North Carolina State Senate District 48
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Tim Moffitt Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Tim Moffitt (R) 63.9, Chris Walters (D) 36.1
- Last election
- Tim Moffitt (Republican) won by 27.8 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: BrownRight column: Moffitt
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeMoffittNo published score for Brown
- Races
- None listed
- Won 5 of 7
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 4
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Candidates on the ballot
- Doyle G. Brown, Jr.Democratic
- Tim MoffittIncumbentRepublican
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- Independent
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- More than one party
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Official results for North Carolina
History (12 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 114,772
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina Senate District 48, 2002 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim MoffittWon Republican 73,37363.9% DemocraticChris Walters Democratic 41,39936.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 83,689
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina Senate District 48, 2002 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim MoffittWon Republican 54,22364.8% DemocraticJay Carey Democratic 29,46635.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 115,777
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2020 to 2021)
North Carolina Senate District 48, 2002 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChuck EdwardsWon(incumbent) Republican 68,19758.9% DemocraticBrian Caskey Democratic 47,58041.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 87,220
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 48, 2002 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChuck EdwardsWon(incumbent) Republican 49,07356.3% DemocraticNorm Bossert Democratic 38,14743.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 99,042
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 48, 2002 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChuck EdwardsWon Republican 61,45062.0% DemocraticNorman Bossert Democratic 37,59238.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 65,589
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 48, 2002 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom ApodacaWon(incumbent) Republican 37,66457.4% DemocraticRick Wood Democratic 27,92542.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 62,736
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina Senate District 48, 2002 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom ApodacaWon(incumbent) Republican 62,736100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 65,904
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 48, 2002 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom ApodacaWon(incumbent) Republican 43,45765.9% DemocraticChris Dixon Democratic 22,44734.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 64,183
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 48, 2002 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom ApodacaWon(incumbent) Republican 64,183100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,210
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 48, 2002 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom ApodacaWon(incumbent) Republican 41,210100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 77,159
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina Senate District 48, 2002 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom ApodacaWon(incumbent) Republican 47,83262.0% DemocraticMatthew C. Rogers Democratic 29,32738.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,976
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina Senate District 48, 2002 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom ApodacaWon Republican 32,68566.7% DemocraticRobert Cogburn Burris Democratic 16,29133.3%
- 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 48, election results 2002 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/senate/48. 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:48
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