North Carolina State House District 59
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Alan Branson Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Alan Branson (R) 55.2, Tanneshia Dukes (D) 44.8
- Last election
- Alan Branson (Republican) won by 10.4 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: BransonRight column: Hairston
- Races
- Won 1 of 1
- None listed
- Years since first win
- 2
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Elma HairstonDemocratic
- Alan BransonIncumbentRepublican
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History (21 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 55,468
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAlan BransonWon Republican 30,60955.2% DemocraticTanneshia Dukes Democratic 24,85944.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,721
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJon HardisterWon(incumbent) Republican 19,55856.3% DemocraticSherrie Young Democratic 15,16343.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 54,490
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2020 to 2021)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJon HardisterWon(incumbent) Republican 28,47452.3% DemocraticNicole Quick Democratic 26,01647.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,043
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2018 to 2019)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJon HardisterWon(incumbent) Republican 22,11956.6% DemocraticSteven A. Buccini Democratic 16,92443.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,040
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJon HardisterWon(incumbent) Republican 28,98060.3% DemocraticScott A. Jones Democratic 19,06039.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,864
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJon HardisterWon(incumbent) Republican 19,78460.2% DemocraticScott Jones Democratic 11,92536.3% LibertarianPaul Meinhart Libertarian 1,1553.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,872
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJon HardisterWon Republican 32,872100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,657
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaggie JeffusWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,92852.6% RepublicanTheresa Yon Republican 10,72947.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,259
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaggie JeffusWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,19364.2% RepublicanJim Rumley Republican 14,06635.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,887
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaggie JeffusWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,04459.5% RepublicanJim Rumley Republican 6,84340.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,970
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaggie JeffusWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,32757.3% RepublicanJim Rumley Republican 12,88440.3% LibertarianAllison Jaynes Libertarian 7592.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,384
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMaggie JeffusWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,17554.4% RepublicanAlan Hawkes Republican 9,55342.7% LibertarianAllison Jaynes Libertarian 6562.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,658
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. Pete CunninghamWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,658100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,370
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. Pete CunninghamWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,370100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,492
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. Pete CunninghamWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,492100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,481
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. Pete CunninghamWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,26270.3% RepublicanCharles S. Beasley Sr. Republican 2,21929.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,736
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. Pete CunninghamWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,736100.0% - Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. Pete CunninghamWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. Pete CunninghamWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. Pete CunninghamWon Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,513
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 59, 1984 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJames F. RichardsonWon Democratic 9,513100.0%
- 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
- 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 59, election results 1984 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/house/59. 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:59
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026