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N.C. SENATE: The North Carolina Senate consists of 50 members who stand for election every two years. Every member represents a Senate district, which is redrawn after each decennial census. During the 2009-2010 Legislative Session, Democrats hold a 30 to 20 majority over Republicans in the chamber.

2010 Primary Candidate Questionnaires:

In March, the NC FreeEnterprise Foundation sent candidate questionnaires to all candidates running for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House in districts with primary opposition. The candidates’ responses to our questionnaires are available on this webpage in two formats:

1. ✦ Easy to Read Format: Click this link to download a complete file of all N.C. Senate candidate questionnaires in a easy-to-read format.
   

1. ✦ Scanned Questionnaires: Click on the “Q” beside a candidate’s name to download and view a scanned copy of the candidate’s completed questionnaire. (If a candidate does not have a “Q” by their name, they either did not complete and return a candidate questionnaire, or they are not running in a district with primary opposition.
   

Please Note: All candidates were asked to respond to one or more open-ended questions and were invited to provide additional comments or explanations for their answers if the answer options provided did not enable them to accurately convey their positions or opinions. Please refer the the candidates’ scanned questionnaires to view responses to open-ended questions and to see additional comments.

N.C. SENATE:

DEMOCRAT                                             REPUBLICAN                                          THIRD PARTY

District 1:

  Marc Basnight (D) incumbent                 Hood Richardson (R) Beaufort Co. Comm.

District 2:

  Barbara Garrity-Blake (D)                        Jean R. Preston (R) incumbent

    anthropologist

District 3: Primary

  Q Clark Jenkins (D) incumbent               Q C. B. Daughtridge (R)

  Frankie L. Bordeaux (D) businessman      Q Henry Williams (R)

  Florence Arnold Armstrong (D) retired educator

District 4: Primary

  Edward (Ed) Jones (D) incumbent          Q Rich Halbert (R)

  Tee Ferguson (D)                                     Q Warren Scott Nail (R)

District 5:

  Don Davis (D) incumbent                        Louis M. Pate Jr. (R) fmr NC Rep.

District 6:

                                                                  Harry Brown (R) incumbent

District 7: Primary

  Doug Berger (D) incumbent                     Q Michael Schriver (R)

  Q Ronald R. Alligood (D)

District 8: Primary OPEN (incumbent R.C. Soles (D) not running in 2010)

  Q David Redwine (D) fmr NC Rep.          Bill Rabon (R) veterinarian

                                                                  Q Bettie Fennell (R) retired local reporter

District 9: Primary OPEN (incumbent Julia Boseman (D) not running in 2010)

  Jim Leutze (D) fmr UNCW Chancellor     Thom Goolsby (R) attorney                  Kristi Tomey (U)

                                                                  Q Michael Lee (R) attorney

District 10: Primary OPEN (incumbent Charlie Albertson (D) not running in 2010)

  Dewey Hudson (D) District Atty.              Q Brent Jackson (R) businessman

  Q Gordon E. Vermillion (D)                        Q Chris Humphrey (R) Lenoir Co. Comm.

District 11: Primary

  Q A.B. Swindell (D) incumbent                E.S. (Buck) Newton (R) attorney

  Q Dennis Nielsen (D) businessman          Q Randy J. Johnson (R) carpenter

                                                                  Donnie Weaver (R) retired computer analyst

District 12:

  Jody McLeod (D) Clayton Mayor             David Rouzer (R) incumbent

District 13: Primary

  Michael Walters (D)                                 Marc Boudreau (R) withdrew

  (appointed to replace David Weinstein)             

  R. Benjamin Clark III (D)

District 14:

  Dan Blue (D) (appointed)                        Geoffrey M. Hurlburt (R)

District 15:

  Charles Malone (D) Gov’t employee        Neal Hunt (R) incumbent

District 16:

  Josh Stein (D) incumbent                       Michael Beezley (R)                            Stephanie E. Watson (L)

District 17:

  David Donovan (D) Attorney                   Richard Stevens (R) incumbent

District 18:

  Bob Atwater (D) incumbent                     Roger Gerber (R)

District 19:

  Margaret Highsmith Dickson (D)             Wesley Meredith (R) Fayetteville City Council

  (apppointed to replace Tony Rand)

District 20:

  Floyd B. McKissick, Jr. (D) incumbent   John Tarantino (R)

                                                                 Laney Funderburk (R) withdrew

District 21: Primary OPEN (incumbent Larry Shaw (D) not running in 2010)

Eric L. Mansfield (D) physician                Q Wade Fowler (R)

  Lula Crenshaw (D)

