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Senate District 32

Forsyth County · 2026
Likely D
Partisan baseline (2024)
D+40.5
runs 42.2 pts more Democratic than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018
2024 result
D+42.0
won by Lowe (D)
Sen. Paul Lowe, Jr.
Democrat · Incumbent
  • Pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church.
  • Has served more than five terms representing Forsyth County in the state Senate.
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Peter Antinozzi
Republican · Candidate
  • Winston-Salem Republican who holds a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences.
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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 32, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$56,691
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
39%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
19%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
53%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
5.3%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
12%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Winston Salem 100% · Walkertown 0%

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; 101,965 voted in 2024.

White
52%
57%
Black
36%
34%
Hispanic
7.1%
5.4%
Asian
1.4%
1.3%
American Indian
0.2%
0.1%
Other
3.1%
2.0%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (9% 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 21% 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 68% to 71%.

Precinct detail

64 precincts.

About this seat

SD-32 is rated Likely D from its 2024 partisan baseline of D+40.5. 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 1.9 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 3.8 points their way.

Campaign money

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Lowe (D) $3K cash$100 cash Antinozzi (R)
Lowe holds 29.9x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Lowe $94K / Antinozzi $329.
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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