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Senate District 37

Iredell & Mecklenburg counties · 2026

Likely R

Partisan baseline (2024)

R+26.3

runs 24.6 pts more Republican than NC overall · stable across recent cycles

2024 result

R+29.4

won by Sawyer (R)

Raygan J. Angel

Democrat · Candidate

Community organizer and law student.
Member of the North Carolina Democratic Party's State Executive Committee.

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Sen. Vickie Sawyer

Republican · Incumbent

State senator for District 37 covering Iredell and Mecklenburg counties and owner of Sawyer Insurance and Financial Services.
Now in her fourth term in the state Senate, she has represented District 37 since January 2023.

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

Median household income

$86,817

▲ vs NC · NC $75k

Bachelor's degree or higher

39%

▲ vs NC · NC 36%

Poverty rate

▼ vs NC · NC 13%

Homeownership

72%

▲ vs NC · NC 67%

Unemployment

4.0%

▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%

Uninsured rate

▼ vs NC · NC 10%

Top communities: Mooresville 41% · Statesville 30% · Cornelius 8% · Davidson 8% · Troutman 7%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 175k voters are registered here; 132,778 voted in 2024.

White

82%

85%

Black

10%

9.0%

Hispanic

3.9%

3.1%

Asian

1.3%

1.1%

American Indian

0.1%

Other

1.9%

1.5%

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

Hollow points are estimates, not measured results: 2022 (92% estimated) modeled - no contested legislative race covered enough of this ground to measure, so most of the value is estimated from statewide races on the same ballot. See Methodology. Solid points can also carry a smaller estimated share where old district lines crossed today’s (2020 17%); 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 34% to 36%.

Precinct detail

35 precincts.

About this seat

SD-37 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+26.3. Districts this far from even are not competitive in a typical cycle - the outcome tracks the district’s underlying partisanship rather than individual campaigns. Its baseline has been essentially stable since 2018.

Campaign money

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Angel (D) $4K cash$154K cash Sawyer (R)

Sawyer holds 34.3x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Angel $7K / Sawyer $88K.

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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