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Senate District 14

Wake County · 2026
Likely D
Partisan baseline (2024)
D+49.2
runs 50.9 pts more Democratic than NC overall · stable across recent cycles
2024 result
D+51.4
won by Blue (D)
Sen. Dan Blue
Democrat · Incumbent
  • Dan Blue is the incumbent state senator for District 14 in Wake County and an attorney who is a founding partner of a Raleigh law firm.
  • He was first elected to the North Carolina House in 1980, was elected Speaker of the House in 1991, and has served in the state Senate since 2009.
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Angela B. McCarty
Republican · Candidate
  • Angela B. McCarty is a teacher and Wake Forest resident.
  • She earned a bachelor's degree from Averett University in 1987 and previously.
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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 14, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$81,097
NC
▲ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
38%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
12%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
62%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
5.5%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
13%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Raleigh 65% · Knightdale 13% · Garner 8% · Wendell 8% · Zebulon 3%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 149k voters are registered here; 104,032 voted in 2024.

White
39%
43%
Black
46%
44%
Hispanic
7.9%
6.4%
Asian
2.4%
2.5%
American Indian
0.2%
0.2%
Other
4.5%
3.1%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (12% 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 75% to 76%.

Precinct detail

34 precincts.

About this seat

SD-14 is rated Likely D from its 2024 partisan baseline of D+49.2. Districts this far from even are not competitive in a typical cycle - the outcome tracks the district’s underlying partisanship rather than individual campaigns. Its baseline has been essentially stable since 2018.

Campaign money

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Blue (D) $124K cash$0 cash McCarty (R)
Blue holds the cash-on-hand edge. Raised this cycle: Blue $92K / McCarty $140.
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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