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Senate District 9

Sampson, Duplin, Pender, Bladen & Jones counties · 2026
Likely R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+26.4
runs 24.7 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Republicans since 2018
2024 result
R+30.4
won by Jackson (R) · source data incomplete for one county in this district
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No major party opponent
Democrat · 2026
  • No Democrat is on the November ballot for this seat.
Sen. Brent Jackson
Republican · Incumbent
  • Farmer who is founder, president, and CEO of Jackson Farming Company in Autryville.
  • Serving his eighth term in the state Senate.
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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 9, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$60,563
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
22%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
18%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
75%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
5.1%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
12%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Hampstead 16% · Clinton 10% · Rocky Point 6% · Burgaw 5% · Elizabethtown 4%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 152k voters are registered here; 109,765 voted in 2024.

White
68%
73%
Black
24%
22%
Hispanic
5.7%
3.6%
Asian
0.3%
0.3%
American Indian
0.8%
0.7%
Other
1.9%
1.1%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (7% 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 (100% 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.

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 35% to 40%.

Precinct detail

83 precincts.

About this seat

SD-9 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+26.4. 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 3.8 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 7.6 points their way.

Campaign money

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No Democrat on the ballot$734K cash Jackson (R)
Jackson (R) is unopposed by a Democrat and holds $734K cash on hand. Raised this cycle: $719K. No Democrat 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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