2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election

An election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect all 120 members to North Carolina's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. House of Representatives and state senate. The primary election was held on May 8, 2018 with a run-off on June 26, 2018.

2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election

November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)

All 120 seats of the North Carolina House of Representatives
61 seats are needed for a majority
Turnout52.97%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Tim Moore Darren Jackson
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat District 111 District 39
Last election 74 46
Seats before 75[lower-alpha 1] 45
Seats won 65 55
Seat change 9 9
Popular vote 1,779,584 1,866,432
Percentage 48.18% 50.54%
Swing 3.83% 3.86%

Speaker before election

Tim Moore
Republican

Elected Speaker

Tim Moore
Republican

Republicans retained control of the House, despite losing the popular vote, but lost their three-fifths supermajority after a net loss of nine seats (compared to the results of the 2016 elections), winning 65 seats compared to 55 seats for the Democrats.[1]

Results

Statewide

PartyCandi-
dates
VotesSeats
No.%No.+/–%
Republican Party1181,779,58448.18%65954.17%
Democratic Party1191,866,43250.54%55945.83%
Independent222,2880.60%00.00%
Libertarian Party2022,0740.60%00.00%
Constitution Party32,2640.06%00.00%
Green Party15650.02%00.00%
Write-in1220.00%00.00%
Total2653,693,284100.00%120100.00%
Popular vote
Democratic
50.54%
Republican
48.18%
Other
1.28%
House seats
Republican
54.17%
Democratic
45.83%

District

Results of the 2018 North Carolina House of Representatives election by district:[2]

