2022 North Carolina House of Representatives election

2022 North Carolina House of Representatives election

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All 120 seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives 61 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Tim Moore Robert Reives Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 14, 2015 January 1, 2021 Leader's seat 111th – Kings Mountain 54th – Goldston Last election 69 seats, 57.5% 51 seats, 42.5% Seats before 69 51 Seats after 71 49 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 1,985,283 1,463,259 Percentage 57.25% 42.19% Swing 7.26% 6.87%
Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain
Election results by district Election results by county Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   ≥90% Republican   50–60%   60–70%   70-80%   80–90%   ≥90%
Speaker before election Tim Moore Republican Elected Speaker Tim Moore Republican

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An election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect all 120 members to North Carolina's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including the U.S Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and state senate. The primary election was originally going to be held on March 8, 2022, with a run-off in June 2022; however, the North Carolina Supreme Court delayed the primary until May 17, 2022, pending challenges over the State's districts and paused candidate filing.^[1] Prior to this pause, several candidates had already filed to run.^[2] The elections would be held under new districts passed by the General Assembly in House Bill 976 to account for population changes following the 2020 census.^[3] The maps were later overturned by the North Carolina Supreme Court, who ordered the legislature to draw new maps. The North Carolina General Assembly later redrew the maps (House Bill 980) which were upheld by the Wake County Superior Court and the North Carolina Supreme Court.^[4] Candidate filing resumed on February 24, 2022, and concluded on March 4, 2022.^[5]

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[6]	Likely R	May 19, 2022

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected	Party
1st	Ed Goodwin		Rep	Ed Goodwin		Rep
	Paul O'Neal†[a]		Rep
2nd	Larry Yarborough		Rep	Ray Jeffers		Dem
3rd	Steve Tyson		Rep	Steve Tyson		Rep
4th	Jimmy Dixon		Rep	Jimmy Dixon		Rep
5th	Howard Hunter III		Dem	Bill Ward		Rep
6th	New Seat			Joe Pike		Rep
7th	Matthew Winslow		Rep	Matthew Winslow		Rep
8th	Kandie Smith†		Dem	Gloristine Brown		Dem
9th	Brian Farkas		Dem	Timothy Reeder		Rep
10th	John Bell		Rep	John Bell		Rep
	Raymond Smith Jr.†[b]		Dem
11th	Allison Dahle		Dem	Allison Dahle		Dem
12th	Chris Humphrey		Rep	Chris Humphrey		Rep
13th	Pat McElraft†		Rep	Celeste Cairns		Rep
14th	George Cleveland		Rep	George Cleveland		Rep
15th	Phil Shepard		Rep	Phil Shepard		Rep
16th	Carson Smith		Rep	Carson Smith		Rep
17th	Frank Iler		Rep	Frank Iler		Rep
18th	Deb Butler		Dem	Deb Butler		Dem
19th	Charlie Miller		Rep	Charlie Miller		Rep
20th	Ted Davis Jr.		Rep	Ted Davis Jr.		Rep
21st	New Seat			Ya Liu		Dem
22nd	William Brisson		Rep	William Brisson		Rep
23rd	Shelly Willingham		Dem	Shelly Willingham		Dem
24th	Linda Cooper-Suggs		Dem	Ken Fontenot		Rep
25th	James Gailliard		Dem	Allen Chesser		Rep
26th	Donna McDowell White		Rep	Donna McDowell White		Rep
27th	Michael Wray		Dem	Michael Wray		Dem
28th	Larry Strickland		Rep	Larry Strickland		Rep
29th	Vernetta Alston		Dem	Vernetta Alston		Dem
30th	Marcia Morey		Dem	Marcia Morey		Dem
31st	Zack Forde-Hawkins		Dem	Zack Forde-Hawkins		Dem
32nd	Terry Garrison		Dem	Frank Sossamon		Rep
33rd	Rosa Gill		Dem	Rosa Gill		Dem
34th	Jack Nichols†		Dem	Tim Longest		Dem
35th	Terence Everitt		Dem	Terence Everitt		Dem
36th	Julie von Haefen		Dem	Julie von Haefen		Dem
37th	Erin Paré		Rep	Erin Paré		Rep
38th	Abe Jones		Dem	Abe Jones		Dem
39th	James Roberson		Dem	James Roberson		Dem
40th	Joe John		Dem	Joe John		Dem
41st	Gale Adcock†		Dem	Maria Cervania		Dem
42nd	Marvin Lucas		Dem	Marvin Lucas		Dem
43rd	Diane Wheatley		Rep	Diane Wheatley		Rep
44th	Billy Richardson†		Dem	Charles Smith		Dem
45th	John Szoka†		Rep	Frances Jackson		Dem
46th	Brenden Jones		Rep	Brenden Jones		Rep
47th	Charles Graham†		Dem	Jarrod Lowery		Rep
48th	Garland Pierce		Dem	Garland Pierce		Dem
49th	Cynthia Ball		Dem	Cynthia Ball		Dem
50th	Graig Meyer†		Dem	Renee Price		Dem
51st	John Sauls		Rep	John Sauls		Rep
52nd	Ben Moss[c]		Rep	Ben Moss		Rep
	Jamie Boles		Rep
53rd	Howard Penny Jr.		Rep	Howard Penny Jr.		Rep
54th	Robert Reives		Dem	Robert Reives		Dem
55th	Mark Brody		Rep	Mark Brody		Rep
56th	Allen Buansi		Dem	Allen Buansi		Dem
57th	Ashton Clemmons		Dem	Ashton Clemmons		Dem
58th	Amos Quick		Dem	Amos Quick		Dem
59th	Jon Hardister		Rep	Jon Hardister		Rep
60th	Cecil Brockman		Dem	Cecil Brockman		Dem
61st	Pricey Harrison		Dem	Pricey Harrison		Dem
62nd	John Faircloth		Rep	John Faircloth		Rep
63rd	Ricky Hurtado		Dem	Stephen Ross		Rep
64th	Dennis Riddell		Rep	Dennis Riddell		Rep
65th	Reece Pyrtle		Rep	Reece Pyrtle		Rep
66th	New Seat			Sarah Crawford		Dem
67th	Wayne Sasser		Rep	Wayne Sasser		Rep
68th	David Willis		Rep	David Willis		Rep
69th	Dean Arp		Rep	Dean Arp		Rep
70th	Pat Hurley		Rep	Brian Biggs		Rep
71st	Evelyn Terry†		Dem	Kanika Brown		Dem
72nd	Amber Baker		Dem	Amber Baker		Dem
73rd	Larry Pittman†[d]		Rep	Diamond Staton-Williams		Dem
74th	Jeff Zenger		Rep	Jeff Zenger		Rep
75th	Donny Lambeth		Rep	Donny Lambeth		Rep
76th	Harry Warren		Rep	Harry Warren		Rep
77th	Julia Craven Howard		Rep	Julia Craven Howard		Rep
	Lee Zachary†[e]		Rep
78th	Allen McNeill†		Rep	Neal Jackson		Rep
79th	Keith Kidwell		Rep	Keith Kidwell		Rep
80th	Sam Watford		Rep	Sam Watford		Rep
81st	Larry Potts		Rep	Larry Potts		Rep
82nd	Kristin Baker		Rep	Kristin Baker		Rep
83rd	New Seat			Kevin Crutchfield		Rep
84th	Jeffrey McNeely		Rep	Jeffrey McNeely		Rep
85th	Dudley Greene		Rep	Dudley Greene		Rep
86th	Hugh Blackwell		Rep	Hugh Blackwell		Rep
87th	Destin Hall		Rep	Destin Hall		Rep
88th	Mary Belk		Dem	Mary Belk		Dem
89th	Mitchell Setzer		Rep	Mitchell Setzer		Rep
90th	Sarah Stevens		Rep	Sarah Stevens		Rep
91st	Kyle Hall		Rep	Kyle Hall		Rep
92nd	Terry Brown		Dem	Terry Brown		Dem
93rd	Ray Pickett		Rep	Ray Pickett		Rep
94th	Jeffrey Elmore		Rep	Jeffrey Elmore		Rep
95th	Grey Mills		Rep	Grey Mills		Rep
96th	Jay Adams		Rep	Jay Adams		Rep
97th	Jason Saine		Rep	Jason Saine		Rep
98th	John Bradford		Rep	John Bradford		Rep
99th	Nasif Majeed		Dem	Nasif Majeed		Dem
100th	John Autry		Dem	John Autry		Dem
101st	Carolyn Logan		Dem	Carolyn Logan		Dem
102nd	Becky Carney		Dem	Becky Carney		Dem
103rd	Rachel Hunt†		Dem	Laura Budd		Dem
104th	Brandon Lofton		Dem	Brandon Lofton		Dem
105th	Wesley Harris		Dem	Wesley Harris		Dem
106th	Carla Cunningham		Dem	Carla Cunningham		Dem
107th	Kelly Alexander		Dem	Kelly Alexander		Dem
108th	John Torbett		Rep	John Torbett		Rep
109th	Donnie Loftis		Rep	Donnie Loftis		Rep
110th	Kelly Hastings		Rep	Kelly Hastings		Rep
111th	Tim Moore		Rep	Tim Moore		Rep
112th	New Seat			Tricia Cotham		Dem
113th	Jake Johnson		Rep	Jake Johnson		Rep
	David Rogers[f]		Rep
114th	John Ager[g]		Dem	Eric Ager		Dem
115th	Brian Turner[h]		Dem	Lindsey Prather		Dem
116th	Caleb Rudow[i]		Dem	Caleb Rudow		Dem
117th	Tim Moffitt†		Rep	Jennifer Balkcom		Rep
118th	Mark Pless		Rep	Mark Pless		Rep
119th	Mike Clampitt		Rep	Mike Clampitt		Rep
120th	Karl Gillespie		Rep	Karl Gillespie		Rep

