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Senate District 25

Alamance & Randolph counties · 2026
Likely R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+17.3
runs 15.6 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018
2024 result
R+20.4
won by Galey (R)
Southey Blanton
Democrat · Candidate
  • Southey Blanton is an applications technician with UNC-Chapel Hill's Family and Children's Resource Program, supporting child welfare workers across North Carolina.
  • He earned a communication studies degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and previously worked as a loan officer at the State Employees' Credit Union.
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Sen. Amy Scott Galey
Republican · Incumbent
  • Amy Scott Galey is an attorney and the Republican state senator for District 25, serving as Senate Majority Whip.
  • She has served in the state Senate since 2021 and holds bachelor's and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Election night results

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

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

Who lives here

The people of Senate District 25, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$66,046
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
26%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
13%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
67%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
4.9%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
10%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Burlington 35% · Graham 15% · Mebane 12% · Randleman 6% · Elon 6%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 152k voters are registered here; 114,921 voted in 2024.

White
72%
76%
Black
19%
17%
Hispanic
5.8%
4.3%
Asian
1.1%
1.0%
American Indian
0.2%
0.2%
Other
2.2%
1.5%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (7% 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 41%.

Precinct detail

46 precincts.

About this seat

SD-25 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+17.3. 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 1.6 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 3.3 points their way.

Campaign money

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Blanton (D) $13K cash$108K cash Galey (R)
Galey holds 8.3x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Blanton $18K / Galey $221K.
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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