| State: | North Carolina |
| District: | 8 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Bill Rabon |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Winnabow |
| Percent White: | 74 |
| Percent Black: | 15 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 6 |
| Percent Asian: | 1 |
| Percent Native American: | 1 |
| Percent Multiracial: | 4 |
| Population: | 208,625 |
| Population Year: | 2020 |
North Carolina's 8th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Republican Bill Rabon since 2011.[1]
Since 2023, the district has included all of Columbus and Brunswick counties, as well as a small sliver of New Hanover County. The district overlaps with the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 46th state house districts.
| Senator | Party | Dates | Notes | Senator | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Jesse Hinnant Austin Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1967 – January 1, 1969 | align=left | Dallas Alford Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1967 – January 1, 1969 | Redistricted from the 12th district. | 1967–1973 All of Johnston, Nash, and Wilson counties.[3] | |||
| James Russell Kirby | Democratic | January 1, 1969 – January 1, 1973 | Redistricted to the 7th district. | align=left | J. Marvin Johnson | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1969 – January 1, 1971 | ||||||
| align=left | Henry Mariott Milgrom | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1971 – January 1, 1973 |
| Senator | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Thomas Edward Strickland | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1977 | Redistricted from the 9th district. | 1973–1993 All of Wayne and Greene counties.[4] | |
| align=left | Henson Barnes | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1977 – January 1, 1993 | Retired. | ||
| align=left | John Kerr | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1993 – January 1, 2003 | Redistricted to the 7th district. | 1993–2003 All of Wayne and Greene counties. Part of Lenoir County.[5] | |
| align=left | R. C. Soles Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2011 | Redistricted from the 18th district. Retired. | 2003–2013 All of Columbus, Brunswick, and Pender counties.[6] [7] | |
| Bill Rabon | Republican | January 1, 2011 – Present | |||||
| 2013–2023 All of Bladen, Pender, and Brunswick counties. Part of New Hanover County.[8] [9] [10] | |||||||
| 2023–Present All of Columbus and Brunswick counties. Part of New Hanover County.[11] |