North Carolina State House District 115
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Lindsey Prather Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Lindsey Prather (D) 51.5, Ruth Smith (R) 48.5
- Last election
- Lindsey Prather (Democratic) won by 3.0 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: PenlandRight column: Prather
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativePratherNo published score for Penland
- Races
- None listed
- Won 2 of 2
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 4
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Candidates on the ballot
- Lindsey PratherIncumbentDemocratic
- Anthony J. PenlandRepublican
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Official results for North Carolina
History (12 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 50,923
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 115, 2002 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLindsey PratherWon Democratic 26,20351.5% RepublicanRuth Smith Republican 24,72048.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,488
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 115, 2002 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLindsey PratherWon Democratic 21,00757.6% RepublicanPratik Bhakta Republican 15,48142.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 50,795
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2020 to 2021)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 115, 2002 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn AgerWon(incumbent) Democratic 31,65062.3% RepublicanMark Crawford Republican 19,14537.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,636
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 115, 2002 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn AgerWon(incumbent) Democratic 23,68358.3% RepublicanAmy Evans Republican 16,95341.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,425
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 115, 2002 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn AgerWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,24955.6% RepublicanFrank Moretz Republican 20,17644.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,550
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 115, 2002 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn AgerWon Democratic 15,52350.8% RepublicanNathan Ramsey(incumbent) Republican 15,02749.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,556
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 115, 2002 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNathan RamseyWon Republican 23,11854.3% DemocraticSusan E. Wilson Democratic 19,43845.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,057
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 115, 2002 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPatsy KeeverWon Democratic 15,77556.2% RepublicanMark Crawford Republican 12,28243.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,224
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 115, 2002 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticD. Bruce GoforthWon(incumbent) Democratic 27,79567.4% RepublicanPaul Purdue Republican 13,42932.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,476
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 115, 2002 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticD. Bruce GoforthWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,58467.6% RepublicanEric Gorny Republican 8,89232.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,958
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 115, 2002 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticD. Bruce GoforthWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,95760.0% RepublicanBarbara Boyd Republican 13,00237.2% LibertarianRobert Parker Libertarian 9992.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,326
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 115, 2002 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticD. Bruce GoforthWon Democratic 11,32050.7% RepublicanMark F. Crawford Republican 10,40546.6% LibertarianRobert Parker Libertarian 6012.7%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 2002 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). North Carolina State House District 115, election results 2002 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/house/115. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:nc/sldl:115
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026