North Carolina Senate election, 2016

North Carolina Senate election, 2016
North Carolina
November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)

All 50 seats in the North Carolina State Senate

  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Philip E. Berger Daniel T. Blue Jr.
Party North Carolina Republican Party North Carolina Democratic Party
Leader's seat 26th-Rockingham 14th–Raleigh
Seats before 34 16
Seats after 34 16
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 2,310,285 1,823,648

President pro tempore before election

Philip E. Berger
North Carolina Republican Party

President pro tempore-designate

Philip E. Berger
North Carolina Republican Party

The 2016 North Carolina State Senate elections selected members to serve in the North Carolina Senate for a two-year term commencing in January 2017. Going into the election, the Senate had 34 Republican and 16 Democratic members, which constituted a two-thirds super-majority for the Republican Party. Following the election, the Senate had 34 Republican and 16 Democratic members.[1][2]

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