North Carolina State House District 54
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Robert Reives Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- Robert Reives (Democratic) won by 9.6 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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- Robert ReivesIncumbentDemocratic
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History (21 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 54,624
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
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- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert ReivesWonName as filed: Robert T. Reives II Democratic 29,91054.8% RepublicanJoe Godfrey Republican 24,71445.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,789
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
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- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert ReivesWon(incumbent) Democratic 23,10555.3% RepublicanWalter Petty Republican 18,68444.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 61,782
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2018 to 2019)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert ReivesWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Robert T. Reives II Democratic 37,82561.2% RepublicanGeorge T. Gilson Jr. Republican 23,95738.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,883
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2018 to 2019)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert ReivesWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Robert T. Reives II Democratic 29,66463.3% RepublicanJay Stobbs Republican 17,21936.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,307
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert ReivesWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Robert T. Reives II Democratic 24,77357.2% RepublicanWesley Seawell Republican 18,53442.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,031
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
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- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert T. Reives IIWon Democratic 16,87556.2% RepublicanAndy Wilkie Republican 13,15643.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,498
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDeb McManusWon Democratic 22,15956.1% RepublicanCathy Wright Republican 17,33943.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,416
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoe HackneyWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,04857.5% RepublicanCathy Wright Republican 13,36842.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,212
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoe HackneyWon(incumbent) Democratic 31,212100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,425
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoe HackneyWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,64969.8% RepublicanAlvin Reed Republican 6,77630.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,939
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoe HackneyWon(incumbent) Democratic 24,939100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,465
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
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- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoe HackneyWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,50886.2% LibertarianFrederick Blackburn Libertarian 2,95713.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,416
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDrew SaundersWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,09755.2% RepublicanWes Southern Republican 16,31944.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,370
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDrew SaundersWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,97756.7% RepublicanMarleen Alexander Carter Republican 8,39343.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,606
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDrew SaundersWon Democratic 12,29754.4% RepublicanMarleen Alexander Carter Republican 10,30945.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,540
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn B. McLaughlinWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,540100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,560
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn B. McLaughlinWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,560100.0% - Election day
- November 6, 1990
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn B. McLaughlinWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn B. McLaughlinWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 4, 1986
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn B. McLaughlinWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,511
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 54, 1984 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn B. McLaughlinWon Democratic 8,54255.1% RepublicanMurray Republican 6,96944.9%
- 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
- 1984 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 54, election results 1984 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/house/54. 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:54
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