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Senate District 13

Wake County · 2026

Lean D

Partisan baseline (2024)

D+4.4

runs 6.1 pts more Democratic than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018

2024 result

D+3.4

won by Grafstein (D)

Sen. Lisa Grafstein

Democrat · Incumbent

Second Senate term; civil rights attorney
Former litigation counsel for Disability Rights NC; leading advocate on employment discrimination and LGBTQ+ issues

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Robert van Brederode

Republican · Challenger

International tax lawyer and former Big Four partner who runs a Wake County tax firm
First-time candidate; the 2024 GOP nominee for this seat, Scott Lassiter, lost to Grafstein

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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 13, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income

$119,338

▲ vs NC · NC $75k

Bachelor's degree or higher

55%

▲ vs NC · NC 36%

Poverty rate

▼ vs NC · NC 13%

Homeownership

82%

▲ vs NC · NC 67%

Unemployment

4.0%

▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%

Uninsured rate

▼ vs NC · NC 10%

Top communities: Fuquay Varina 26% · Raleigh 19% · Holly Springs 16% · Apex 12% · Garner 9%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 163k voters are registered here; 130,939 voted in 2024.

White

76%

78%

Black

12%

11%

Hispanic

5.0%

4.1%

Asian

3.1%

American Indian

0.3%

Other

3.5%

2.9%

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 50% to 53%.

Precinct detail

35 precincts.

About this seat

SD-13 is rated Lean D from its 2024 partisan baseline of D+4.4. Districts in this range are competitive when candidates, campaigns and the year’s statewide environment line up against the district’s modest partisan tilt. Democrats have gained 0.9 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 1.7 points their way.

Campaign money

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Grafstein (D) $102K cash$492 cash Brederode (R)

Grafstein holds 207.8x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Grafstein $246K / Brederode $2K.

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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