District Democratic Republican Others Total Result
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes
District 113,02646.90%14,74953.10%--27,775Republican Hold
District 213,02644.69%16,12455.31%--29,150Republican Hold
District 310,87442.44%14,06854.90%6832.67%25,625Republican Hold
District 47,51534.88%13,54662.87%4862.26%21,547Republican Hold
District 515,20659.92%10,17240.08%--25,378Democratic Hold
District 615,17744.97%18,57355.03%--33,750Republican Hold
District 713,28942.00%18,35258.00%--31,641Republican GAIN
District 815,57064.65%8,51535.35%--24,085Democratic GAIN
District 911,51040.04%17,23459.96%--28,744Republican Hold
District 108,32930.66%18,83669.34%--27,165Republican Hold
District 1123,26669.22%9,17927.31%1,1663.47%33,611Democratic Hold
District 1211,34043.90%14,49456.10%--25,834Republican GAIN
District 13--22,75572.76%8,51827.24%31,273Republican Hold
District 147,38141.18%10,54458.82%--17,925Republican Hold
District 154,59633.62%9,07666.38%--13,672Republican Hold
District 1612,43040.66%18,14459.34%--30,574Republican Hold
District 1716,64236.52%28,93063.48%--45,572Republican Hold
District 1817,81262.43%9,83534.47%8853.10%28,532Democratic Hold
District 1917,07546.88%17,95749.30%1,3893.81%36,421Republican Hold
District 2017,06247.34%18,97952.66%--36,041Republican Hold
District 2112,04152.65%10,82947.35%--22,870Democratic Hold
District 2211,78343.31%15,42356.69%--27,206Republican GAIN
District 2315,95960.85%10,26639.15%--26,225Democratic Hold
District 2414,21950.80%--13,77049.20%27,989Democratic Hold
District 2515,85851.52%13,87345.07%1,0473.40%30,778Democratic GAIN
District 2615,27740.17%22,75159.83%--38,028Republican Hold
District 2716,76869.32%7,42030.68%--24,188Democratic Hold
District 289,36634.36%17,22563.19%6702.46%27,261Republican Hold
District 2932,75788.15%4,40211.85%--37,159Democratic Hold
District 3030,30373.84%9,86224.03%8722.12%41,037Democratic Hold
District 3130,61381.00%6,00215.88%1,1793.12%37,794Democratic Hold
District 3217,82264.27%9,90935.73%--27,731Democratic Hold
District 3323,90078.70%6,46821.30%--30,368Democratic Hold
District 3426,34865.51%12,90332.08%9702.41%40,221Democratic Hold
District 3523,18751.09%20,66845.54%1,5323.38%45,387Democratic GAIN
District 3621,55149.52%20,66747.49%1,3053.00%43,523Democratic GAIN
District 3722,80349.92%21,85947.85%1,0182.23%45,680Democratic GAIN
District 3823,98581.90%4,53215.48%7682.62%29,285Democratic Hold
District 3924,17266.40%11,44131.43%7892.17%36,402Democratic Hold
District 4024,19351.24%21,25645.02%1,7673.74%47,216Democratic Hold
District 4126,63166.76%13,26233.24%--39,893Democratic Hold
District 4213,10076.05%3,68421.39%4422.57%17,226Democratic Hold
District 4316,17574.13%5,64625.87%--21,821Democratic Hold
District 4413,44856.56%10,32843.44%--23,776Democratic Hold
District 4512,33041.64%17,28058.36%--29,610Republican Hold
District 467,33136.63%12,68363.37%--20,014Republican Hold
District 4711,49658.91%8,01841.09%--19,514Democratic Hold
District 4814,55462.82%8,61337.18%--23,167Democratic Hold
District 4927,53866.27%12,92931.11%1,0862.61%41,553Democratic Hold
District 5023,29262.11%14,21037.89%--37,502Democratic Hold
District 5112,25947.21%13,70752.79%--25,966Republican Hold
District 5213,34237.29%22,43862.71%--35,780Republican Hold
District 5310,10837.01%17,20162.99%--27,309Republican Hold
District 5429,66463.27%17,21936.73%--46,883Democratic Hold
District 559,79034.71%18,41265.29%--28,202Republican Hold
District 5632,28686.15%4,23511.30%9552.55%37,476Democratic Hold
District 5722,44367.57%10,77332.43%--33,216Democratic Hold
District 5821,38576.78%6,46723.22%--27,852Democratic Hold
District 5916,92443.35%22,11956.65%--39,043Republican Hold
District 6017,71869.04%7,94730.96%--25,665Democratic Hold
District 6125,46973.30%9,27526.70%--34,744Democratic GAIN
District 6216,82342.71%22,56857.29%--39,391Republican Hold
District 6315,01349.51%15,31150.49%--30,324Republican Hold
District 6410,89642.17%14,94257.83%--25,838Republican Hold
District 6510,00734.88%16,46457.38%2,2207.74%28,691Republican Hold
District 6613,52851.00%12,43246.87%5652.13%26,525Democratic Hold
District 678,00624.12%24,04072.42%1,1503.46%33,196Republican Hold
District 6815,00941.52%21,13858.48%--36,147Republican Hold
District 6911,88739.73%18,02960.27%--29,916Republican Hold
District 705,60023.07%18,67376.93%--24,273Republican Hold
District 7118,23772.66%6,86127.34%--25,098Democratic Hold
District 7219,29279.11%5,09320.89%--24,385Democratic Hold
District 7311,07035.90%19,76364.10%--30,833Republican Hold
District 7416,21245.49%19,42354.51%--35,635Republican Hold
District 7515,59946.91%17,65153.09%--33,250Republican Hold
District 7610,57838.75%16,71861.25%--27,296Republican Hold
District 778,58426.63%23,65473.37%--32,238Republican Hold
District 785,59321.19%20,80578.81%--26,398Republican Hold
District 7911,22039.41%17,24760.59%--28,467Republican Hold
District 807,06324.92%21,28375.08%--28,346Republican Hold
District 817,94628.16%20,27671.84%--28,222Republican Hold
District 8216,99147.25%18,96952.75%--35,960Republican Hold
District 8313,24047.22%14,79852.78%--28,038Republican Hold
District 849,24631.10%20,48368.90%--29,729Republican Hold
District 856,82225.05%20,40874.95%--27,230Republican Hold
District 869,03935.52%16,41264.48%--25,451Republican Hold
District 877,08927.14%19,03172.86%--26,120Republican Hold
District 8822,56175.63%7,26824.37%--29,829Democratic Hold
District 897,28127.75%18,95972.25%--26,240Republican Hold
District 907,17026.68%18,37368.35%1,3364.97%26,879Republican Hold
District 917,13424.61%21,23273.24%6232.15%28,989Republican Hold
District 9220,04370.02%8,58029.98%--28,623Democratic Hold
District 9318,78752.21%17,19647.79%--35,983Democratic GAIN
District 947,99827.32%21,27772.68%--29,275Republican Hold
District 9512,67035.93%22,59364.07%--35,263Republican Hold
District 9610,52739.26%16,28560.74%--26,812Republican Hold
District 979,25229.49%22,12270.51%--31,374Republican Hold
District 9820,03350.52%19,61849.48%--39,651Democratic GAIN
District 9921,91582.35%4,69617.65%--26,611Democratic Hold
District 10016,75570.83%6,90129.17%--23,656Democratic Hold
District 10123,33578.69%6,31921.31%--29,654Democratic Hold
District 10221,60983.35%4,31616.65%--25,925Democratic Hold
District 10319,13450.09%19,06449.91%--38,198Democratic GAIN
District 10421,71651.78%20,22048.22%--41,936Democratic GAIN
District 10518,36252.29%16,75347.71%--35,115Democratic GAIN
District 10620,26180.55%4,89219.45%--25,153Democratic Hold
District 10724,453100.00%----24,453Democratic Hold
District 10810,56340.29%15,65459.71%--26,217Republican Hold
District 10911,40040.88%16,40758.84%770.28%27,884Republican Hold
District 1107,91932.16%16,70867.84%--24,627Republican Hold
District 1118,73334.59%16,51165.41%--25,244Republican Hold
District 1127,43629.06%18,15570.94%--25,591Republican Hold
District 11316,55142.48%22,40757.52%--38,958Republican Hold
District 11434,54282.27%7,44417.73%--41,986Democratic Hold
District 11523,68358.28%16,95341.72%--40,636Democratic Hold
District 11619,57154.88%16,09145.12%--35,662Democratic Hold
District 11713,69939.94%20,59660.06%--34,295Republican Hold
District 11814,50642.82%19,36957.18%--33,875Republican Hold
District 11915,66252.33%14,27047.67%--29,932Democratic GAIN
District 1209,26726.56%25,61973.44%--34,886Republican Hold
Total1,866,43250.54%1,779,58448.18%47,2681.28%3,693,284

Incumbents defeated in general election

Democrats

Republicans

Notes

  1. One Democrat elected in 2016, William Brisson, switched to the Republican Party in 2017.

References

  1. Ingraham, Christopher (November 13, 2018). "In at least three states, including Pa., Republicans won House while losing popular vote". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, U.S.A. The Washington Post. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  2. "11/06/2018 Unofficial General Election Results - Statewide". Raleigh, U.S.A.: North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
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