† - Incumbent not seeking re-election

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican	110	1,985,283	57.245	71	2	59.17
	Democratic	90	1,463,259	42.193	49	2	40.83
	Libertarian	15	19,503	0.562	0		0.00
Total		236	3,468,045	100%	120		100%

House seats Republican   59.17% Democratic   40.83%

Popular vote Republican   57.245% Democratic   42.193% Libertarian   0.562%

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 52: Jamie Boles lost renomination to fellow incumbent Ben Moss in a redistricting race.
2. District 70: Pat Hurley lost renomination to Brian Biggs.
3. District 113: David Rogers lost renomination to fellow incumbent Jake Johnson in a redistricting race.

• Larry Yarborough (R-District 2), defeated by Ray Jeffers (D)
• Howard Hunter III (D-District 5), defeated by Bill Ward (R)
• Linda Cooper-Suggs (D-District 24), defeated by Ken Fontenot (R)
• James Gailliard (D-District 25), defeated by Allen Chesser (R)
• Terry Garrison (D-District 32), defeated by Frank Sossamon (R)
• Ricky Hurtado (D-District 63), defeated by Stephen Ross (R)
• Brian Farkas (D-District 9), defeated by Timothy Reeder (R)

• Charles Graham (D-District 47) retired to run for Congress, seat won by Jarrod Lowery (R)
• Larry Pittman (R-District 73) retired, seat won by Diamond Staton-Williams (D)

• District 6 (Harnett County) won by Joe Pike (R)
• District 21 (Wake County) won by Ya Liu (D)
• District 66 (Wake County) won by Sarah Crawford (D)
• District 83 (Cabarrus & Rowan Counties) won by Kevin Crutchfield (R)
• District 112 (Mecklenburg County) won by Tricia Cotham (D)

The new 1st District includes the homes of incumbent Republicans Ed Goodwin, who had represented the 1st District since 2019, and Bobby Hanig, who had represented the 6th District since 2019. Hanig announced that he would not seek re-election, and instead would run for the North Carolina Senate.^[7]

North Carolina House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2022^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Goodwin (incumbent)	25,737	100%
Total votes			25,737	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Larry Yarborough had represented the 2nd District since 2015.

North Carolina House of Representatives 2nd district general election, 2022^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray Jeffers	19,692	54.57%
	Republican	Larry Yarborough (incumbent)	15,674	43.44%
	Libertarian	Gavin Bell	718	1.99%
Total votes			36,084	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Incumbent Republican Steve Tyson had represented the 3rd District since 2021. He was running for re-election.^[10]

North Carolina House of Representatives 3rd district general election, 2022^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Tyson (incumbent)	23,739	100%
Total votes			23,739	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Jimmy Dixon had represented the 4th District since 2011. He was running for re-election.^[12]

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2022^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Dixon (incumbent)	16,449	66.58%
	Democratic	Wesley L. Boykin	8,256	33.42%
Total votes			24,705	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democratic Howard Hunter III had represented the 5th District since 2015. Bill Ward won the Republican nomination and then defeated Hunter in the general election.

North Carolina House of Representatives 5th District Republican primary election, 2022^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Ward	3,359	68.27%
	Republican	Donald Kirkland	1,561	31.73%
Total votes			4,920	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 5th district general election, 2022^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Ward	15,784	53.83%
	Democratic	Howard Hunter III (incumbent)	13,539	46.17%
Total votes			29,323	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

The new 6th District is based in Harnett County and had no incumbent. Joe Pike won the Republican nomination, defeating Murray Simpkins. Pike won the Republican nomination and then easily won the general election.

