North Carolina State House District 65
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Reece Pyrtle Republican (not a candidate in 2026) · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general (different candidates): Reece Pyrtle (R) 100.0
- Last election
- Reece Pyrtle (Republican) was unopposed, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Candidates on the ballot
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The current holder, Reece Pyrtle, is not on the candidate list.
- Gavin McGaugheyDemocratic
- Seth WoodallRepublican
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History (21 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 37,457
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanReece PyrtleWon Republican 37,457100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,372
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanReece PyrtleWon Republican 21,74067.2% DemocraticJay Donecker Democratic 10,63232.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,374
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2018 to 2019)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJerry CarterWon(incumbent) Republican 26,78464.7% DemocraticAmanda Joann Bell Democratic 14,59035.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,691
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2018 to 2019)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJerry CarterWon Republican 16,46457.4% DemocraticMichael H. Lee Democratic 10,00734.9% LibertarianHouston Barrow Libertarian 2,2207.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,194
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBert JonesWon(incumbent) Republican 21,85860.4% DemocraticH. Keith Duncan Democratic 14,33639.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,224
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBert JonesWon(incumbent) Republican 15,80865.3% DemocraticElretha Perkins Democratic 8,41634.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,858
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBert JonesWon(incumbent) Republican 21,32459.5% DemocraticWilliam E. Osborne Democratic 14,53440.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,189
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share OtherBert JonesWon Other 9,62856.0% DemocraticNelson Cole(incumbent) Democratic 7,56144.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,495
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNelson ColeWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,495100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,646
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNelson ColeWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,74966.6% RepublicanMichael Moore Republican 4,89733.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,383
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNelson ColeWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,89052.6% RepublicanWayne Sexton(incumbent) Republican 12,49347.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,465
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNelson ColeWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,465100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,416
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRick EddinsWon(incumbent) Republican 23,416100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,079
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRick EddinsWon(incumbent) Republican 12,41656.2% DemocraticMerrie R. Hedrick Democratic 9,66343.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,382
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRick EddinsWon(incumbent) Republican 14,71155.8% DemocraticDick Monteith Democratic 11,36343.1% LibertarianLarry E. Norman Libertarian 3081.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,379
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRick EddinsWon Republican 8,31262.1% DemocraticLinda Bridgers Johnson Democratic 5,06737.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,676
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAaron E. FussellWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,62051.2% RepublicanBill Draper Republican 11,05648.8% - Election day
- November 6, 1990
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAaron E. FussellWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAaron E. FussellWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 4, 1986
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAaron E. FussellWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,522
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 65, 1984 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAaron E. FussellWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,43253.8% RepublicanFlaherty Republican 8,09046.2%
- 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 65, election results 1984 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/house/65. 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:65
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026