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Senate District 28

Guilford County · 2026
Likely D
Partisan baseline (2024)
D+54.1
runs 55.8 pts more Democratic than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018
2024 result
Uncontested
no major-party opponent filed · Robinson (D) unopposed
Sen. Gladys A. Robinson
Democrat · Incumbent
  • State senator for District 28 in Guilford County whose career includes work as a grant writer and nonprofit executive director.
  • Has served in the state Senate since January 2011 and previously served on the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.
campaign site
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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 28, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$58,117
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
34%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
19%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
49%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
5.3%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
10%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Greensboro 97% · Browns Summit 2% · Jamestown 1% · Mcleansville 0%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 148k voters are registered here; 95,754 voted in 2024.

White
33%
38%
Black
54%
53%
Hispanic
5.1%
4.1%
Asian
2.6%
2.7%
American Indian
0.3%
0.3%
Other
4.0%
2.5%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (10% 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
Hollow points are estimates, not measured results: 2024 uncontested (100% estimated) - no major-party opponent, so the value shown is the district’s underlying partisanship, not an election result. See Methodology. Solid points can also carry a smaller estimated share where old district lines crossed today’s (2022 14%); hover any point for the exact split.

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 74% to 77%.

Precinct detail

60 precincts.

About this seat

SD-28 is rated Likely D from its 2024 partisan baseline of D+54.1. 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 2.2 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 4.5 points their way.

Campaign money

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Robinson (D) $13K cashNo Republican on the ballot
Robinson (D) is unopposed by a Republican and holds $13K cash on hand. Raised this cycle: $31K. 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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