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th District Republican primary election, 2022^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Pike	1,667	51.23%
	Republican	Murray Simpkins	1,587	48.77%
Total votes			3,254	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2022^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Pike	11,591	60.64%
	Democratic	Kiara Johnson	7,522	39.36%
Total votes			19,113	100%
	Republican win (new seat)

Incumbent Republican Matthew Winslow had represented the 7th District since 2021.

North Carolina House of Representatives 7th district general election, 2022^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matthew Winslow (incumbent)	24,137	100%
Total votes			24,137	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat Kandie Smith had represented the 8th District since 2019. Smith was retiring to run for the North Carolina Senate.^[19] Sharon McDonald Evans^[20] and Gloristine Brown^[21] sought the Democratic nomination. Brown won the Democratic nomination.

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th District Democratic primary election, 2022^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloristine Brown	3,031	59.11%
	Democratic	Sharon McDonald Evans	2,097	40.89%
Total votes			5,128	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2022^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloristine Brown	13,116	53.57%
	Republican	Charles "Drock" Vincent	11,366	46.43%
Total votes			24,482	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Brian Farkas had represented the 9th District since 2021. Timothy Reeder^[21] won the Republican nomination, defeating Tony Moore.

North Carolina House of Representatives 9th District Republican primary election, 2022^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Timothy Reeder	3,318	57.93%
	Republican	Tony Moore	2,410	42.07%
Total votes			5,728	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 9th district general election, 2022^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Timothy Reeder	15,212	50.59%
	Democratic	Brian Farkas (incumbent)	14,858	49.41%
Total votes			30,070	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

The new 10th District includes the homes of incumbent Republican Majority Leader John Bell, who had represented the 10th District since 2013, and incumbent Democrat Raymond Smith Jr., who had represented the 21st District since 2019. Smith was retiring to run for the North Carolina Senate.

North Carolina House of Representatives 10th district general election, 2022^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Bell (incumbent)	17,796	100%
Total votes			17,796	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat Allison Dahle had represented the 11th District since 2019.

North Carolina House of Representatives 11th district general election, 2022^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Allison Dahle (incumbent)	20,946	100%
Total votes			20,946	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican Chris Humphrey had represented the 12th District since 2019. He was running for re-election.^[28]

North Carolina House of Representatives 12th district general election, 2022^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Humphrey (incumbent)	17,486	61.42%
	Democratic	Lillie Williams	10,983	38.58%
Total votes			28,469	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Pat McElraft had represented the 13th District since 2007. She was retiring.^[30] Celeste Cairns won the Republican nomination, defeating Pete Benton and Eden Gordon Hill.^[31]

North Carolina House of Representatives 13th District Republican primary election, 2022^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Celeste Cairns	6,271	54.88%
	Republican	Pete Benton	3,984	34.86%
	Republican	Eden Gordon Hill	1,172	10.26%
Total votes			11,427	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 13th district general election, 2022^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Celeste Cairns	25,850	71.32%
	Democratic	Katie Tomberlin	10,394	28.68%
Total votes			36,244	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican George Cleveland had represented the 14th District since 2005. Debbie Burke was challenging Cleveland for the Republican nomination. Eric Whitfield and Isiah "Ike" Johnson sought the Democratic nomination.^[34]

North Carolina House of Representatives 14th District Democratic primary election, 2022^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Isaiah "Ike" Johnson	1,321	84.46%
	Democratic	Eric Whitfield	243	15.54%
Total votes			1,564	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 14th district general election, 2022^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Cleveland (incumbent)	9,418	66.21%
	Democratic	Isiah "Ike" Johnson	4,807	33.79%
Total votes			14,225	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Phil Shepard had represented the 15th District since 2011.

North Carolina House of Representatives 15th district general election, 2022^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Shepard (incumbent)	14,512	68.06%
	Democratic	Christopher Schulte	6,810	31.94%
Total votes			21,322	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Carson Smith had represented the 16th District since 2019.

North Carolina House of Representatives 16th district general election, 2022^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carson Smith (incumbent)	23,902	100%
Total votes			23,902	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Frank Iler had represented the 17th District since 2009. Edward M. McKeithan and Eric Terashima sought the Democratic nomination.

North Carolina House of Representatives 17th District Democratic primary election, 2022^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric Terashima	2,968	70.75%
	Democratic	Edward M. McKeithan	1,227	29.25%
Total votes			4,195	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 17th district general election, 2022^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Iler (incumbent)	28,012	62.29%
	Democratic	Eric Terashima	16,960	37.71%
Total votes			44,972	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat Deb Butler had represented the 18th District since 2017.

