State: | North Carolina |
District: | 17 |
Chamber: | Senate |
Representative: | Sydney Batch |
Party: | Democratic |
Residence: | Apex |
Percent White: | 72 |
Percent Black: | 10 |
Percent Hispanic: | 9 |
Percent Asian: | 5 |
Percent Other Race: | 1 |
Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 3 |
Population: | 232,109 |
Population Year: | 2020 |
North Carolina's 17th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Sydney Batch since 2021.[1]
Since 2003, the district has included part of Wake County. The district overlaps with the 11th, 33rd, 36th, and 37th state house districts.
Senator | Party | Dates | Notes | Senator | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties | |||
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James Banks "Jim" Garrison | Democratic | January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1983 | align=left | Charles Deane Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1975 | Redistricted from the 19th district. | 1973–1993 All of Stanly, Union, Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, and Scotland counties.[2] | ||
align=left | Mary Odom | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1977 | |||||||
Bob Jordan | Democratic | January 1, 1977 – January 1, 1985 | Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor. | ||||||||
Aaron Plyler | Democratic | January 1, 1983 – January 1, 2003 | Redistricted to the 35th district and retired. | ||||||||
J. Richard Conder | Democratic | January 1, 1985 – July 1, 1997 | Resigned.[3] | ||||||||
1993–2003 All of Union, Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, and Scotland counties. Parts of Stanly and Hoke counties.[4] | |||||||||||
Vacant | nowrap | July 1, 1997 – July 23, 1997 | |||||||||
align=left | Bill Purcell | Democratic | nowrap | July 23, 1997 – January 1, 2003 | Appointed to finish Conder's term. Redistricted to the 25th district. |
Senator | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties | |||
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align=left | Richard Stevens | Republican | nowrap | January 1, 2003 – September 7, 2012 | Retired and resigned early. | 2003–Present Part of Wake County.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] | |
Vacant | nowrap | September 7, 2012 – October 4, 2012 | |||||
align=left | Tamara Barringer | Republican | nowrap | October 4, 2012 – January 1, 2019 | Appointed to finish Steven's term. Lost re-election. | ||
align=left | Sam Searcy | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 2019 – December 30, 2020 | Resigned. | ||
Vacant | nowrap | December 30, 2020 – January 11, 2021 | |||||
align=left | Sydney Batch | Democratic | nowrap | January 11, 2021 – Present | Appointed to finish Searcy's term. |