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Senate District 12

Harnett, Lee & Sampson counties · 2026
Likely R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+20.4
runs 18.8 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Republicans since 2018
2024 result
R+23.2
won by Burgin (R)
Tanya White Anderson
Democrat · Candidate
  • U.S. Army veteran and community advocate.
  • Earned degrees from Campbell University, Webster University, and Liberty University.
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Sen. Jim Burgin
Republican · Incumbent
  • President and owner of C&D Insurance and president of B.C. Property Inc.
  • Serving his fourth term 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 12, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$69,471
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
23%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
15%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
70%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
4.5%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
11%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Sanford 35% · Lillington 11% · Dunn 10% · Cameron 8% · Angier 7%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 137k voters are registered here; 95,667 voted in 2024.

White
67%
72%
Black
21%
19%
Hispanic
8.2%
6.1%
Asian
0.9%
0.8%
American Indian
0.5%
0.5%
Other
2.7%
1.8%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (8% 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 37% to 40%.

Precinct detail

24 precincts.

About this seat

SD-12 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+20.4. Districts this far from even are not competitive in a typical cycle - the outcome tracks the district’s underlying partisanship rather than individual campaigns. Republicans have gained 0.9 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 1.9 points their way.

Campaign money

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Anderson (D) $10K cash$142K cash Burgin (R)
Burgin holds 14.2x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Anderson $16K / Burgin $168K.
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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