| State: | North Carolina |
| District: | 18 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Mary Wills Bode |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Oxford |
| Percent White: | 72 |
| Percent Black: | 16 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 6 |
| Percent Asian: | 2 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 3 |
| Population: | 229,414 |
| Population Year: | 2020 |
North Carolina's 18th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Mary Wills Bode since 2023.[1]
Since 2023, the district has covered all of Granville County, as well as part of Wake County. The district overlaps with the 7th, 32nd, 35th, 40th, and 66th state house districts.
| Senator | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Ralph Scott | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1981 | Redistricted from the 17th district. Lost re-election. | 1973–1983 All of Alamance County.[2] | ||
| align=left | Cary Allred | Republican | nowrap | January 1, 1981 – January 1, 1983 | Redistricted to the 21st district. | |||
| R. C. Soles Jr. | Democratic | January 1, 1983 – January 1, 2003 | Redistricted from the 11th district. Redistricted to the 8th district. | 1983–1993 All of Bladen, Columbus, and Brunswick counties. Part of Cumberland County.[3] [4] | ||||
| 1993–2003 All of Columbus and Brunswick counties. Parts of Bladen and New Hanover counties.[5] | ||||||||
| align=left | Wib Gulley | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 2003 – March 19, 2004 | Redistricted from the 13th district. Resigned. | 2003–2005 All of Person and Granville counties. Part of Durham County.[6] | ||
| Vacant | nowarap | March 19, 2004 - April 21, 2004 | ||||||
| align=left | Ralph Hunt | Democratic | nowrap | April 21, 2004 – January 1, 2005 | Appointed to finish Gulley's term. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Bob Atwater | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 2005 – January 1, 2013 | Redistricted to the 23rd district and retired. | 2005–2013 All of Chatham and Lee counties. Part of Durham County.[7] | ||
| align=left | Chad Barefoot | Republican | nowrap | January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2019 | Retired. | 2013–2023 All of Franklin County. Part of Wake County.[8] [9] [10] | ||
| align=left | John Alexander | Republican | nowrap | January 1, 2019 – January 1, 2021 | Redistricted from the 15th district. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Sarah Crawford | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 2021 – January 1, 2023 | Retired to run for State House. | |||
| align=left | Mary Wills Bode | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 2023 – Present | 2023–Present All of Granville County. Part of Wake County.[11] | |||