North Carolina State House District 79
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Keith Kidwell Republican (not a candidate in 2026) · Member list as of Oct 28
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- Keith Kidwell (Republican) won by 26.4 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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Candidates on the ballot
UncontestedOpen seat
One candidate on the printed ballot. The current holder, Keith Kidwell, is not on the candidate list.
- Darren ArmstrongRepublican
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Official results for North Carolina
History (17 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 50,778
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith KidwellWon Republican 32,11163.2% DemocraticMary Beedle Democratic 18,66736.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,309
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith KidwellWon(incumbent) Republican 26,309100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,620
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2018 to 2019)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith KidwellWon(incumbent) Republican 25,29063.8% DemocraticNick Blount Democratic 14,33036.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,467
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2018 to 2019)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith KidwellWon Republican 17,24760.6% DemocraticJerry E. Langley Democratic 11,22039.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,254
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulia Craven HowardWon(incumbent) Republican 31,254100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,259
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulia Craven HowardWon(incumbent) Republican 18,44870.3% DemocraticCristina Victoria Vazquez Democratic 7,81129.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,608
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulia Craven HowardWon(incumbent) Republican 27,74970.1% DemocraticCristina Victoria Vazquez Democratic 11,85929.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,006
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulia Craven HowardWon(incumbent) Republican 17,006100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,401
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulia C. HowardWon(incumbent) Republican 25,401100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,553
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulia Craven HowardWon(incumbent) Republican 12,553100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,225
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulia Craven HowardWon(incumbent) Republican 21,225100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,776
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulia Craven HowardWon(incumbent) Republican 15,41286.7% LibertarianMike Holland Libertarian 2,36413.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,665
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam L. WainwrightWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,665100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,574
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam L. WainwrightWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,65485.9% LibertarianBennett Paul Jones Libertarian 1,92014.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,570
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam L. WainwrightWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,19867.6% RepublicanRobert L. Daly Republican 5,37232.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,193
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam L. WainwrightWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,193100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,313
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 79, 1992 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWilliam L. WainwrightWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,31367.3% RepublicanFloyd D. White Republican 5,00032.6%
- 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 79, election results 1992 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/house/79. 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:79
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026