Diamond Staton-Williams

Diamond Staton-Williams
Diamond Staton-Williams
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives; from the 73rd district
	In office; January 1, 2023 – January 1, 2025
Preceded by	Larry Pittman (Redistricting)
Succeeded by	Jonathan Almond
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Occupation	Politician; nurse; businesswoman;

Diamond Staton-Williams is an American politician, registered nurse and business owner. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who represented the 73rd district (which includes parts of Cabarrus County) from 2023 to 2025.^[1]

In the 2022 election, Staton-Williams beat Republican nominee Brian Echevarria by 629 votes. This victory helped stop a Republican supermajority in the House by one seat.^[2] In the 2024 state house election, she lost reelection to Republican nominee Jonathan Almond.^[3]

Committee assignments

2023–2024 session

Appropriations
Appropriations - Capital
Environment
Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs
UNC BOG Nominations
Disaster Recovery and Homeland Security

Electoral history

2024

North Carolina House of Representatives 73rd district general election, 2024^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jonathan Almond	23,400	53.21%
	Democratic	Diamond Staton-Williams (incumbent)	20,577	46.79%
Total votes			43,977	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 73rd district general election, 2022^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diamond Staton-Williams	14,108	51.14%
	Republican	Brian Echevarria	13,479	48.86%
Total votes			27,587	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican