North Carolina State House District 74
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Jeff Zenger Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Amy Taylor North 48.2Jeff Zenger 51.8
Last result · 2024 generalNo published poll names both candidates.
- Last election
- Jeff Zenger (Republican) won by 3.6 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: NorthRight column: Zenger
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeZengerNo published score for North
- Races
- Won 0 of 1
- Won 3 of 3
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 6
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Candidates on the ballot
- Amy Taylor NorthDemocratic
- Jeff ZengerIncumbentRepublican
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History (17 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 51,772
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeff ZengerWonName as filed: Jeffrey "Jeff" Zenger Republican 26,82051.8% DemocraticAmy Taylor North Democratic 24,95248.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,661
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeff ZengerWon(incumbent) Republican 20,24552.4% DemocraticCarla Catalan Day Democratic 18,41647.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 54,393
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2020 to 2021)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeff ZengerWon Republican 27,84351.2% DemocraticDan Besse Democratic 26,55048.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,635
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2018 to 2019)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDebra ConradWon(incumbent) Republican 19,42354.5% DemocraticTerri Elizabeth Legrand Democratic 16,21245.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,828
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDebra ConradWon(incumbent) Republican 27,20463.5% DemocraticMarilynn Baker Democratic 15,62436.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,005
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDebra ConradWon(incumbent) Republican 17,65463.0% DemocraticMary Dickinson Democratic 10,35137.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,358
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDebra ConradWon Republican 26,61664.4% DemocraticDavid W. Moore Democratic 14,74235.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,208
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDale R. FolwellWon(incumbent) Republican 17,47569.3% DemocraticCristina V. Vazquez Democratic 7,73330.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,019
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDale R. FolwellWon(incumbent) Republican 21,93359.3% DemocraticWade Boyles Democratic 15,08640.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,942
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDale Robbins FolwellWon(incumbent) Republican 13,942100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,758
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDale R. FolwellWon Republican 21,24862.9% DemocraticTom Brandon Democratic 12,51037.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,674
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLinda P. JohnsonWon(incumbent) Republican 12,83565.2% DemocraticGlenn White Democratic 6,24331.7% LibertarianCaroline Gellner Libertarian 5963.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,773
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulia Craven HowardWon(incumbent) Republican 22,773100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,964
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulia Craven HowardWon(incumbent) Republican 15,964100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,734
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulia Craven HowardWon(incumbent) Republican 18,734100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,432
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulia Craven HowardWon(incumbent) Republican 11,432100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,893
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 74, 1992 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulia Craven HowardWon(incumbent) Republican 17,893100.0%
- 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
- 1992 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 74, election results 1992 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/house/74. 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:74
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