North Carolina House of Representatives 18th district general election, 2022^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deb Butler (incumbent)	19,190	53.31%
	Republican	John Hinnant	16,806	46.69%
Total votes			35,996	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican Charlie Miller had represented the 19th District since 2021.

North Carolina House of Representatives 19th district general election, 2022^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charlie Miller (incumbent)	33,131	100%
Total votes			33,131	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Ted Davis Jr. had represented the 20th District and its predecessors since 2012.

North Carolina House of Representatives 20th district general election, 2022^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Davis Jr. (incumbent)	19,075	51.14%
	Democratic	Amy Block DeLoach	18,228	48.86%
Total votes			37,303	100%
	Republican hold

The new 21st District is based in western Wake County and had no incumbent. Cary Town Council member Ya Liu won the open seat.

North Carolina House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2022^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ya Liu	18,857	67.69%
	Republican	Gerard Falzon	8,342	29.95%
	Libertarian	Joshua Morris	658	2.36%
Total votes			27,857	100%
	Democratic win (new seat)

Incumbent Republican William Brisson had represented the 22nd District since 2007.

North Carolina House of Representatives 22nd district general election, 2022^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Brisson (incumbent)	20,633	100%
Total votes			20,633	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat Shelly Willingham had represented the 23rd District since 2015.

North Carolina House of Representatives 23rd district general election, 2022^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shelly Willingham (incumbent)	16,488	54.42%
	Republican	James Crowell Proctor	13,809	45.58%
Total votes			30,297	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Linda Cooper-Suggs had represented the 24th District since 2020. She lost re-election to Republican Ken Fontenot.

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district general election, 2022^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Fontenot	15,121	54.22%
	Democratic	Linda Cooper-Suggs (incumbent)	12,768	45.78%
Total votes			27,889	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Incumbent Democrat James Gailliard had represented the 25th District since 2019. Allen Chesser won the Republican nomination, defeating Alsey Beth Hopkins and Yvonne McLeod. Chesser then defeated Gailliard in the general election.

North Carolina House of Representatives 25th District Republican primary election, 2022^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Allen Chesser	3,631	49.73%
	Republican	Yvonne McLeod	3,322	45.50%
	Republican	Alsey Heth Hopkins	348	4.77%
Total votes			7,301	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 25th district general election, 2022^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Allen Chesser	17,903	52.85%
	Democratic	James Gailliard (incumbent)	15,128	44.66%
	Libertarian	Nick Taylor	841	2.48%
Total votes			33,872	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Incumbent Republican Donna McDowell White had represented the 26th District since 2017. Rick Walker unsuccessfully challenged McDowell White for the Republican nomination.

North Carolina House of Representatives 26th District Republican primary election, 2022^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donna McDowell White (incumbent)	4,851	65.81%
	Republican	Rick Walker	2,520	34.19%
Total votes			7,371	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 26th district general election, 2022^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donna McDowell White (incumbent)	19,984	59.18%
	Democratic	Linda Bennett	13,783	40.82%
Total votes			33,767	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat Michael Wray had represented the 27th District since 2005. Jerry McDaniel unsuccessfully challenged Wray for the Democratic nomination. Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp was unopposed for the Republican nomination.^[52]

North Carolina House of Representatives 27th District Democratic primary election, 2022^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Wray (incumbent)	10,866	79.00%
	Democratic	Jerry McDaniel	2,889	21.00%
Total votes			13,755	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 27th district general election, 2022^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Wray (incumbent)	18,116	61.44%
	Republican	Wes Tripp	11,370	38.56%
Total votes			29,486	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican Larry Strickland had represented the 28th District since 2017. James Davenport unsuccessfully challenged Strickland for the Republican nomination.

North Carolina House of Representatives 28th District Republican primary election, 2022^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Strickland (incumbent)	6,482	83.47%
	Republican	Jim Davenport	1,284	16.53%
Total votes			7,766	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 28th district general election, 2022^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Strickland (incumbent)	18,838	71.94%
	Democratic	Wendy Ella May	7,349	28.06%
Total votes			26,187	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat Vernetta Alston had represented the 29th District since 2020.

North Carolina House of Representatives 29th district general election, 2022^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vernetta Alston (incumbent)	35,220	100%
Total votes			35,220	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Marcia Morey had represented the 30th District since 2017.