  Eugene Stackhouse (D) retired principal

  Q Curtis Worthy (D) fmr Fayetteville Councilman

  Robert Lee Evans (D) ret. firefighter

District 22: Primary

                                                                  Q Harris D. Blake (R) incumbent

                                                                  Q Richard Timothy Morgan (R)

District 23: Primary

  Ellie Kinnaird (D) incumbent                   Q Ryan A. Hilliard (R)

                                                                Q Jon Greg Bass (R)

District 24:

  Tony Foriest (D) incumbent                    Rick Gunn (R) real estate agent        Barry Coe (L)

District 25:

  Bill Purcell (D) incumbent                       P. Jason Phibbs (R) Chapter Chair, NC4Marriage

District 26:

                                                                  Philip E. (Phil) Berger (R) incumbent

District 27:

  Donald R. (Don) Vaughan (D) incumbent Jeffery T. (Jeff) Hyde (R)

District 28: Primary OPEN (incumbent Katie Dorsett (D) not running in 2010)

  Gladys A. Robinson (D)                            Q Trudy Wade (R) Greensboro City Counci Bruce Davis (U)

  Evelyn W. Miller (D)                                      Q Jeffrey A. Brommer (R)

                                                                        John Wayne Welch (R) withdrew

                                                                        Robert Brafford, Jr. (R)

District 29:

                                                                  Jerry W. Tillman (R) incumbent

District 30: Primary

  Ric Marshall (D) businessman                   Q Don W. East (R) incumbent

  Q Robert Nickell (D)                                   Q Paul M. Johnson (R) Surry Co. Comm.

District 31:

                                                                  Peter Samuel (Pete) Brunstetter (R) incumbent

District 32:

  Linda Garrou (D) incumbent                    Nathan Jones (R)

  Edward (Ed) Hanes (D) withdrew            Q Brian C. Miller (R) withdrew

District 33:

                                                                  Stan Bingham (R) incumbent

District 34: Primary

                                                                  Q Andrew C. Brock (R) incumbent

                                                                  Q John H. Ferguson (R)

                                                                  Robert Dale Stirewalt (R) retired National Guard

District 35: Primary OPEN (incumbent Eddie Goodall (R) not running in 2010)

  Ed McGuire (D)                                        Q Tommy Tucker (R) fmr Union Co. Comm.

                                                                  Fern Shubert (R) fmr NC Senator

District 36:

  Mike Helms (D)                                        Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. (R) incumbent

District 37: Primary

  Daniel (Dan) Clodfelter (D) incumbent     C. Morgan Edwards (R)

                                                                  Q Vince Coscia (R)

District 38:

  Charlie Dannelly (D) incumbent              Cedric Scott (R)

District 39:

                                                                 Robert (Bob) Rucho (R) incumbent

District 40: Primary

  Malcolm Graham (D) incumbent             Q John Aneralla (R) businessman

  John Montgomery (D) fmr legislative aide

District 41: Primary

                                                                  James (Jim) Forrester (R) incumbent

                                                                  Mark Richard Vanek (R)

District 42:

                                                                  Austin Allran (R) incumbent

District 43: Primary OPEN (incumbent David Hoyle (D) not running in 2010)

  Jim Long (D)                                            Q Kathy Harrington (R) real estate agent 

  Annette Carter (D) withdrew                     Q Wil Neumann (R) NC Representative

                                                                 Ken Bowden (R) small business consultant

                                                                 James (Jim) England (R)

District 44: Primary OPEN (incumbent Jim Jacumin (R) not running in 2010)

  Beth Jones (D) veterinarian                    Q Warren T. Daniel (R) attorney                       Q Richard C. Evey (L)

  Heath Wynn (D)

District 45: Primary

  Steve Goss (D) incumbent                       Dan Soucek (R) director w/Samaritan’s Purse

                                                                  Q Jeffrey Elmore (R) Wilkes Co. Comm.

District 46:

                                                                  Debbie Ann Clary (R) incumbent

District 47: Primary

  Joe Sam Queen (D) incumbent                Q Ralph E. Hise, Jr. (R) Spruce Pine mayor

                                                                  Q Andy Webb (R) McDowell Co. Comm.

                                                                  Tamera Frank (R) social worker

District 48:

  Chris Dixon (D) IT industry analyst         Tom Apodaca (R) incumbent

District 49: Primary

  Martin L. Nesbitt (D) incumbent               Q R L Clark (R)

                                                                  Q Don Yelton (R)

District 50: Primary

  Q John J. Snow, Jr. (D) incumbent         Jim Davis (R)

                                                                      Jimmy Goodman (R)