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North Carolina Senate District 45
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Mark Hollo Republican · Roster as of Oct 28
Greg CranfordDemocraticMark HolloRepublican · Incumbent2 years in politics
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Mark Hollo (R) 70.3, Kim Bost (D) 29.7
- Last election
- Mark Hollo (Republican) won by 40.6 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Cranford left, Hollo right- Record
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- 1-0
- Years in politics
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- 2
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- Greg CranfordDemocratic
- Mark HolloIncumbentRepublican
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Official results for North Carolina
History (12 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 113,873
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
- Source
- MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips)
North Carolina Senate District 45, 2002 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark HolloWon Republican 80,03370.3% DemocraticKim Bost Democratic 33,84029.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 61,327
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina Senate District 45, 2002 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDean ProctorWon(incumbent) Republican 61,327100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 105,036
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2018 to 2019)
North Carolina Senate District 45, 2002 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDeanna BallardWon(incumbent) Republican 71,89768.5% DemocraticJeanne Supin Democratic 33,13931.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 75,290
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2018 to 2019)
North Carolina Senate District 45, 2002 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDeanna BallardWon(incumbent) Republican 48,99765.1% DemocraticWes Luther Democratic 26,29334.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 87,318
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 45, 2002 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDeanna BallardWon Republican 56,75965.0% DemocraticArt Sherwood Democratic 30,55935.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 55,106
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 45, 2002 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan SoucekWon(incumbent) Republican 33,16560.2% DemocraticJim Sponenberg Democratic 21,94139.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 83,761
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 45, 2002 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan SoucekWon(incumbent) Republican 50,84860.7% DemocraticRoy J. Carter Democratic 32,91339.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 58,000
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 45, 2002 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan SoucekWon Republican 34,77760.0% DemocraticSteve Goss(incumbent) Democratic 23,22340.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 85,363
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 45, 2002 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve GossWon(incumbent) Democratic 46,01453.9% RepublicanJerry Butler Republican 39,34946.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,219
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 45, 2002 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSteve GossWon Democratic 24,26950.3% RepublicanDavid Blust Republican 23,95049.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 76,197
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 45, 2002 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn A. GarwoodWon(incumbent) Republican 47,00561.7% DemocraticJim Cain Democratic 29,19238.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 53,341
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina Senate District 45, 2002 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanVirginia FoxxWon(incumbent) Republican 32,97161.8% DemocraticMollie Marlene Laws Democratic 18,60234.9% LibertarianFran Grig Libertarian 1,7683.3%
2002 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026
The date is for the whole chamber. Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Sources
- Used for
- cd.topo.json, sld/*.topo.json
- License
- US Census Bureau, public domain
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Legislative/MapServer
- Used for
- OCD-ID labels for sld/*.topo.json; also (sld-recent.json): Validating district labels; also (state_results.json): Validating and shaping state legislative district labels (OCD-ID keys)
- License
- CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://github.com/opencivicdata/ocd-division-ids
- Used for
- web/data/officials/sld/{st}.json (name, party, district, chamber, openstates_id, official page url). Emails, phones, addresses, biographies discarded.
- License
- CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://data.openstates.org/people/current/%3Cst%3E.csv
- Used for
- 2024 state legislative general results aggregated to district (all 2024 states except CA, GA, NM)
- License
- 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
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://github.com/MEDSL/2024-elections-official
- Used for
- State legislative general/special election results, data/results/sld/{st}.json
- License
- CC0 1.0
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FJOGJB
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:nc/sldu:45
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse)Data as of Oct 28, 2026