North Carolina's 6th House district

Not to be confused with North Carolina's 6th congressional district.

North Carolina's 6th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Joe Pike R–Sanford
Demographics	56% White 22% Black 15% Hispanic 1% Asian 1% Native American 1% Other 5% Multiracial
Population (2020)	83,803

North Carolina's 6th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican Joe Pike since 2023.^[1]

Geography

Since 2023, the district has included part of Harnett County. The district overlaps with the 12th Senate district.

District officeholders since 1987

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Gene Rogers (Williamston)	Democratic	January 1, 1987 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 4th district and retired.	1987–1993 Parts of Pitt, Martin, Bertie, Chowan and Hertford counties.[2]
				1993–2003 Parts of Pitt, Martin, Washington, Bertie, and Hertford counties.[3]
Arthur Williams (Washington)	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2011	Lost re-election.	2003–2005 All of Hyde, Beaufort, and Washington counties.[4]
				2005–2013 All of Beaufort County. Part of Pitt County.[5]
Bill Cook (Chocowinity)	Republican	January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2013	Retired to run for State Senate.
Paul Tine (Kitty Hawk)	Democratic	January 1, 2013 – January 7, 2015	Switched parties. Retired.	2013–2019 All of Dare, Hyde, and Washington counties. Part of Beaufort County.[6][7][8]
	Independent	January 7, 2015 – January 1, 2017
Beverly Boswell (Kitty Hawk)	Republican	January 1, 2017 – January 1, 2019	Lost re-nomination.
Bobby Hanig (Powells Point)	Republican	January 1, 2019 – August 29, 2022	Resigned to assume seat in the State Senate.[9]	2019–2023 All of Currituck, Dare, Hyde, and Pamlico counties.
Vacant		August 29, 2022 – September 19, 2022
Paul O'Neal (Waterlily)	Republican	September 19, 2022 – January 1, 2023	Appointed to finish Hanig's term. Redistricted to the 1st district and retired.
Joe Pike (Sanford)	Republican	January 1, 2023 – Present		2023–Present Part of Harnett County.[10][11]

Election results

2024

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2024^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Pike (incumbent)	24,190	60.64%
	Democratic	Kiara Johnson	15,704	39.36%
Total votes			39,894	100%
	Republican hold

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district Republican primary election, 2022^[13]

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^[14]

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)

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district Republican primary election, 2020^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bobby Hanig (incumbent)	6,148	70.76%
	Republican	Rob Rollason	2,540	29.24%
Total votes			8,688	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2020^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bobby Hanig (incumbent)	31,063	64.34%
	Democratic	Tommy Fulcher	17,216	35.66%
Total votes			48,279	100%
	Republican hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district Republican primary election, 2018^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bobby Hanig	3,626	53.03%
	Republican	Beverly Boswell (incumbent)	3,212	46.97%
Total votes			6,838	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2018^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bobby Hanig	18,573	55.03%
	Democratic	Tess Judge	15,177	44.97%
Total votes			33,750	100%
	Republican hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district Democratic primary election, 2016^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Warren Judge	7,517	71.73%
	Democratic	Judy Justice	2,962	28.27%
Total votes			10,479	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district Republican primary election, 2016^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Beverly Boswell	3,834	39.27%
	Republican	Ashley Woolard	3,586	36.73%
	Republican	Arthur Williams	2,342	23.99%
Total votes			9,762	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2016^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Beverly Boswell	22,022	51.83%
	Democratic	Warren Judge	20,471	48.17%
Total votes			42,493	100%
	Republican gain from Independent

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district Republican primary election, 2014^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mattie Lawson	2,980	53.60%
	Republican	Ashley Woolard	2,580	46.40%
Total votes			5,560	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2014^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Tine (incumbent)	16,523	53.57%
	Republican	Mattie Lawson	14,319	46.43%
Total votes			30,842	100%
	Democratic hold

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district Republican primary election, 2012^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mattie Lawson	2,677	37.32%
	Republican	Arthur Williams	2,585	36.04%
	Republican	Jeremy D. Adams	1,911	26.64%
Total votes			7,173	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2012^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Tine	20,756	50.56%
	Republican	Mattie Lawson	20,298	49.44%
Total votes			41,054	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2010^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Cook	12,910	53.45%
	Democratic	Arthur Williams (incumbent)	11,242	46.55%
Total votes			24,152	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2008^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur Williams (incumbent)	25,038	100%
Total votes			25,038	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2006^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur Williams (incumbent)	10,716	62.73%
	Republican	Hood Richardson	6,368	37.27%
Total votes			17,084	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2004^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur Williams (incumbent)	16,192	54.96%
	Republican	Al Klemm	13,272	45.04%
Total votes			29,464	100%
	Democratic hold

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district Democratic primary election, 2002^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur Williams	5,436	51.57%
	Democratic	Daniel Mallison III	5,106	48.43%
Total votes			10,542	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district Republican primary election, 2002^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hood Richardson	1,713	51.41%
	Republican	Al Klemm	1,619	48.59%
Total votes			3,332	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2002^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur Williams	11,287	53.91%
	Republican	Hood Richardson	9,648	46.09%
Total votes			20,935	100%
	Democratic hold

2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2000^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Rogers (incumbent)	12,985	63.82%
	Republican	Edwin W. Congleton	7,361	36.18%
Total votes			20,346	100%
	Democratic hold

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