North Carolina House of Representatives 30th district general election, 2022^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marcia Morey (incumbent)	29,614	86.36%
	Republican	William G. Antico	4,036	11.77%
	Libertarian	Guy Meilleur	640	1.87%
Total votes			34,290	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Zack Forde-Hawkins had represented the 31st District since 2019.

North Carolina House of Representatives 31st district general election, 2022^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zack Forde-Hawkins (incumbent)	24,814	84.20%
	Libertarian	Sean Haugh	4,658	15.80%
Total votes			29,472	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Terry Garrison had represented the 32nd District since 2017. Garrison lost re-election to Republican Frank Sossamon.

North Carolina House of Representatives district general election, 2022^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Sossamon	14,156	51.33%
	Democratic	Terry Garrison (incumbent)	13,424	48.67%
Total votes			27,580	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Rosa Gill had represented the 33rd District since 2009. Nate Blanton unsuccessfully challenged Gill for the Democratic nomination.

North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd District Democratic primary election, 2022^[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rosa Gill (incumbent)	6,257	86.13%
	Democratic	Nate Blanton	1,008	13.87%
Total votes			7,265	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd district general election, 2022^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rosa Gill (incumbent)	19,471	59.60%
	Republican	Stephanie Dingee	12,191	37.32%
	Libertarian	Chris Costello	1,008	3.09%
Total votes			32,670	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Grier Martin had represented the 34th District since 2013, but he resigned on July 8, 2022, and ended his re-election campaign. Fellow Democrat Jack Nichols was appointed to finish the remainder of Martin's term. Zach Padgett was initially chosen to replace Martin on the ballot, but he later withdrew and was replaced by Tim Longest.^[63] Ashley Seshul defeated Joshua Jordan to win the Republican nomination. Longest won the open seat.

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th District Republican primary election, 2022^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ashley Seshul	3,907	70.79%
	Republican	Joshua Jordan	1,612	29.21%
Total votes			5,519	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2022^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Longest	24,413	60.27%
	Republican	Ashley Seshul	14,853	36.67%
	Libertarian	Kat McDonald	1,240	3.06%
Total votes			40,506	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Terence Everitt had represented the 35th District since 2019. Fred Von Canon won the Republican nomination, defeating Brandon Panameno.

North Carolina House of Representatives 35th District Republican primary election, 2022^[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred Von Canon	4,602	79.45%
	Republican	Brandon Panameno	1,190	20.55%
Total votes			5,792	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 35th district general election, 2022^[67]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terence Everitt (incumbent)	19,313	51.99%
	Republican	Fred Von Canon	17,106	46.05%
	Libertarian	Joseph Serio	728	1.96%
Total votes			37,147	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Julie von Haefen had represented the 36th District since 2019.

North Carolina House of Representatives 36th district general election, 2022^[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julie von Haefen (incumbent)	21,966	56.10%
	Republican	John Harris	16,220	41.43%
	Libertarian	Kyle Ward	968	2.47%
Total votes			39,154	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican Erin Paré had represented the 37th District since 2021. Mary Bethel, Christine Kelly, and Elizabeth Parent sought the Democratic nomination. Kelly won the Democratic nomination.

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th District Democratic primary election, 2022^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Kelly	2,066	38.53%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Parent	2,002	37.34%
	Democratic	Mary Bethel	1,294	24.13%
Total votes			5,362	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2022^[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erin Paré (incumbent)	21,260	52.84%
	Democratic	Christine Kelly	18,110	45.01%
	Libertarian	Christopher Robinson	862	2.14%
Total votes			40,232	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat Abe Jones had represented the 38th District since 2021.

North Carolina House of Representatives 38th district general election, 2022^[71]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Abe Jones (incumbent)	24,036	87.45%
	Libertarian	Christopher Mizelle	3,450	12.55%
Total votes			27,486	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat James Roberson had represented the 39th District since his appointment on January 11, 2021. He was elected to a full term.

North Carolina House of Representatives 39th district general election, 2022^[72]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Roberson (incumbent)	18,545	60.18%
	Republican	Greg Jones	12,273	39.82%
Total votes			30,818	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Joe John had represented the 40th District since 2017. Marguerite Creel unsuccessfully challenged John for the Democratic nomination. John defeated former representative Marilyn Avila in the general election.

