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State Senator, 48th District

Vote for: 1
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state senator votes on North Carolina laws and the state budget in the General Assembly.

Candidates Compare by issue

Doyle G. Brown, Jr.

Democratic

Small business owner (affordable housing and real estate) · Spindale

The gist

Proposes raising the state minimum wage to $17.76.
Proposes a state-run insurance plan funded partly by insurers.
Supports outlawing extreme partisan gerrymandering.
Supports clawing back incentives from companies that don't deliver.
Supports larger gun-free buffer zones around schools.
Supports eliminating PFAS chemicals from industrial use.

More about Doyle

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Proposes raising the state minimum wage to $17.76.
About: Doyle Brown for NC Senate 48
Campaign website · Doyle Brown for NC Senate 48 · brownforncsenate.com
“I propose raising the minimum wage in North Carolina to $17.76.”
Proposes a state-run insurance plan funded partly by insurers.
About: Doyle Brown for NC Senate 48
Campaign website · Doyle Brown for NC Senate 48 · brownforncsenate.com
“provide services to all with a state run insurance program that will be funded by a non-compliance tax on insurance companies”
Supports outlawing extreme partisan gerrymandering.
About: Doyle Brown for NC Senate 48
Campaign website · Doyle Brown for NC Senate 48 · brownforncsenate.com
“Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering should be outlawed.”
Supports clawing back incentives from companies that don't deliver.
About: Doyle Brown for NC Senate 48
Campaign website · Doyle Brown for NC Senate 48 · brownforncsenate.com
“If we give incentives without the corresponding benefits, these companies should have to give back our tax money with interest.”
Supports larger gun-free buffer zones around schools.
About: Doyle Brown for NC Senate 48
Campaign website · Doyle Brown for NC Senate 48 · brownforncsenate.com
“We need to Increase "No Gun Zone" buffers around schools”
Supports eliminating PFAS chemicals from industrial use.
About: Doyle Brown for NC Senate 48
Campaign website · Doyle Brown for NC Senate 48 · brownforncsenate.com
“eliminating PFAS from industrial usage”

Tim Moffitt

RepublicanIncumbent

State senator; business owner · Hendersonville

The gist

Proposes eliminating the state income tax.
Supports zoning reform and infill to expand housing supply.
Proposes a fund to buy farmland development rights.
Supports voter ID and risk-limiting election audits.
Sponsored allowing 'middle housing' in all residential zones.In office
Sponsored a constitutional amendment allowing permitless concealed carry.In office

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More about Tim

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Proposes eliminating the state income tax.
Issues: Tim Moffitt for State Senate
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Tim Moffitt · timmoffitt.com
“Tim Moffitt will enhance our economic freedom by eliminating the state income tax”
Supports zoning reform and infill to expand housing supply.
Issues: Tim Moffitt for State Senate
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Tim Moffitt · timmoffitt.com
“This includes reforming zoning rules, incentivizing infill development of blighted areas, repurposing old and abandoned structures”
Proposes a fund to buy farmland development rights.
Issues: Tim Moffitt for State Senate
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Tim Moffitt · timmoffitt.com
“he is structuring a "development rights acquisition fund" to compete with commercial developers by offering fair market value for a parcel's development rights”
Supports voter ID and risk-limiting election audits.
Tim Moffitt for State Senate
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Tim Moffitt · timmoffitt.com
“We need common sense reforms like voter ID and risk-limiting audits”
Sponsored allowing 'middle housing' in all residential zones.
Senate Bill 497 (2025-2026 session), as filed: Expand Middle Housing.
Government record · North Carolina General Assembly · S.B. 497, long title · ncleg.gov
“AN ACT to require the siting of middle housing structures in all residential zones.”
Sponsored a constitutional amendment allowing permitless concealed carry.
Senate Bill 815 (2025-2026 session), as filed: Const. Amend./Permitless Carry.
Government record · North Carolina General Assembly · S.B. 815, long title · ncleg.gov
“AN ACT to EQUALIZE OPEN CARRY AND CONCEALED CARRY OF DEFENSIVE WEAPONS BY REMOVING THE PROHIBITION OF CONCEALED CARRY”

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