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Senate District 34

Cabarrus County · 2026
Lean ROpen seat
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+6.8
runs 5.2 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018
2024 result
R+9.0
won by Newton (R)
April Cook
Democrat · Candidate
  • CEO of the NC Association of Free & Charitable Clinics
  • Co-founded the Lake Norman Community Health Clinic; statewide voice for underserved patients
campaign site
Kevin Crutchfield
Republican · Candidate
  • One-term NC House member (HD-83, 2023-2025) who won the 2026 Senate primary by ousting incumbent Sen. Chris Measmer
  • Cabarrus County business owner; career in engineering and manufacturing
campaign site

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 34, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$87,263
NC
▲ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
37%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
9%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
70%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
4.8%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
8%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Concord 60% · Kannapolis 18% · Harrisburg 8% · Midland 3% · Mount Pleasant 3%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 154k voters are registered here; 113,595 voted in 2024.

White
66%
70%
Black
22%
21%
Hispanic
5.8%
4.6%
Asian
2.4%
2.5%
American Indian
0.3%
0.3%
Other
2.9%
2.2%
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 42% to 46%.

Precinct detail

38 precincts.

About this seat

SD-34 is rated Lean R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+6.8. Districts in this range are competitive when candidates, campaigns and the year’s statewide environment line up against the district’s modest partisan tilt. Democrats have gained 2.8 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 5.6 points their way.

Campaign money

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Cook (D) $62K cash$67K cash Crutchfield (R)
Crutchfield holds 1.1x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Cook $122K / Crutchfield $172K.
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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