North Carolina State Senate District 46

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Warren Daniel Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

Warren DanielRepublican · Incumbent14 years since first win

No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Warren Daniel (R) 65.2, John Ager (D) 34.8

Kyle WhisnantDemocratic

Last election: Warren Daniel (Republican) won by 30.4 points, 2024
On the 2026 ballot: 2 candidates

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Donor-based spectrum: LiberalCentristConservativeDanielNo published score for Whisnant
Races: Won 8 of 8; None listed
Years since first win: 14; Not available

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Candidates on the ballot

Kyle WhisnantDemocratic
Warren DanielIncumbentRepublican

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History (12 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 105,279
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2024)

North Carolina Senate District 46, 2002 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanWarren DanielWon	Republican	68,67565.2%	65.2%
DemocraticJohn Ager	Democratic	36,60434.8%	34.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 79,187
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Older district map (2022)

North Carolina Senate District 46, 2002 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanWarren DanielWon(incumbent)	Republican	47,70960.3%	60.3%
DemocraticBilly Martin	Democratic	31,47839.8%	39.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 93,964
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2018 to 2019)

North Carolina Senate District 46, 2002 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanWarren DanielWon(incumbent)	Republican	67,91972.3%	72.3%
DemocraticEdward Phifer	Democratic	26,04527.7%	27.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 60,663
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2018 to 2019)

North Carolina Senate District 46, 2002 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanWarren DanielWon(incumbent)	Republican	42,44570.0%	70.0%
DemocraticArt Sherwood	Democratic	18,21830.0%	30.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 80,103
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2017)

North Carolina Senate District 46, 2002 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanWarren DanielWon(incumbent)	Republican	52,99766.2%	66.2%
DemocraticAnne Fischer	Democratic	27,10633.8%	33.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 51,736
Election day: November 4, 2014
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2017)

North Carolina Senate District 46, 2002 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanWarren DanielWon(incumbent)	Republican	30,37358.7%	58.7%
DemocraticEmily B. Church	Democratic	21,36341.3%	41.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 78,457
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2017)

North Carolina Senate District 46, 2002 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanWarren DanielWon(incumbent)	Republican	43,90456.0%	56.0%
DemocraticJohn T. McDevitt	Democratic	32,40941.3%	41.3%
LibertarianRichard C. Evey	Libertarian	2,1442.7%	2.7%

North Carolina Senate District 46, 2002 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDebbie Ann ClaryWon(incumbent)	Republican	32,007100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 71,397
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

North Carolina Senate District 46, 2002 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDebbie Ann ClaryWon	Republican	36,05950.5%	50.5%
DemocraticKeith H. Melton	Democratic	35,33849.5%	49.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 41,447
Election day: November 7, 2006
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

North Carolina Senate District 46, 2002 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWalter DaltonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	22,55754.4%	54.4%
RepublicanWes Westmoreland	Republican	18,89045.6%	45.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 61,004
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

North Carolina Senate District 46, 2002 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWalter DaltonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	32,59553.4%	53.4%
RepublicanJames Testa	Republican	28,40946.6%	46.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 42,441
Election day: November 5, 2002
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2003)

North Carolina Senate District 46, 2002 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWalter DaltonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	22,25152.4%	52.4%
RepublicanJohn Weatherly	Republican	19,11845.0%	45.0%
LibertarianTony Brown	Libertarian	1,0722.5%	2.5%

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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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:46

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