North Carolina State House District 118
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Mark Pless Republican (not a candidate in 2026) · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general (different candidates): Mark Pless (R) 61.3, Evelyn Davidson (D) 38.7
- Last election
- Mark Pless (Republican) won by 22.6 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Candidates on the ballot
Open seat
The current holder, Mark Pless, is not on the candidate list.
- Danny E. DavisDemocratic
- James M. (Jimmy) RogersRepublican
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Official results for North Carolina
History (12 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 50,287
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 118, 2002 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark PlessWon Republican 30,80761.3% DemocraticEvelyn Davidson Democratic 19,48038.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,562
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 118, 2002 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark PlessWon(incumbent) Republican 22,04060.3% DemocraticJosh Remillard Democratic 14,52239.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,103
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 118, 2002 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark PlessWon Republican 29,32163.6% DemocraticAlan Jones Democratic 16,78236.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,875
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 118, 2002 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichele D. PresnellWon(incumbent) Republican 19,36957.2% DemocraticRhonda Cole Schandevel Democratic 14,50642.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,303
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 118, 2002 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichele D. PresnellWon(incumbent) Republican 21,75455.4% DemocraticRhonda Cole Schandevel Democratic 17,54944.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,027
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 118, 2002 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichele D. PresnellWon(incumbent) Republican 13,85851.3% DemocraticDean Hicks Democratic 13,16948.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,537
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 118, 2002 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichele D. PresnellWon Republican 18,74951.3% DemocraticRay Rapp(incumbent) Democratic 17,78848.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,273
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 118, 2002 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRay RappWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,26754.7% RepublicanSamuel L. Edwards Republican 11,00645.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,920
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 118, 2002 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRay RappWon(incumbent) Democratic 23,920100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,157
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 118, 2002 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRay RappWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,71269.2% RepublicanChris Gowan Republican 7,44530.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,110
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 118, 2002 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRay RappWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,110100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 125,718
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 118, 2002 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRay RappWon Democratic 113,71790.5% RepublicanMargaret M. Carpenter(incumbent) Republican 11,4769.1% LibertarianBarry Williams Libertarian 5250.4%
- 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 118, election results 2002 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/house/118. 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:118
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026