Majority Rising NC
2026 NC Legislative Dashboard
Back to dashboard / Senate / SD-27

Senate District 27

Guilford County · 2026
Likely D
Partisan baseline (2024)
D+20.7
runs 22.4 pts more Democratic than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018
2024 result
D+21.6
won by Garrett (D)
Sen. Michael K. Garrett
Democrat · Incumbent
  • State senator for District 27 in Guilford County and managing partner of a family-owned marketing firm.
  • First took office in the state Senate in January 2019 and is now in his fourth term.
campaign site
–
No major party opponent
Republican · 2026
  • No Republican is on the November ballot for this seat.

Election night results

Follow this race ›

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

Early voting

See early voting ›

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

Who lives here

The people of Senate District 27, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$71,704
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
44%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
14%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
59%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
4.7%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
8%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Greensboro 49% · High Point 40% · Summerfield 7% · Jamestown 4% · Archdale 0%

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; 110,849 voted in 2024.

White
61%
66%
Black
27%
24%
Hispanic
4.5%
3.6%
Asian
3.4%
3.1%
American Indian
0.2%
0.2%
Other
3.7%
2.7%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (6% 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
2022 includes an estimated share where old district lines crossed today’s (2022 18% estimated); hover any point for the exact split. See Methodology.

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 58% to 61%.

Precinct detail

73 precincts.

About this seat

SD-27 is rated Likely D from its 2024 partisan baseline of D+20.7. 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 2.4 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 4.8 points their way.

Campaign money

Follow the money ›
Garrett (D) $39K cashNo Republican on the ballot
Garrett (D) is unopposed by a Republican and holds $39K cash on hand. Raised this cycle: $148K. 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
Report an error