North Carolina's 20th Senate district

North Carolina's 20th
State Senate district
North Carolina's 20th; State Senate district
Senator
	Natalie Murdock; D–Durham
Demographics	53% White; 26% Black; 13% Hispanic; 4% Asian; 1% Other; 4% Multiracial
Population (2023)	205,431

Demographics53% White
26% Black
13% Hispanic
4% Asian
1% Other
4% Multiracial

Population(2023)205,431

North Carolina's 20th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Natalie Murdock since 2020.^[1]

Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Hamilton Horton Jr. (Winston-Salem)	Republican	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1975	Redistricted from the 22nd district.	Harry Bagnal (Winston-Salem)	Republican	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1975	Redistricted from the 22nd district.	1973–1983 All of Forsyth County.^[2]
E. Lawrence Davis (Winston-Salem)	Democratic	January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1979		Carl Totherow (Winston-Salem)	Democratic	January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1979
Marvin Ward (Winston-Salem)	Democratic	January 1, 1979 – January 1, 1995	Lost re-election.	Anne Bagnal (Winston-Salem)	Republican	January 1, 1979 – January 1, 1981
				John Cavanagh Jr. (Winston-Salem)	Republican	January 1, 1981 – January 1, 1983
				Richard Barnes (Winston-Salem)	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985		1983–2003 Most of Forsyth County.^[3]^[4]
				Ted Kaplan (Lewisville)	Democratic	January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1995	Lost re-election.
Hamilton Horton Jr. (Winston-Salem)	Republican	January 1, 1995 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 31st district.	James Mark McDaniel (Pfafftown)	Republican	January 1, 1995 – January 1, 1999	Lost re-election.^[5]
Hamilton Horton Jr. (Winston-Salem)	Republican	January 1, 1995 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 31st district.	Linda Garrou (Winston-Salem)	Democratic	January 1, 1999 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 32nd district.

Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Jeanne Hopkins Lucas (Durham)	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – March 9, 2007	Redistricted from the 13th district. Died.	2003–2013 Part of Durham County.^[6]^[7]
Vacant		March 9, 2007 – April 18, 2007
Floyd McKissick Jr. (Durham)	Democratic	April 18, 2007 – January 7, 2020	Appointed to finish Lucas's term. Resigned.
				2013–2019 All of Granville County. Part of Durham County.^[8]
				2019–2023 Part of Durham County.^[9]^[10]
Vacant		January 7, 2020 – January 14, 2020
Mickey Michaux (Durham)	Democratic	January 14, 2020 – March 31, 2020	Appointed to continue McKissick's term. Resigned.
Vacant		March 31, 2020 – April 29, 2020
Natalie Murdock (Durham)	Democratic	April 29, 2020 – Present	Appointed to finish McKissick's term.
Natalie Murdock (Durham)	Democratic	April 29, 2020 – Present	Appointed to finish McKissick's term.	2023–Present All of Chatham County. Part of Durham County.^[11]^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Natalie Murdock (incumbent)	90,128	72.28%
	Republican	Christopher Partain	34,570	27.72%
Total votes			124,698	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Natalie Murdock (incumbent)	64,550	72.83%
	Republican	Alvin Reed	24,085	27.17%
Total votes			88,635	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Natalie Murdock	24,508	45.23%
	Democratic	Pierce Freelon	20,054	37.01%
	Democratic	Gray Ellis	9,629	17.77%
Total votes			54,191	100%

District officeholders since 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Natalie Murdock (incumbent)	102,732	83.61%
	Republican	John Tarantino	20,143	16.39%
Total votes			122,875	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Floyd McKissick Jr. (incumbent)	74,205	83.52%
	Republican	Tom Stark	12,309	13.85%
	Libertarian	Jared Erickson	2,331	2.62%
Total votes			88,845	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Floyd McKissick Jr. (incumbent)	71,865	81.60%
	Libertarian	Barbara Howe	16,202	18.40%
Total votes			88,067	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Floyd McKissick Jr. (incumbent)	46,482	100%
Total votes			46,482	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Floyd McKissick Jr. (incumbent)	24,208	82.25%
	Democratic	Ralph Madison McKinney Jr.	5,225	17.75%
Total votes			29,433	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Floyd McKissick Jr. (incumbent)	75,673	100%
Total votes			75,673	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Floyd McKissick Jr. (incumbent)	38,309	73.11%
	Republican	John Tarantino	14,092	26.89%
Total votes			52,401	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Floyd McKissick Jr. (incumbent)	32,313	77.20%
	Democratic	Ryan O'Neal Echoles	9,542	22.80%
Total votes			41,855	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Floyd McKissick Jr. (incumbent)	64,178	74.58%
	Republican	Ken Chandler	19,666	22.55%
	Libertarian	David C. Rollins	3,377	3.87%
Total votes			87,221	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeanne Hopkins Lucas (incumbent)	26,760	100%
Total votes			26,760	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeanne Hopkins Lucas (incumbent)	55,050	90.24%
	Libertarian	Ray Ubinger	5,953	9.76%
Total votes			61,003	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeanne Hopkins Lucas (incumbent)	30,216	89.31%
	Libertarian	Jonathan Guze	3,617	10.69%
Total votes			33,833	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Garrou (incumbent)	60,149	35.65%
	Republican	Hamilton Horton Jr. (incumbent)	59,929	35.52%
	Republican	Jeannie A. Metcalf	48,666	28.84%
Total votes			168,744	100%
	Democratic hold
	Republican hold