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Senate District 39

Mecklenburg County · 2026
Likely D
Partisan baseline (2024)
D+33.6
runs 35.3 pts more Democratic than NC overall · stable across recent cycles
2024 result
Uncontested
no major-party opponent filed · Salvador (D) unopposed
Sen. DeAndrea Salvador
Democrat · Incumbent
  • State senator for District 39 in Mecklenburg County and founder and former executive director of the nonprofit Renewable Energy Transition Initiative.
  • Took office in the state Senate in January 2021 and is now in her third term.
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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 39, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$93,879
NC
▲ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
51%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
10%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
52%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
4.1%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
13%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Charlotte 94% · Pineville 6%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 162k voters are registered here; 108,715 voted in 2024.

White
54%
58%
Black
29%
27%
Hispanic
8.6%
7.2%
Asian
4.0%
4.1%
American Indian
0.3%
0.3%
Other
3.9%
3.0%
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
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.

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 66% to 68%.

Precinct detail

37 precincts.

About this seat

SD-39 is rated Likely D from its 2024 partisan baseline of D+33.6. 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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Salvador (D) $836 cashNo Republican on the ballot
Salvador (D) is unopposed by a Republican and holds $836 cash on hand. Raised this cycle: $7K. 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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