumbent) Republican 51,623100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,478
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames ForresterWon(incumbent) Republican 36,478100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 58,087
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert C. CarpenterWon(incumbent) Republican 52,29990.0% LibertarianLawrence R. Gavel Libertarian 5,78810.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 54,282
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert C. CarpenterWon(incumbent) Republican 34,40463.4% DemocraticEarl Nathan Frizzell Democratic 18,81134.6% LibertarianEric W. Henry Libertarian 1,0672.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,202
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert C. CarpenterWon(incumbent) Republican 42,26791.5% LibertarianEric W. Henry Libertarian 3,9358.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 49,692
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert C. CarpenterWon(incumbent) Republican 32,09964.6% DemocraticHarry Corbin Democratic 17,59335.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,664
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina Senate District 42, 1992 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert C. CarpenterWon(incumbent) Republican 38,664100.0%
- 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
- 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 42, election results 1992 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/senate/42. 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:42
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026