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Senate District 20

Durham & Chatham counties · 2026
Likely D
Partisan baseline (2024)
D+44.2
runs 45.8 pts more Democratic than NC overall · stable across recent cycles
2024 result
D+44.6
won by Murdock (D)
Sen. Natalie S. Murdock
Democrat · Incumbent
  • Natalie Murdock is the Democratic state senator for District 20, representing Chatham and Durham counties.
  • She was appointed to the Senate in April 2020 and previously served as a Durham Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor.
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No major party opponent
Republican · 2026
  • No Republican is on the November ballot for this seat.

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

Median household income
$92,635
NC
▲ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
58%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
10%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
64%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
3.2%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
9%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Durham 55% · Chapel Hill 14% · Pittsboro 13% · Siler City 6% · Morrisville 3%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 166k voters are registered here; 127,844 voted in 2024.

White
61%
65%
Black
26%
24%
Hispanic
5.0%
4.2%
Asian
3.7%
3.6%
American Indian
0.2%
0.2%
Other
3.4%
2.6%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (11% 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 72% to 74%.

Precinct detail

41 precincts.

About this seat

SD-20 is rated Likely D from its 2024 partisan baseline of D+44.2. 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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Murdock (D) $931 cashNo Republican on the ballot
Murdock (D) is unopposed by a Republican and holds $931 cash on hand. Raised this cycle: $63K. No Republican is on the November ballot here, so no committee reports on that side.
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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