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Senate District 29

Randolph, Richmond, Montgomery, Union & Anson counties · 2026
Likely R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+34.8
runs 33.1 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Republicans since 2018
2024 result
R+37.0
won by Craven (R)
Judy Little
Democrat · Candidate
  • Serves as an at-large member of the Anson County Board of Education.
Sen. Dave Craven
Republican · Incumbent
  • Craven is the sitting state senator for District 29 and a senior vice president at Fidelity Bank focused on business development.
  • He was appointed to the Senate in July 2020, has represented the current district since 2023, and co-chairs the Senate Finance Committee.
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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 29, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$55,669
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
17%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
17%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
70%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
4.9%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
12%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Asheboro 24% · Rockingham 11% · Trinity 7% · Wadesboro 6% · Monroe 5%

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; 106,967 voted in 2024.

White
72%
78%
Black
20%
17%
Hispanic
5.1%
3.3%
Asian
0.6%
0.5%
American Indian
0.5%
0.4%
Other
1.9%
1.0%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (8% 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 28% to 36%.

Precinct detail

65 precincts.

About this seat

SD-29 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+34.8. Districts this far from even are not competitive in a typical cycle - the outcome tracks the district’s underlying partisanship rather than individual campaigns. Republicans have gained 3.2 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 6.4 points their way.

Campaign money

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Little (D) $0 cash$887K cash Craven (R)
Craven has a committee on file; Little has no machine-readable figures (nothing filed yet, or filed on paper). Raised this cycle: Little $0 / Craven $955K.
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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