North Carolina State House District 85
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Dudley Greene Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Dudley Greene (R) 74.2, John Ford (D) 25.8
- Last election
- Dudley Greene (Republican) won by 48.4 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: GavenusRight column: Greene
- Races
- None listed
- Won 3 of 3
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 6
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Candidates on the ballot
- Suzanne GavenusDemocratic
- Dudley GreeneIncumbentRepublican
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History (17 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 48,724
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDudley GreeneWon Republican 36,14774.2% DemocraticJohn Ford Democratic 12,57725.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,679
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDudley GreeneWon(incumbent) Republican 26,61374.6% DemocraticRobert Cordle Democratic 9,06625.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,104
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDudley GreeneWon Republican 31,07377.5% DemocraticTed Remington Democratic 9,03122.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,230
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJosh DobsonWon(incumbent) Republican 20,40875.0% DemocraticHoward Larsen Democratic 6,82225.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,064
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJosh DobsonWon(incumbent) Republican 29,064100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,655
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJosh DobsonWon Republican 15,46774.9% DemocraticEdwards Jr. Democratic 5,18825.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,972
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2017)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMitch GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 21,89568.5% DemocraticEdwards Jr. Democratic 10,07731.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,998
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMitch GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 12,42169.0% DemocraticBeth Ostgaard Democratic 5,57731.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,736
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMitch GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 16,43259.2% DemocraticChuck Aldridge Democratic 11,30440.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,459
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMitch GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 8,89954.1% DemocraticChuck Aldridge Democratic 7,56045.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,281
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2004 to 2011)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMitch GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 16,04766.1% DemocraticPhilip J. Tate Democratic 8,23433.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,742
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2003)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMitch GillespieWon(incumbent) Republican 10,31858.2% DemocraticA. Everette Clark Democratic 7,42441.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,927
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRonnie SuttonWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,927100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,353
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRonnie SuttonWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,353100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,613
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRonnie SuttonWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,613100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,876
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRonnie SuttonWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,876100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,053
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 85, 1992 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRonnie SuttonWon Democratic 10,80076.8% RepublicanBob Brewington Republican 3,25323.1%
- 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 85, election results 1992 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nc/house/85. 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:85
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026