North Carolina's 50th Senate district

North Carolina's 50th
State Senate district
North Carolina's 50th; State Senate district
Senator
	Kevin Corbin; R–Franklin
Demographics	85% White; 2% Black; 6% Hispanic; 1% Asian; 4% Native American; 2% Multiracial
Population (2023)	215,113

Population(2023)215,113

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

Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created January 1, 2003.
Bob Carpenter (Murphy)	Republican	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2005	Redistricted from the 42nd district and re-elected in 2002. Lost re-election.	2003–2013 All of Cherokee, Clay, Macon, Graham, Swain, Jackson, and Transylvania counties. Part of Haywood County.^[2]^[3]
John Snow (Murphy)	Democratic	January 1, 2005 – January 1, 2011	Elected in 2004. Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Jim Davis (Franklin)	Republican	January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2021	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives.
Jim Davis (Franklin)	Republican	January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2021		2013–2023 All of Cherokee, Clay, Macon, Graham, Swain, Jackson, and Haywood counties.^[4]^[5]^[6]
Kevin Corbin (Franklin)	Republican	January 1, 2021 – present	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.
Kevin Corbin (Franklin)	Republican	January 1, 2021 – present	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–Present All of Cherokee, Clay, Macon, Graham, Swain, Jackson, and Transylvania counties. Most of Haywood County.^[7]^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Corbin (incumbent)	83,381	66.53%
	Democratic	Adam Tebrugge	41,939	33.47%
Total votes			125,320	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Corbin (incumbent)	59,534	66.24%
	Democratic	Karen Burnette McCracken	30,347	33.76%
Total votes			89,881	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Corbin	20,077	78.15%
	Republican	Sarah Conway	5,613	21.85%
Total votes			25,690	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Corbin	73,875	66.66%
	Democratic	Victoria Fox	36,954	33.34%
Total votes			110,829	100%
	Republican hold

List of members representing the district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Davis (incumbent)	48,387	60.30%
	Democratic	Bobby Kuppers	31,851	39.70%
Total votes			80,238	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Davis (incumbent)	59,028	62.46%
	Democratic	Jane Hipps	35,476	37.54%
Total votes			94,504	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jane Hipps	9,444	69.97%
	Democratic	Ron Robinson	4,053	30.03%
Total votes			13,497	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Davis (incumbent)	33,820	53.86%
	Democratic	Jane Hipps	28,974	46.14%
Total votes			62,974	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Davis (incumbent)	50,421	57.11%
	Democratic	John Snow	37,873	42.89%
Total votes			88,294	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Davis	5,484	60.68%
	Republican	Jimmy Goodman	3,554	39.32%
Total votes			9,038	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Davis	31,041	50.13%
	Democratic	John Snow (incumbent)	30,880	49.87%
Total votes			61,921	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Snow (incumbent)	46,536	57.45%
	Republican	Susan C. Pons	34,462	42.55%
Total votes			80,998	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken McKim	4,869	43.90%
	Republican	Sue Lynn Ledford	4,737	42.71%
	Republican	Mark Crawford	849	7.65%
	Republican	Rick Bagley	637	5.74%
Total votes			11,092	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Snow (incumbent)	37,130	59.93%
	Republican	Ken McKim	24,823	40.07%
Total votes			61,953	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Snow	35,722	49.39%
	Republican	Bob Carpenter (incumbent)	35,438	49.00%
	Libertarian	Ben Lamm	1,164	1.61%
Total votes			72,324	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Carpenter (incumbent)	30,032	56.46%
	Democratic	Dan Robinson (incumbent)	23,164	43.54%
Total votes			53,196	100%
	Republican hold