| State: | North Carolina |
| District: | 5 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Kandie Smith |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Greenville |
| Percent White: | 53 |
| Percent Black: | 35 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 7 |
| Percent Asian: | 2 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 3 |
| Population: | 200,965 |
| Population Year: | 2020 |
North Carolina's 5th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Kandie Smith since 2023.[1]
Since 2019, the district has covered all of Edgecombe and Pitt counties. The district overlaps with the 8th, 9th, and 23rd state house districts.
| Senator | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Wendell H. Murphy | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1993 | Retired. | 1989–1993 All of Duplin, Lenoir, and Jones counties. Part of Pender County.[2] | ||
| align=left | Charles W. Albertson | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1993 – January 1, 2003 | Redistricted to the 10th district. | 1993–2003 All of Duplin County. Parts of Sampson, Pender, Onslow, and Jones counties.[3] | ||
| Tony P. Moore | Democratic | January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2005 | Switched parties. Lost re-election. | 2003–2005 All of Wilson County. Part of Pitt County.[4] | ||||
| Republican | ||||||||
| align=left | John H. Kerr III | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 2005 – January 1, 2009 | Redistricted from the 7th district. Retired. | 2005–2013 All of Greene County. Parts of Wayne and Pitt counties.[5] | ||
| align=left | Don Davis | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 2009 – January 1, 2011 | Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Louis M. Pate Jr. | Republican | nowrap | January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2013 | Redistricted to the 7th district. | |||
| Don Davis | Democratic | January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2023 | Retired to run for Congress. | 2013–2019 All of Greene County. Parts of Wayne, Lenoir, and Pitt counties.[6] | ||||
| 2019–2023 All of Greene and Pitt counties.[7] [8] | ||||||||
| align=left | Kandie Smith | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 2023 – present | 2023–present All of Edgecombe and Pitt counties.[9] |