North Carolina State House District 117
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Jennifer Balkcom Republican (not a candidate in 2026) · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general (different candidates): Jennifer Balkcom (R) 57.8, Steve Martinez (D) 42.3
- Last election
- Jennifer Balkcom (Republican) won by 15.5 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Candidates on the ballot
No incumbent on the ballot here
Rep. Jennifer Balkcom is running for US House, North Carolina District 11.
- Lynne RussoDemocratic
- Chelsea WalshRepublican
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Official results for North Carolina
History (12 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 52,993
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 117, 2002 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJennifer BalkcomWonName as filed: Jennifer Capps Balkcom Republican 30,60357.8% DemocraticSteve Martinez Democratic 22,39042.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,950
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 117, 2002 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJennifer BalkcomWonName as filed: Jennifer Capps Balkcom Republican 24,14459.0% DemocraticMichael Greer Oshea Democratic 16,80641.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,974
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 117, 2002 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTim MoffittWon Republican 29,08760.6% DemocraticJosh Remillard Democratic 18,88739.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,295
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 117, 2002 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChuck McGradyWon(incumbent) Republican 20,59660.1% DemocraticGayle Kemp Democratic 13,69939.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,659
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 117, 2002 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChuck McGradyWon(incumbent) Republican 30,659100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,130
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 117, 2002 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChuck McGradyWon(incumbent) Republican 17,29274.8% LibertarianShelby Mood Libertarian 5,83825.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,217
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 117, 2002 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChuck McGradyWon(incumbent) Republican 26,217100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,331
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 117, 2002 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChuck McGradyWon Republican 20,331100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,577
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 117, 2002 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarolyn K. JustusWon(incumbent) Republican 23,27760.3% DemocraticPaul D. Goebel Democratic 15,30039.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,871
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 117, 2002 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarolyn K. JustusWon(incumbent) Republican 16,78367.5% DemocraticGordon Hoots Democratic 8,08832.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,761
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 117, 2002 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarolyn K. JustusWon Republican 21,65068.2% DemocraticWayne Bastedo Democratic 10,11131.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,150
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 117, 2002 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLarry T. JustusWon(incumbent) Republican 17,04389.0% LibertarianBrian Barber Libertarian 2,10711.0%
- 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 117, election results 2002 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/house/117. Retrieved October 30, 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:117
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026