North Carolina's 11th Senate district

North Carolina's 11th
State Senate district
North Carolina's 11th; State Senate district
Senator
	Lisa Stone Barnes; R–Spring Hope
Demographics	50% White; 36% Black; 9% Hispanic; 1% Asian; 3% Multiracial
Population (2023)	209,774

Senator

Lisa Stone Barnes
R–Spring Hope

Demographics50% White
36% Black
9% Hispanic
1% Asian
3% Multiracial

Population(2023)209,774

North Carolina's 11th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Republican Lisa Stone Barnes since 2021.^[1]

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Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Arthur Williamson (Chadbourn)	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1975		1973–1983 All of Bladen, Columbus, and Brunswick counties.^[2]
Edd Nye (Elizabethtown)	Democratic	January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1977	Retired to run for state house.
R. C. Soles Jr. (Tabor City)	Democratic	January 1, 1977 – January 1, 1983	Redistricted to the 18th district.
James Davis Speed (Louisburg)	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1997	Redistricted from the 7th district. Retired.	1983–1985 All of Vance and Franklin counties. Parts of Nash and Wake counties.^[3]
				1985–1993 All of Vance and Franklin counties. Part of Wake County.^[4]
				1993–2003 All of Franklin County. Parts of Vance, Johnston, and Wilson counties.^[5]
Allen Wellons (Smithfield)	Democratic	January 1, 1997 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 12th district and lost re-election.
A. B. Swindell (Nashville)	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2011	Redistricted from the 10th district. Lost re-election.	2003–2005 All of Nash and Franklin counties. Part of Vance County.^[6]
A. B. Swindell (Nashville)	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2011	Redistricted from the 10th district. Lost re-election.	2005–2013 All of Nash and Wilson counties.^[7]
Buck Newton (Wilson)	Republican	January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2017	Retired to run for Attorney General.	2005–2013 All of Nash and Wilson counties.^[7]
Buck Newton (Wilson)	Republican	January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2017	Retired to run for Attorney General.	2013–2019 Parts of Nash, Wilson, and Johnston counties.^[8]
Rick Horner (Bailey)	Republican	January 1, 2017 – January 1, 2021	Retired.
Rick Horner (Bailey)	Republican	January 1, 2017 – January 1, 2021	Retired.	2019–2023 All of Nash County. Part of Johnston County.^[9]^[10]
Lisa Stone Barnes (Spring Hope)	Republican	January 1, 2021 – Present
Lisa Stone Barnes (Spring Hope)	Republican	January 1, 2021 – Present		2023–Present All of Nash, Franklin, and Vance counties.^[11]^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Stone Barnes (incumbent)	57,713	51.29%
	Democratic	James Mercer	54,806	48.71%
Total votes			112,519	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Stone Barnes (incumbent)	41,701	54.85%
	Democratic	Mark Speed	34,333	45.15%
Total votes			76,034	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Allen Wellons	12,553	60.58%
	Democratic	Albert R. Pacer	8,168	39.42%
Total votes			20,721	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Stone Barnes	12,611	68.08%
	Republican	Patrick Harris	5,298	28.60%
	Republican	Dennis Nielsen	616	3.33%
Total votes			18,525	100%

North Carolina's 11th Senate district

District officeholders since 1973

Election results

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Stone Barnes	61,287	54.98%
	Democratic	Allen Wellons	50,193	45.02%
Total votes			111,479	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Horner (incumbent)	45,768	56.49%
	Democratic	Albert R. Pacer	35,258	43.51%
Total votes			81,026	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Horner	11,509	51.62%
	Republican	Benton Sawrey	10,785	48.38%
Total votes			22,294	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Horner	55,765	61.17%
	Democratic	Albert Pacer	35,394	38.83%
Total votes			91,159	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Buck Newton (incumbent)	42,364	100%
Total votes			42,364	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Buck Newton (incumbent)	14,344	80.49%
	Republican	Dennis Nielsen	3,477	19.51%
Total votes			17,821	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Buck Newton (incumbent)	53,127	60.77%
	Democratic	Clarence A. Bender	34,291	39.23%
Total votes			87,418	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	A.B. Swindell (incumbent)	11,721	73.49%
	Democratic	Dennis Nielsen	4,229	26.51%
Total votes			15,950	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Buck Newton	2,568	58.54%
	Republican	Randy J. Johnson	1,008	22.98%
	Republican	Donnie Weaver	811	18.49%
Total votes			4,387	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Buck Newton	30,266	52.88%
	Democratic	A.B. Swindell (incumbent)	26,970	47.12%
Total votes			57,236	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	A. B. Swindell (incumbent)	59,461	100%
Total votes			59,461	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	A. B. Swindell (incumbent)	18,900	61.63%
	Republican	Al Lytton	11,768	38.37%
Total votes			30,668	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	A. B. Swindell (incumbent)	40,234	60.37%
	Republican	Dennis Nielsen	26,417	39.63%
Total votes			66,651	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	A. B. Swindell (incumbent)	26,471	60.13%
	Republican	Willie Cooke	16,636	37.79%
	Libertarian	Charles Yow	914	2.08%
Total votes			44,021	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Allen Wellons (incumbent)	32,372	53.72%
	Republican	John S. Shallcross Jr.	27,886	46.28%
Total votes			60,258	100%
	Democratic hold