| State: | North Carolina |
| District: | 10 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Benton Sawrey |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Clayton |
| Percent White: | 54 |
| Percent Black: | 22 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 20 |
| Percent Native American: | 1 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 2 |
| Population: | 192,935 |
| Population Year: | 2020 |
North Carolina's 10th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Republican Benton Sawrey since 2023.[1]
Since 2013, the district has covered all of Sampson and Duplin counties, as well as part of Johnston County. The district overlaps with the 4th, 10th, 21st, 22nd, 26th, and 28th state house districts.
| Senator | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Jim Ezzell | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1985 – January 30, 1991 | Died. | 1985–1993 All of Nash County. Parts of Warren, Halifax, Edgecombe, and Wilson counties.[2] | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 30, 1991 - February 21, 1991 | ||||||
| Roy Cooper | Democratic | February 21, 1991 – January 1, 2001 | Appointed to finish Ezzell's term. Retired to run for Attorney General. | |||||
| 1993–2003 All of Nash County. Parts of Halifax, Edgecombe, and Wilson counties.[3] | ||||||||
| align=left | A. B. Swindell | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 2001 – January 1, 2003 | Redistricted to the 11th district. | |||
| Charles Albertson | Democratic | January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2011 | Redistricted from the 5th district. Retired. | 2003–2005 All of Sampson and Duplin counties. Part of Harnett County.[4] | ||||
| 2005–2013 All of Sampson, Duplin, and Lenoir counties.[5] | ||||||||
| Brent Jackson | Republican | January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2023 | Redistricted to the 9th district. | |||||
| 2013–2023 All of Sampson and Duplin counties. Part of Johnston County.[6] [7] [8] | ||||||||
| align=left | Benton Sawrey | Republican | nowrap | January 1, 2023 – Present | 2023–Present All of Johnston County.[9] | |||