North Carolina State House District 115

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Lindsey Prather Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28

Anthony J. PenlandRepublican

Last result · 2024 general: Lindsey Prather (D) 51.5, Ruth Smith (R) 48.5

Lindsey PratherDemocratic · Incumbent4 years since first win

Earlier results: Lindsey Prather (Democratic) won by 15.1 points, 2022, older linesJohn Ager (Democratic) won by 24.6 points, 2020, older linesAll 12 elections

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Past results

Votes for listed candidates: 50,923
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Same as today

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%	51.5%
RepublicanRuth Smith	Republican	24,72048.5%	48.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 36,488
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2023)

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%	57.6%
RepublicanPratik Bhakta	Republican	15,48142.4%	42.4%

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%	62.3%
RepublicanMark Crawford	Republican	19,14537.7%	37.7%

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%	58.3%
RepublicanAmy Evans	Republican	16,95341.7%	41.7%

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.

All elections (12 for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 50,923
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Same as today

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%	51.5%
RepublicanRuth Smith	Republican	24,72048.5%	48.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 36,488
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2023)

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%	57.6%
RepublicanPratik Bhakta	Republican	15,48142.4%	42.4%

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%	62.3%
RepublicanMark Crawford	Republican	19,14537.7%	37.7%

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%	58.3%
RepublicanAmy Evans	Republican	16,95341.7%	41.7%

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%	55.6%
RepublicanFrank Moretz	Republican	20,17644.4%	44.4%

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%	50.8%
RepublicanNathan Ramsey(incumbent)	Republican	15,02749.2%	49.2%

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%	54.3%
DemocraticSusan E. Wilson	Democratic	19,43845.7%	45.7%

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%	56.2%
RepublicanMark Crawford	Republican	12,28243.8%	43.8%

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%	67.4%
RepublicanPaul Purdue	Republican	13,42932.6%	32.6%

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%	67.6%
RepublicanEric Gorny	Republican	8,89232.4%	32.4%

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%	60.0%
RepublicanBarbara Boyd	Republican	13,00237.2%	37.2%
LibertarianRobert Parker	Libertarian	9992.9%	2.9%

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%	50.7%
RepublicanMark F. Crawford	Republican	10,40546.6%	46.6%
LibertarianRobert Parker	Libertarian	6012.7%	2.7%

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

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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.

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