North Carolina's 49th House district

North Carolina's 49th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Cynthia Ball D–Raleigh
Demographics	65% White 16% Black 9% Hispanic 6% Asian 3% Multiracial
Population (2020)	83,861

North Carolina's 49th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Cynthia Ball since 2017.^[1]

Geography

Since 2013, the district has included parts of west central Wake County. The district overlaps with the 15th and 16th Senate districts.

District officeholders

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created January 1, 1983.				1983–1993 All of Yancey and McDowell counties.[2]
Bob Hunter (Marion)	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1999	Redistricted from the 42nd district. Retired to run for Court of Appeals judge.
				1993–2003 All of Yancey and McDowell counties. Part of Burke County.[3]
Mitch Gillespie (Marion)	Republican	January 1, 1999 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 85th district.
Lucy Allen (Louisburg)	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – April 6, 2010	Resigned.	2003–2005 All of Franklin County. Parts of Warren and Halifax counties.[4]
				2005–2013 All of Franklin County. Parts of Nash and Halifax counties.[5]
Vacant		April 6, 2010 – April 21, 2010
John May (Louisburg)	Democratic	April 21, 2010 – January 1, 2011	Appointed to finish Allen's term. Lost re-election.
Glen Bradley (Youngsville)	Republican	January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2013	Redistricted to the 25th district and retired to run for State Senate.
Jim Fulghum (Raleigh)	Republican	January 1, 2013 – July 19, 2014	Died.	2013–Present Part of Wake County.[6][7][8][9][10]
Vacant		July 19, 2014 – August 19, 2014
Gary Pendleton (Raleigh)	Republican	August 19, 2014 – January 1, 2017	Appointed to finish Fulghum's term. Lost re-election.
Cynthia Ball (Raleigh)	Democratic	January 1, 2017 – Present

Election results

2024

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2024^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cynthia Ball (incumbent)	32,814	100%
Total votes			32,814	100%
	Democratic hold

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2022^[12]

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

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2020^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cynthia Ball (incumbent)	37,807	65.05%
	Republican	David Robertson	17,564	30.22%
	Libertarian	Dee Watson	2,752	4.73%
Total votes			58,123	100%
	Democratic hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2018^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cynthia Ball (incumbent)	27,538	66.27%
	Republican	David Robertson	12,929	31.11%
	Libertarian	Jonathan Horst	1,086	2.61%
Total votes			41,553	100%
	Democratic hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2016^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cynthia Ball	26,975	48.67%
	Republican	Gary Pendleton (incumbent)	26,155	47.19%
	Libertarian	David Ulmer	2,299	4.15%
Total votes			55,429	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district Democratic primary election, 2014^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kim Hanchette	4,700	76.48%
	Democratic	Derek Kiszely	1,445	23.52%
Total votes			6,145	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2014^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Pendleton (incumbent)	20,588	51.63%
	Democratic	Kim Hanchette	19,290	48.37%
Total votes			39,878	100%
	Republican hold

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district Republican primary election, 2012^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Fulghum	8,300	65.86%
	Republican	Russell Capps	4,303	34.14%
Total votes			12,603	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2012^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Fulghum	28,300	53.97%
	Democratic	Keith Karlsson	24,134	46.03%
Total votes			52,434	100%
	Republican win (new seat)

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2010^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glen Bradley	11,276	51.68%
	Democratic	John May (incumbent)	10,544	48.32%
Total votes			21,820	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2008^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucy Allen (incumbent)	19,598	58.59%
	Republican	Keith Shearon	13,852	41.41%
Total votes			33,450	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2006^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucy Allen (incumbent)	9,173	59.22%
	Republican	Dave Harker	6,316	40.78%
Total votes			15,489	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2004^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucy Allen (incumbent)	15,121	56.66%
	Republican	Renee McCormick	11,567	43.34%
Total votes			26,688	100%
	Democratic hold

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district Democratic primary election, 2002^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucy Allen	5,650	59.37%
	Democratic	Phillip W. Taylor	3,866	40.63%
Total votes			9,516	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2002^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucy Allen	10,885	52.45%
	Republican	Renee McCormick	9,288	44.75%
	Libertarian	Gregg Adelman	580	2.79%
Total votes			20,753	100%
	Democratic win (new seat)

2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district Democratic primary election, 2000^[26]^[a]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annette Bryant	1,464	35.61%
	Democratic	David Huskins	1,388	33.76%
	Democratic	Everette Clark	1,259	30.63%
Total votes			4,111	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2000^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mitch Gillespie (incumbent)	14,174	60.34%
	Democratic	David Huskins	9,315	39.66%
Total votes			23,489	100%
	Republican hold

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1. Bryant and Huskins faced off in a primary run-off election, which was won by Huskins. Results are unavailable.