North Carolina House of Representatives 40th district Democratic primary election, 2022^[73]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe John (incumbent)	5,520	74.10%
	Democratic	Marguerite Creel	1,929	25.90%
Total votes			7,449	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 40th district general election, 2022^[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe John (incumbent)	24,630	54.78%
	Republican	Marilyn Avila	19,224	42.75%
	Libertarian	Michael Nelson	1,111	2.47%
Total votes			44,965	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democratic Deputy Minority Leader Gale Adcock had represented the 41st District since 2015. Adcock retired to run for the North Carolina Senate.^[75] Wake County Commissioner Maria Cervania won the open seat.

North Carolina House of Representatives 41st district general election, 2022^[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maria Cervania	24,096	63.92%
	Republican	Bruce K. Forster	12,629	33.50%
	Libertarian	Kevin Terrett	970	2.57%
Total votes			37,695	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Marvin Lucas had represented the 42nd District since 2001. Naveed Aziz unsuccessfully challenged Lucas for the Democratic nomination.

North Carolina House of Representatives 42nd district Democratic primary election, 2022^[77]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas (incumbent)	2,660	55.85%
	Democratic	Naveed Aziz	2,103	44.15%
Total votes			4,763	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 42nd district general election, 2022^[78]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas (incumbent)	10,563	71.27%
	Republican	Gloria Carrasco	4,258	28.73%
Total votes			14,821	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican Diane Wheatley had represented the 43rd District since 2021. Former representative Elmer Floyd won the Democratic nomination.^[79]

North Carolina House of Representatives 43rd district Democratic primary election, 2022^[80]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elmer Floyd	3,581	59.93%
	Democratic	Kimberly Hardy	2,150	35.98%
	Democratic	Prince Christian	244	4.08%
Total votes			5,975	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 43rd district general election, 2022^[81]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diane Wheatley (incumbent)	14,389	54.99%
	Democratic	Elmer Floyd	11,778	45.01%
Total votes			26,167	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat Billy Richardson had represented the 44th District since 2015. Richardson did not seek re-election. Charles Smith won the Democratic nomination and ran unopposed in the general election.

North Carolina House of Representatives 44th district Democratic primary election, 2022^[82]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Smith	3,650	61.77%
	Democratic	Terry L. Johnson Sr.	2,259	38.23%
Total votes			5,909	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 44th district general election, 2022^[83]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Smith	14,903	100%
Total votes			14,903	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican John Szoka had represented the 45th District since 2013. Szoka originally announced that he would retire to run for Congress,^[84] but switched races and chose to run for the Cumberland County Commission. Keith Byrd, Chris Davis, and 2020 nominee Frances Jackson sought the Democratic nomination. Jackson won the Democratic nomination and then defeated Republican nominee Susan Chapman in the general election.

North Carolina House of Representatives 45th district Democratic primary election, 2022^[85]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frances Jackson	2,228	52.45%
	Democratic	Chris Davis	1,746	41.10%
	Democratic	Keith Byrd	274	6.45%
Total votes			4,248	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 45th district general election, 2022^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frances Jackson	11,148	55.16%
	Republican	Susan Chapman	9,064	44.84%
Total votes			20,212	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Incumbent Republican Brenden Jones had represented the 46th District since 2017.

North Carolina House of Representatives 46th district general election, 2022^[87]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brenden Jones (incumbent)	19,928	100%
Total votes			19,928	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat Charles Graham had represented the 47th District since 2011. Graham was retiring to run for Congress.^[88] Jarrod Lowery won the Republican nomination. Charles Townsend won the Democratic nomination.^[89]

North Carolina House of Representatives 47th district Democratic primary election, 2022^[90]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Townsend	3,355	63.82%
	Democratic	Aminah Ghaffar	1,902	36.18%
Total votes			5,257	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 47th district Republican primary election, 2022^[90]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jarrod Lowery	1,310	70.05%
	Republican	Mickey Biggs	560	29.95%
Total votes			1,870	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 47th district general election, 2022^[91]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jarrod Lowery	11,386	60.76%
	Democratic	Charles Townsend	7,353	39.24%
Total votes			18,739	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Garland Pierce had represented the 48th District since 2005.

North Carolina House of Representatives 48th district general election, 2022^[92]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Garland Pierce (incumbent)	12,073	53.52%
	Republican	Melissa Swarbrick	10,486	46.48%
Total votes			22,559	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Cynthia Ball had represented the 49th District since 2017.

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2022^[93]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cynthia Ball (incumbent)	22,519	67.77%
	Republican	David Robertson	9,764	29.38%
	Libertarian	Michael Oakes	946	2.85%
Total votes			33,229	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Graig Meyer had represented the 50th District since 2013. Meyer was retiring to run for North Carolina Senate.^[94] Renee Price won the Democratic nomination, defeating Matt Hughes.^[95][96]

North Carolina House of Representatives 50th district Democratic primary election, 2022^[97]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Renee Price	8,458	72.02%
	Democratic	Matt Hughes	3,286	27.98%
Total votes			11,744	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 50th district general election, 2022^[98]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Renee Price	22,732	59.45%
	Republican	Charles Lopez	15,503	40.55%
Total votes			38,235	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican John Sauls had represented the 51st District since 2017.

North Carolina House of Representatives 51st district general election, 2022^[99]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Sauls (incumbent)	16,973	64.98%
	Democratic	Malcolm Hall	9,147	35.02%
Total votes			26,120	100%
	Republican hold

The new 52nd District includes the homes of incumbent Republicans Jamie Boles, who had represented the 52nd District since 2009, and Ben Moss, who had represented the 66th District since 2021. Moss defeated Boles to win the Republican nomination.^[100][101]

North Carolina House of Representatives 52nd district Republican primary election, 2022^[102]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Moss (incumbent)	3,688	53.34%
	Republican	Jamie Boles (incumbent)	3,226	46.66%
Total votes			6,914	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 52nd district general election, 2022^[103]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Moss (incumbent)	19,640	100%
Total votes			19,640	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Howard Penny Jr. had represented the 53rd District since 2020. Brian Hawley challenged Penny for the Republican nomination.

North Carolina House of Representatives 53rd district Republican primary election, 2022^[104]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard Penny Jr. (incumbent)	5,142	63.25%
	Republican	Brian Hawley	2,988	36.75%
Total votes			8,130	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 53rd district general election, 2022^[105]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard Penny Jr. (incumbent)	22,118	67.14%
	Democratic	Kevin G. Thurman	10,824	32.86%
Total votes			32,942	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democratic Minority Leader Robert Reives had represented the 54th District since 2014. Republican former Chatham County commissioner Walter Petty^[106] and Craig Kinsey sought the Republican nomination.

North Carolina House of Representatives 54th district Republican primary election, 2022^[107]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter Petty	4,443	64.25%
	Republican	Craig Kinsey	2,472	35.75%
Total votes			6,915	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 54th district general election, 2022^[108]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Reives (incumbent)	23,105	55.29%
	Republican	Walter Petty	18,684	44.71%
Total votes			41,789	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican Mark Brody had represented the 55th District since 2013. Brandon Smith challenged Brody for the Republican nomination.

North Carolina House of Representatives 55th district Republican primary election, 2022^[109]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Brody (incumbent)	4,740	84.46%
	Republican	Brandon Smith	872	15.54%
Total votes			5,612	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 55th district general election, 2022^[110]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Brody (incumbent)	18,930	100%
Total votes			18,930	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat Verla Insko had represented the 56th District and its predecessors since 1997. Insko was not seeking re-election.^[111] Jonah Garson and Allen Buansi are seeking the Democratic nomination.^[112]

North Carolina House of Representatives 56th district Democratic primary election, 2022^[113]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Allen Buansi	7,715	51.54%
	Democratic	Jonah Garson	7,253	48.46%
Total votes			14,968	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 56th district general election, 2022^[114]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Allen Buansi (incumbent)	32,064	100%
Total votes			32,064	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Ashton Clemmons had represented the 57th District since 2019.

North Carolina House of Representatives 57th district general election, 2022^[115]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ashton Clemmons (incumbent)	20,186	55.07%
	Republican	Michelle C. Bardsley	16,467	44.93%
Total votes			36,653	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Amos Quick had represented the 58th District since 2017.

North Carolina House of Representatives 58th district general election, 2022^[116]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amos Quick (incumbent)	17,217	69.16%
	Republican	Chrissy Smith	7,679	30.84%
Total votes			24,896	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican Jon Hardister had represented the 59th District since 2013. He was running for re-election.^[117] Eddie Aday and Sherrie Young are seeking the Democratic nomination.^[118]

North Carolina House of Representatives 59th district Democratic primary election, 2022^[119]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sherrie Young	4,478	74.35%
	Democratic	Eddie Aday	1,545	25.65%
Total votes			6,023	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 59th district general election, 2022^[120]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Hardister (incumbent)	19,558	56.33%
	Democratic	Sherrie Young	15,163	43.67%
Total votes			34,721	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat Cecil Brockman had represented the 60th District since 2015.

North Carolina House of Representatives 60th district general election, 2022^[121]

Party