State Senator
State Senate District 16; North Carolina
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 68 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 195,610 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(10,730,404 ÷ 195,610) ÷ ln(50,000) = 68.51, measured against a statewide vote in NC (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Democratic · declared
Gale Adcock is a Democratic candidate for State Senator in State Senate District 16 (2024) in 2026.
Records: Civil Rights 4 for, Environment and Public Health 1 for, 2 against, Election Integrity 1 for,
Libertarian · declared
Jonathan D. Miller is a Libertarian candidate for State Senator in State Senate District 16 (2024) in 2026.
Republican · declared
Philip Hensley is a Republican candidate for State Senator in State Senate District 16 (2024) in 2026.
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