North Carolina State House District 49
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Cynthia Ball Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Cynthia Ball (D) 100.0
- Last election
- Cynthia Ball (Democratic) was unopposed, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: BallRight column: Thomas
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeBallNo published score for Thomas
- Races
- Won 5 of 5
- None listed
- Years since first win
- 10
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Cynthia BallIncumbentDemocratic
- Daran ThomasRepublican
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Official results for North Carolina
History (23 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 32,814
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCynthia BallWon Democratic 32,814100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,229
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCynthia BallWon(incumbent) Democratic 22,51967.8% RepublicanDavid Robertson Republican 9,76429.4% LibertarianMichael Oakes Libertarian 9462.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 58,123
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2020 to 2021)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCynthia BallWon(incumbent) Democratic 37,80765.0% RepublicanDavid Robertson Republican 17,56430.2% OtherDee Watson Other 2,7524.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,553
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2018 to 2019)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCynthia BallWon(incumbent) Democratic 27,53866.3% RepublicanDavid Robertson Republican 12,92931.1% LibertarianJonathan Horst Libertarian 1,0862.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 55,429
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCynthia BallWon Democratic 26,97548.7% RepublicanGary Pendleton(incumbent) Republican 26,15547.2% LibertarianDavid Ulmer Libertarian 2,2994.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,878
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGary PendletonWon Republican 20,58851.6% DemocraticKim Hanchette Democratic 19,29048.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 52,434
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJim FulghumWon Republican 28,30054.0% DemocraticKeith Karlsson Democratic 24,13446.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,820
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGlen BradleyWon Republican 11,27651.7% DemocraticJohn May Democratic 10,54448.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,450
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLucy T. AllenWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,59858.6% RepublicanKeith Shearon Republican 13,85241.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,489
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLucy T. AllenWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,17359.2% RepublicanDave Harker Republican 6,31640.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,688
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLucy T. AllenWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,12156.7% RepublicanRenee McCormick Republican 11,56743.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,753
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLucy T. AllenWon Democratic 10,88552.5% RepublicanRenee McCormick Republican 9,28844.8% LibertarianGregg Adelman Libertarian 5802.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,489
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMitch GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 14,17460.3% DemocraticDavid Huskins Democratic 9,31539.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,603
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMitch GillespieWon Republican 10,62454.2% DemocraticAnnette Bryant Democratic 8,97945.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,708
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert C. HunterWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,08655.7% RepublicanStan K. Smothers Republican 9,62244.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,677
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert C. HunterWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,55951.1% RepublicanStan K. Smothers Republican 10,11848.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,965
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert C. HunterWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,38553.9% RepublicanJerry Lee Hunter Republican 10,58046.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,734
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert C. HunterWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,734100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,259
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert C. HunterWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,91456.7% RepublicanClaude Vess Republican 8,34543.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,177
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert C. HunterWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,177100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,870
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert C. HunterWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,870100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,355
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert C. HunterWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,355100.0% - No results on file 1971 to 1981
- Votes for listed candidates
- 17,537
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticErwin W. PattonWon Democratic 9,52554.3% RepublicanW. P. Bradley(incumbent) Republican 8,01245.7%
- 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
- 1970 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 49, election results 1970 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/house/49. 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:49
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