North Carolina State Senate District 43
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Brad Overcash Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Brad Overcash (R) 61.8, Corey Creech (D) 38.2
- Last election
- Brad Overcash (Republican) won by 23.6 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: OvercashRight column: Rutherford
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeOvercashNo published score for Rutherford
- Races
- Won 2 of 2
- None listed
- Years since first win
- 4
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Steve RutherfordDemocratic
- Brad OvercashIncumbentRepublican
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- Republican
- Independent
- Nonpartisan
- More than one party
- No member listed
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Official results for North Carolina
History (12 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 107,005
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina Senate District 43, 2002 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrad OvercashWon Republican 66,11261.8% DemocraticCorey Creech Democratic 40,89338.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,218
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina Senate District 43, 2002 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrad OvercashWon Republican 48,218100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 106,079
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 43, 2002 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKathy HarringtonWon(incumbent) Republican 69,40965.4% DemocraticWilliam Young Democratic 36,67034.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 67,687
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 43, 2002 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKathy HarringtonWon(incumbent) Republican 42,90663.4% DemocraticAltriese Price Democratic 22,88133.8% LibertarianMitchell D. Bridges Libertarian 1,9002.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 65,054
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 43, 2002 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKathy HarringtonWon(incumbent) Republican 65,054100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,978
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 43, 2002 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKathy HarringtonWon(incumbent) Republican 36,978100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 57,752
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 43, 2002 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKathy HarringtonWon(incumbent) Republican 57,752100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,992
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 43, 2002 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKathy HarringtonWon Republican 28,50469.5% DemocraticJim Long Democratic 12,48830.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 69,629
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 43, 2002 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid HoyleWon(incumbent) Democratic 35,83851.5% RepublicanKathy Harrington Republican 33,79148.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,419
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 43, 2002 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid W. HoyleWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,419100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 52,575
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 43, 2002 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid W. HoyleWon(incumbent) Democratic 28,26453.8% RepublicanRussell Fleming Republican 24,31146.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,763
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina Senate District 43, 2002 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid W. HoyleWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,95853.0% RepublicanMichael Harrington Republican 16,80547.0%
- 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
- 2002 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 43, election results 2002 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/senate/43. Retrieved October 30, 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:43
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