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NC SENATE · NOVEMBER 3, 2026

N.C. State Senate District 48
2026 election results.

Candidate and choice votes for the whole contest, across all eligible counties. Observed leaders are not race calls or certified winners.

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WHOLE-CONTEST RESULTS

Every candidate. Exact counts.

Vote for 1
89,424 candidate / choice votes100% ED precincts · 59/591 choice allowed
Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Tim MoffittRepublican49,35955.20%18,88929,6827880
Doyle G. Brown, Jr.Democratic40,06544.80%8,72329,5431,7990

Election Day precinct reporting is not the percentage of votes counted. These reported results remain unofficial; this site does not call races or certify outcomes.

FOR A CLEAR BRIEFING

The count, with its context.

N.C. State Senate District 48 — whole-contest votes. Tim Moffitt leads the published count. Vote gap: 9,294; margin: 10.39 percentage points. 89,424 candidate/choice votes; 100% ED precincts (59/59). Snapshot collected Nov 5, 2026, 12:53 PM EST. Unofficial reported results; not a race call or certification. Source: NCSBE public feeds. https://nc.zkqxcw.com/2026/races/nc-state-senate-district-48--1336/

ELIGIBLE COUNTY BREAKOUTS · 3 COUNTIES

Where these votes were reported.

CountyLeading candidate / choiceVote totalED precinctsCandidate detail
HendersonTim Moffitt56,652100% ED precincts (35/35)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Tim MoffittRepublican28,64250.56%9,92118,1825390
Doyle G. Brown, Jr.Democratic28,01049.44%5,58321,0151,4120
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PolkTim Moffitt10,009100% ED precincts (7/7)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Tim MoffittRepublican5,54355.38%2,0243,425940
Doyle G. Brown, Jr.Democratic4,46644.62%8203,4861600
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RutherfordTim Moffitt22,763100% ED precincts (17/17)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Tim MoffittRepublican15,17466.66%6,9448,0751550
Doyle G. Brown, Jr.Democratic7,58933.34%2,3205,0422270
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County detail and aggregate publications may be fetched at different times. A difference is a synchronization observation, not evidence of an error. Missing county detail is not treated as zero.

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Collection: Nov 5, 2026, 12:53 PM EST. Snapshot: c59c17e70268d2fd. Contest ID: 1336.

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