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Senate District 10

Johnston County · 2026
Likely R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+19.3
runs 17.6 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018
2024 result
R+22.0
won by Sawrey (R)
Pat LeGrand
Democrat · Candidate
  • Pat LeGrand is a retired information technology professional from Clayton.
  • She moved to North Carolina in 1997 to work for Bayer Corporation in Raleigh and retired from the company's Clayton facility after it became Grifols.
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Sen. Benton Sawrey
Republican · Incumbent
  • Attorney.
  • Serving his second term representing Johnston County in the state Senate.
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Election night results

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Live returns and a precinct map for this race on Nov. 3.

Early voting

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Ballots cast so far in this district, in person and by mail. Updated every morning.

Who lives here

The people of Senate District 10, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$84,645
NC
▲ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
29%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
11%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
76%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
3.8%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
10%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Clayton 36% · Smithfield 10% · Garner 9% · Benson 8% · Selma 7%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 165k voters are registered here; 124,882 voted in 2024.

White
71%
75%
Black
18%
17%
Hispanic
7.0%
5.1%
Asian
0.7%
0.7%
American Indian
0.3%
0.3%
Other
2.4%
1.7%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (9% here) are excluded from the voted-side shares. Source: NCSBE voter file, 2024.

How this seat has moved

Actual result (solid)MRPI composite (dashed)Shaded = midterm

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 36% to 39%.

Precinct detail

36 precincts.

About this seat

SD-10 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+19.3. Districts this far from even are not competitive in a typical cycle - the outcome tracks the district’s underlying partisanship rather than individual campaigns. Democrats have gained 3.2 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 6.5 points their way.

Campaign money

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LeGrand (D) $4K cash$148K cash Sawrey (R)
Sawrey holds 34.6x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: LeGrand $8K / Sawrey $416K.
Actual legislative results, observed except where marked · NCSBE 2018–2024 · boundaries: Redistricting Data Hub (redistrictingdatahub.org) · demographics: Census ACS 2020–2024 · voter file: NCSBE
Data as of October 29, 2026 · campaign finance last refreshed August 20, 2026
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