North Carolina's 5th Senate district

North Carolina's 5th
State Senate district
North Carolina's 5th; State Senate district
Senator
	Kandie Smith; D–Greenville
Demographics	48% White; 40% Black; 7% Hispanic; 1% Asian; 3% Multiracial
Population (2023)	221,056

North Carolina's 5th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Kandie Smith since 2023.^[1]

Senator

Kandie Smith
D–Greenville

Demographics48% White
40% Black
7% Hispanic
1% Asian
3% Multiracial

Population(2023)221,056

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Senator	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Harold Hardison (Deep Run)	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1989	Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor.	1973–1983 All of Duplin, Lenoir, and Jones counties.^[2]
Harold Hardison (Deep Run)	Democratic	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1989	Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor.	1983–1993 All of Duplin, Lenoir, and Jones counties. Part of Pender County.^[3]
Wendell Murphy (Rose Hill)	Democratic	January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1993	Retired.
Charles Albertson (Beulaville)	Democratic	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 10th district.	1993–2003 All of Duplin County. Parts of Sampson, Pender, Onslow, and Jones counties.^[4]
Tony Moore (Winterville)	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – November 24, 2003	Switched parties. Lost re-election.	2003–2005 All of Wilson County. Part of Pitt County.^[5]
Tony Moore (Winterville)	Republican	November 24, 2003 – January 1, 2005	Switched parties. Lost re-election.
John Kerr III (Goldsboro)	Democratic	January 1, 2005 – January 1, 2009	Redistricted from the 7th district. Retired.	2005–2013 All of Greene County. Parts of Wayne and Pitt counties.^[6]
Don Davis (Snow Hill)	Democratic	January 1, 2009 – January 1, 2011	Lost re-election.
Louis Pate (Mount Olive)	Republican	January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2013	Redistricted to the 7th district.
Don Davis (Snow Hill)	Democratic	January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2023	Retired to run for Congress.	2013–2019 All of Greene County. Parts of Wayne, Lenoir, and Pitt counties.^[7]
Don Davis (Snow Hill)	Democratic	January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2023	Retired to run for Congress.	2019–2023 All of Greene and Pitt counties.^[8]^[9]
Kandie Smith (Greenville)	Democratic	January 1, 2023 – Present		2023–Present All of Edgecombe and Pitt counties.^[10]^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kandie Smith (incumbent)	59,440	55.08%
	Republican	Alexander Paschall	48,469	44.92%
Total votes			107,909	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kandie Smith	13,604	86.58%
	Democratic	Lenton Brown	2,109	13.42%
Total votes			15,713	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kandie Smith	36,557	52.23%
	Republican	Karen Kozel	33,432	47.77%
Total votes			69,989	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Davis (incumbent)	51,702	55.12%
	Republican	Karen Kozel	42,104	44.88%
Total votes			93,806	100%
	Democratic hold

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Davis (incumbent)	11,011	77.35%
	Democratic	Lonnie Carraway	3,224	22.65%
Total votes			14,235	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kimberly Robb	4,189	51.95%
	Republican	Tony Moore	3,875	48.05%
Total votes			8,064	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Davis (incumbent)	36,321	55.34%
	Republican	Kimberly Robb	29,317	44.66%
Total votes			65,638	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Davis (incumbent)	57,882	100%
Total votes			57,882	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Davis (incumbent)	35,740	100%
Total votes			35,740	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Davis	59,648	100%
Total votes			59,648	100%
	Democratic win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louis Pate	25,780	54.54%
	Democratic	Don Davis (incumbent)	21,488	45.46%
Total votes			47,268	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Davis	10,303	35.81%
	Democratic	Kathy A. Taft	6,942	24.13%
	Democratic	Ed Wilson	3,882	13.49%
	Democratic	Tony Moore	3,553	12.35%
	Democratic	Chuck Stone	2,514	8.74%
	Democratic	Charles Elliott Johnson	1,581	5.49%
Total votes			28,775	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Davis	5,494	62.77%
	Democratic	Kathy A. Taft	3,259	37.23%
Total votes			8,753	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Don Davis	40,982	52.90%
	Republican	Louis Pate	36,493	47.10%
Total votes			77,475	100%
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary for the 2002 North Carolina Senate 5th district election^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Moore	5,005	33.94%
	Democratic	James M. Johnson III	4,859	32.95%
	Democratic	William L. Neill	2,511	17.03%
	Democratic	Robert Wheeler Jr.	2,371	16.08%
Total votes			14,746	100%

Republican primary for the 2002 North Carolina Senate 5th district election^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Coulson	3,651	69.74%
	Republican	George H. Gray	1,584	30.26%
Total votes			5,235	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Kerr III (incumbent)	17,865	58.43%
	Republican	Todd Siebels	12,711	41.57%
Total votes			30,576	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Kerr III (incumbent)	34,162	56.80%
	Republican	Tony Moore (incumbent)	25,987	43.20%
Total votes			60,149	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Moore	22,265	50.86%
	Republican	Tom Coulson	20,992	47.95%
	Libertarian	Christopher Ruff	521	1.19%
Total votes			43,778	100%
	Democratic win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Albertson (incumbent)	28,166	59.58%
	Republican	Cynthia B. Watson	19,109	40.42%
Total votes			47,275	100%
	Democratic hold