North Carolina's 17th Senate district

North Carolina's 17th
State Senate district
North Carolina's 17th; State Senate district
Senator
	Sydney Batch; D–Holly Springs
Demographics	69% White; 10% Black; 9% Hispanic; 7% Asian; 1% Other; 4% Multiracial
Population (2023)	206,091

Demographics69% White
10% Black
9% Hispanic
7% Asian
1% Other
4% Multiracial

Population(2023)206,091

North Carolina's 17th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Sydney Batch since 2021.^[1]

Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
James Banks "Jim" Garrison (Albemarle)	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1983		Charles Deane Jr. (Rockingham)	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1975	Redistricted from the 19th district.	1973–1993 All of Union, Anson, Stanly, Montgomery, Richmond, and Scotland counties.^[2]^[3]
				Mary Odom (Wagram)	Democratic	January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1977
				Bob Jordan (Mount Gilead)	Democratic	January 1, 1977 – January 1, 1985	Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor.
Aaron Plyler (Monroe)	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 35th district and retired.	Bob Jordan (Mount Gilead)	Democratic	January 1, 1977 – January 1, 1985	Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor.
				J. Richard Conder (Rockingham)	Democratic	January 1, 1985 – July 17, 1997	Resigned.^[4]
				J. Richard Conder (Rockingham)	Democratic	January 1, 1985 – July 17, 1997	Resigned.^[4]	1993–2003 All of Union, Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, and Scotland counties. Parts of Stanly and Hoke counties.^[5]
				Vacant		July 17, 1997 – July 23, 1997
				Bill Purcell (Laurinburg)	Democratic	July 23, 1997 – January 1, 2003	Appointed to finish Conder's term. Redistricted to the 25th district.

Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Richard Stevens (Cary)	Republican	January 1, 2003 – September 7, 2012	Retired and resigned early.	2003–Present Part of Wake County.^[6]^[7] ^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
Vacant		September 7, 2012 – October 4, 2012
Tamara Barringer (Cary)	Republican	October 4, 2012 – January 1, 2019	Appointed to finish Steven's term. Lost re-election.
Sam Searcy (Holly Springs)	Democratic	January 1, 2019 – December 30, 2020	Resigned.
Vacant		December 30, 2020 – January 11, 2021
Sydney Batch (Holly Springs)	Democratic	January 11, 2021 – Present	Appointed to finish Searcy's term.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sydney Batch (incumbent)	71,610	74.38%
	Libertarian	Patrick Bowersox	24,661	25.62%
Total votes			96,271	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sydney Batch (incumbent)	45,279	51.83%
	Republican	Mark Cavaliero	40,167	45.97%
	Libertarian	Patrick Bowersox	1,922	2.20%
Total votes			87,368	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Searcy (incumbent)	83,564	51.41%
	Republican	Mark Cavaliero	72,774	44.77%
	Libertarian	Travis Groo	6,204	3.82%
Total votes			162,542	100%
	Democratic hold

District officeholders since 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Searcy	50,040	50.60%
	Republican	Tamara Barringer (incumbent)	45,841	46.35%
	Libertarian	Bruce Basson	3,016	3.05%
Total votes			98,897	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tamara Barringer (incumbent)	59,105	48.30%
	Democratic	Susan P. Evans	58,063	47.45%
	Libertarian	Susan Hogarth	5,191	4.24%
Total votes			122,359	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tamara Barringer (incumbent)	44,292	58.46%
	Democratic	Bryan Fulghum	31,476	41.54%
Total votes			75,768	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tamara Barringer (incumbent)	57,101	53.67%
	Democratic	Erv Portman	49,298	46.33%
Total votes			106,399	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Stevens (incumbent)	51,391	63.75%
	Democratic	David Donovan	29,217	36.25%
Total votes			80,608	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Stevens (incumbent)	75,311	81.20%
	Libertarian	Brian Irving	17,441	18.80%
Total votes			92,752	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Stevens (incumbent)	40,430	100%
Total votes			40,430	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Stevens (incumbent)	55,908	58.74%
	Democratic	Norwood Clark	37,432	39.33%
	Libertarian	Ryan Maas	1,844	1.94%
Total votes			95,184	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Stevens	6,213	69.53%
	Republican	David S. Sharpe Jr.	2,723	30.47%
Total votes			8,936	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Stevens	37,076	61.69%
	Democratic	Thomas B. Hunt	20,616	34.30%
	Libertarian	Susan Hogarth	2,411	4.01%
Total votes			60,103	100%
	Republican win (new seat)

North Carolina Senate 17th district Republican primary election, 2000^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William P. "Bill" Davis	6,007	41.66%
	Republican	Eddie Goodall	4,960	34.40%
	Republican	Michael Concannon	3,452	23.94%
Total votes			14,419	100%

North Carolina Senate 17th district general election, 2000^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Aaron Plyler (incumbent)	57,678	27.84%
	Democratic	Bill Purcell (incumbent)	51,316	24.77%
	Republican	William P. "Bill" Davis	48,350	23.33%
	Republican	Eddie Goodall	47,427	22.89%
	Libertarian	Alan Light	2,438	1.18%
Total votes			207,209	100%
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold