North Carolina House of Representatives

North Carolina
House of Representatives
North Carolina; House of Representatives
North Carolina General Assembly
	Great Seal of the State of North Carolina
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 1, 2023
Leadership
Speaker	Tim Moore (R) ; since January 15, 2015
Speaker pro tempore	Sarah Stevens (R) ; since January 11, 2017
Majority Leader	John Bell (R) ; since August 30, 2016
Minority Leader	Robert Reives (D) ; since January 1, 2021
Structure
Seats	120
Political groups	Majority Republican (72); Minority Democratic (48);
Length of term	2 years
Salary	$13,951/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2022; (120 seats)
Next election	November 5, 2024; (120 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative control, no gubernatorial veto
Meeting place
	House of Representatives chamber; North Carolina Legislative Building; Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Website
	www.ncleg.gov/House
Constitution
	Constitution of North Carolina

The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the North Carolina Senate.

The qualifications to be a member of the House are found in the state Constitution: "Each Representative, at the time of his election, shall be a qualified voter of the State, and shall have resided in the district for which he is chosen for one year immediately preceding his election." Elsewhere, the constitution specifies that qualified voters that are 21 are eligible for candidacy except if otherwise disqualified by the constitution, and that no elected officials may deny the existence of God, although the latter provision is no longer enforced.

Prior to the Constitution of 1868, the lower house of the North Carolina Legislature was known as the North Carolina House of Commons.

Partisan composition[edit]

	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
Affiliation	Party (shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

End of (2017–18) legislature	75	45	120	0
Beginning of (2019–20) legislature	65	55	120	0
End of 2019–20 legislature	65	54	120	1
Beginning of (2021–22) legislature	69	50	120	1
January 11, 2021 - August 3, 2021	69	51	120	0
August 3, 2021 – August 11, 2021^[1]	68	51	120	1
August 11, 2021 - October 3, 2021^[2]	69	51	120	0
October 3, 2021 - November 1, 2021	68	51	120	1
November 1, 2021 - January 31, 2022	69	51	120	0
January 31, 2022 - February 1, 2022	69	50	120	1
February 1, 2022 - July 8, 2022	69	51	120	0
July 8, 2022 - July 15, 2022	69	50	120	1
July 15, 2022 - August 29, 2022	69	51	120	0
August 29, 2022 - September 19, 2022	68	51	120	1
Since September 19, 2022	69	51	120	0
Beginning of current (2023–24) legislature	71	49	120	0
Since April 5, 2023	72	48	120	0
Latest voting share	60%	40%

Officers (2023–24 session)[edit]

North Carolina House^[3] officers
Position	Name	Party
Speaker Pro Tempore	Sarah Stevens	Republican
Majority Leader	John Bell^[4]	Republican
Deputy Majority Leader	Brenden Jones	Republican
Majority Whip	Karl Gillespie	Republican
Minority Leader	Robert Reives	Democratic
Deputy Minority Leader	Ashton Clemmons	Democratic
Minority Whips	Terry M. Brown Jr.	Democratic
	Marcia Morey	Democratic
	Amos Quick	Democratic

Members (2023–24 session)[edit]

District	Representative	Party	Residence	Counties Represented	First elected
1st	Ed Goodwin	Republican	Edenton	Currituck, Dare (part), Tyrrell, Washington, Chowan, Perquimans	2018
2nd	Ray Jeffers	Democratic	Roxboro	Person, Durham (part)	2022
3rd	Steve Tyson	Republican	New Bern	Craven (part)	2020
4th	Jimmy Dixon	Republican	Mount Olive	Duplin, Wayne (part)	2010
5th	Bill Ward	Republican	Elizabeth City	Hertford, Gates, Pasquotank, Camden	2022
6th	Joe Pike	Republican	Sanford	Harnett (part)	2022
7th	Matthew Winslow	Republican	Youngsville	Franklin, Granville (part)	2020
8th	Gloristine Brown	Democratic	Bethel	Pitt (part)	2022
9th	Tim Reeder	Republican	Ayden	Pitt (part)	2022
10th	John Bell	Republican	Goldsboro	Wayne (part)	2012
11th	Allison Dahle	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2018
12th	Chris Humphrey	Republican	La Grange	Greene, Lenoir, Jones	2018
13th	Celeste Cairns	Republican	Emerald Isle	Carteret, Craven (part)	2022
14th	George Cleveland	Republican	Jacksonville	Onslow (part)	2004
15th	Phil Shepard	Republican	Jacksonville	Onslow (part)	2010
16th	Carson Smith	Republican	Hampstead	Pender, Onslow (part)	2018
17th	Frank Iler	Republican	Shallotte	Brunswick (part)	2009↑
18th	Deb Butler	Democratic	Wilmington	New Hanover (part)	2017↑
19th	Charlie Miller	Republican	Southport	Brunswick (part), New Hanover (part)	2020
20th	Ted Davis Jr.	Republican	Wilmington	New Hanover (part)	2012↑
21st	Ya Liu	Democratic	Cary	Wake (part)	2022
22nd	William Brisson	Republican	Dublin	Bladen, Sampson	2006
23rd	Shelly Willingham	Democratic	Rocky Mount	Edgecombe, Martin, Bertie	2014
24th	Ken Fontenot	Republican	Wilson	Wilson, Nash (part)	2022
25th	Allen Chesser	Republican	Middlesex	Nash (part)	2022
26th	Donna McDowell White	Republican	Clayton	Johnston (part)	2016
27th	Michael Wray	Democratic	Gaston	Warren, Halifax, Northampton	2004
28th	Larry Strickland	Republican	Pine Level	Johnston (part)	2016
29th	Vernetta Alston	Democratic	Durham	Durham (part)	2020↑
30th	Marcia Morey	Democratic	Durham	Durham (part)	2017↑
31st	Zack Forde-Hawkins	Democratic	Durham	Durham (part)	2018
32nd	Frank Sossamon	Republican	Henderson	Vance, Granville (part)	2022
33rd	Rosa Gill	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2009↑
34th	Tim Longest	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2022
35th	Terence Everitt	Democratic	Wake Forest	Wake (part)	2018
36th	Julie von Haefen	Democratic	Apex	Wake (part)	2018
37th	Erin Paré	Republican	Holly Springs	Wake (part)	2020
38th	Abe Jones	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2020
39th	James Roberson	Democratic	Knightdale	Wake (part)	2021↑
40th	Joe John	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2016
41st	Maria Cervania	Democratic	Cary	Wake (part)	2022
42nd	Marvin Lucas	Democratic	Spring Lake	Cumberland (part)	2000
43rd	Diane Wheatley	Republican	Linden	Cumberland (part)	2020
44th	Charles Smith	Democratic	Fayetteville	Cumberland (part)	2022
45th	Frances Jackson	Democratic	Fayetteville	Cumberland (part)	2022
46th	Brenden Jones	Republican	Tabor City	Columbus, Robeson (part)	2016
47th	Jarrod Lowery	Republican	Pembroke	Robeson (part)	2022
48th	Garland Pierce	Democratic	Wagram	Hoke, Scotland	2004
49th	Cynthia Ball	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2016
50th	Renee Price	Democratic	Hillsborough	Caswell, Orange (part)	2022
51st	John Sauls	Republican	Sanford	Lee, Moore (part)	2016
52nd	Ben Moss	Republican	Rockingham	Richmond, Moore (part)	2020
53rd	Howard Penny Jr.	Republican	Coats	Harnett (part), Johnston (part)	2020↑
54th	Robert Reives	Democratic	Goldston	Chatham, Randolph (part)	2014↑
55th	Mark Brody	Republican	Monroe	Anson, Union (part)	2012
56th	Allen Buansi	Democratic	Chapel Hill	Orange (part)	2022↑
57th	Ashton Clemmons	Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford (part)	2018
58th	Amos Quick	Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford (part)	2016
59th	Alan Branson	Republican		Guilford (part)	2024↑
60th	Cecil Brockman	Democratic	High Point	Guilford (part)	2014
61st	Pricey Harrison	Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford (part)	2004
62nd	John Faircloth	Republican	High Point	Guilford (part)	2010
63rd	Stephen Ross	Republican	Burlington	Alamance (part)	2022 (2012–2020)
64th	Dennis Riddell	Republican	Snow Camp	Alamance (part)	2012
65th	Reece Pyrtle	Republican	Stoneville	Rockingham	2021
66th	Sarah Crawford	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2022
67th	Wayne Sasser	Republican	Albemarle	Stanly, Montgomery	2018
68th	David Willis	Republican	Waxhaw	Union (part)	2020
69th	Dean Arp	Republican	Monroe	Union (part)	2012
70th	Brian Biggs	Republican	Trinity	Randolph (part)	2022
71st	Kanika Brown	Democratic	Winston-Salem	Forsyth (part)	2022
72nd	Amber Baker	Democratic	Winston-Salem	Forsyth (part)	2020
73rd	Diamond Staton-Williams	Democratic	Harrisburg	Cabarrus (part)	2022
74th	Jeff Zenger	Republican	Lewisville	Forsyth (part)	2020
75th	Donny Lambeth	Republican	Winston-Salem	Forsyth (part)	2012
76th	Harry Warren	Republican	Salisbury	Rowan (part)	2010
77th	Julia Craven Howard	Republican	Mocksville	Yadkin, Davie, Rowan (part)	1988
78th	Neal Jackson	Republican	Robbins	Moore (part), Randolph (part)	2022
79th	Keith Kidwell	Republican	Chocowinity	Dare (part), Hyde, Beaufort, Pamlico	2018
80th	Sam Watford	Republican	Thomasville	Davidson (part)	2020 (2014-2018)
81st	Larry Potts	Republican	Lexington	Davidson (part)	2016
82nd	Kristin Baker	Republican	Concord	Cabarrus (part)	2020↑
83rd	Kevin Crutchfield	Republican	Midland	Cabarrus (part), Rowan (part)	2022
84th	Jeffrey McNeely	Republican	Stony Point	Iredell (part)	2019↑
85th	Dudley Greene	Republican	Marion	Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, McDowell (part)	2020
86th	Hugh Blackwell	Republican	Valdese	Burke	2008
87th	Destin Hall	Republican	Granite Falls	Caldwell, Watauga (part)	2016
88th	Mary Belk	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2016
89th	Mitchell Setzer	Republican	Catawba	Catawba (part), Iredell (part)	1998
90th	Sarah Stevens	Republican	Mount Airy	Surry, Wilkes (part)	2008
91st	Kyle Hall	Republican	King	Stokes, Forsyth (part)	2016
92nd	Terry Brown	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2020
93rd	Ray Pickett	Republican	Blowing Rock	Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga (part)	2020
94th	Jeffrey Elmore	Republican	North Wilkesboro	Alexander, Wilkes (part)	2012
95th	Grey Mills	Republican	Mooresville	Iredell (part)	2020 (2008-2012)
96th	Jay Adams	Republican	Hickory	Catawba (part)	2014
97th	Jason Saine	Republican	Lincolnton	Lincoln	2011↑
98th	John Bradford	Republican	Cornelius	Mecklenburg (part)	2020 (2014-2018)
99th	Nasif Majeed	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2018
100th	John Autry	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2016
101st	Carolyn Logan	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2018
102nd	Becky Carney	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2002
103rd	Laura Budd	Democratic	Matthews	Mecklenburg (part)	2022
104th	Brandon Lofton	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2018
105th	Wesley Harris	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2018
106th	Carla Cunningham	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2012
107th	Kelly Alexander	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2008
108th	John Torbett	Republican	Stanley	Gaston (part)	2010
109th	Donnie Loftis	Republican	Gastonia	Gaston (part)	2021↑
110th	Kelly Hastings	Republican	Cherryville	Gaston (part), Cleveland (part)	2010
111th	Tim Moore	Republican	Kings Mountain	Cleveland (part), Rutherford (part)	2002
112th	Tricia Cotham	Democratic (until April 2023)	Mint Hill	Mecklenburg (part)	2022 (2007-2017)
112th	Tricia Cotham	Republican (since April 2023)	Mint Hill	Mecklenburg (part)	2022 (2007-2017)
113th	Jake Johnson	Republican	Saluda	Henderson (part), Polk, Rutherford (part), McDowell (part)	2019↑
114th	Eric Ager	Democratic	Fairview	Buncombe (part)	2022
115th	Lindsey Prather	Democratic	Enka	Buncombe (part)	2022
116th	Caleb Rudow	Democratic	Asheville	Buncombe (part)	2022
117th	Jennifer Balkcom	Republican	Hendersonville	Henderson (part)	2022
118th	Mark Pless	Republican	Canton	Madison, Haywood	2020
119th	Mike Clampitt	Republican	Bryson City	Transylvania, Jackson, Swain	2020 (2016-2018)
120th	Karl Gillespie	Republican	Franklin	Macon, Graham, Cherokee, Clay	2020

↑: Member was first appointed to office.

Source: NC General Assembly official site

Past composition of the House of Representatives[edit]

References[edit]

^ Jerry Carter died Aug. 2, 2021.
^ Spear, Susie (August 11, 2021). "Rockingham County Commissioner Pyrtle tapped to fill Carter's legislative seat". Rockingham Now. Greensboro New & Record. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
^ "Leadership - North Carolina General Assembly". www.ncleg.gov. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
^ "Rep. John Bell elected North Carolina House majority leader". Associated Press. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

External links[edit]

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[1] Jerry Carter died Aug. 2, 2021.

[2] Spear, Susie (August 11, 2021). "Rockingham County Commissioner Pyrtle tapped to fill Carter's legislative seat". Rockingham Now. Greensboro New & Record. Retrieved August 17, 2021.

[3] "Leadership - North Carolina General Assembly". www.ncleg.gov. Retrieved January 16, 2023.

[4] "Rep. John Bell elected North Carolina House majority leader". Associated Press. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

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v t e Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
156th General Assembly (2023–2024) Speaker of the House Tim Moore (R) Speaker pro tempore Sarah Stevens (R) Majority Leader John Bell (R) Minority Leader Robert Reives (D)
▌Ed Goodwin (R) ▌Ray Jeffers (D) ▌Steve Tyson (R) ▌Jimmy Dixon (R) ▌Bill Ward (R) ▌Joe Pike (R) ▌Matthew Winslow (R) ▌Gloristine Brown (D) ▌Timothy Reeder (R) ▌John Bell (R) ▌Allison Dahle (D) ▌Chris Humphrey (R) ▌Celeste Cairns (R) ▌George Cleveland (R) ▌Phil Shepard (R) ▌Carson Smith (R) ▌Frank Iler (R) ▌Deb Butler (D) ▌Charlie Miller (R) ▌Ted Davis Jr. (R) ▌Ya Liu (D) ▌William Brisson (R) ▌Shelly Willingham (D) ▌Ken Fontenot (R) ▌Allen Chesser (R) ▌Donna McDowell White (R) ▌Michael Wray (D) ▌Larry Strickland (R) ▌Vernetta Alston (D) ▌Marcia Morey (D) ▌Zack Forde-Hawkins (D) ▌Frank Sossamon (R) ▌Rosa Gill (D) ▌Tim Longest (D) ▌Terence Everitt (D) ▌Julie von Haefen (D) ▌Erin Paré (R) ▌Abe Jones (D) ▌James Roberson (D) ▌Joe John (D) ▌Maria Cervania (D) ▌Marvin Lucas (D) ▌Diane Wheatley (R) ▌Charles Smith (D) ▌Frances Jackson (D) ▌Brenden Jones (R) ▌Jarrod Lowery (R) ▌Garland Pierce (D) ▌Cynthia Ball (D) ▌Renee Price (D) ▌John Sauls (R) ▌Ben Moss (R) ▌Howard Penny Jr. (R) ▌Robert Reives (D) ▌Mark Brody (R) ▌Allen Buansi (D) ▌Ashton Clemmons (D) ▌Amos Quick (D) ▌Alan Branson (R) ▌Cecil Brockman (D) ▌Pricey Harrison (D) ▌John Faircloth (R) ▌Stephen Ross (R) ▌Dennis Riddell (R) ▌Reece Pyrtle (R) ▌Sarah Crawford (D) ▌Wayne Sasser (R) ▌David Willis (R) ▌Dean Arp (R) ▌Brian Biggs (R) ▌Kanika Brown (D) ▌Amber Baker (D) ▌Diamond Staton-Williams (D) ▌Jeff Zenger (R) ▌Donny Lambeth (R) ▌Harry Warren (R) ▌Julia Craven Howard (R) ▌Neal Jackson (R) ▌Keith Kidwell (R) ▌Sam Watford (R) ▌Larry Potts (R) ▌Kristin Baker (R) ▌Kevin Crutchfield (R) ▌Jeffrey McNeely (R) ▌Dudley Greene (R) ▌Hugh Blackwell (R) ▌Destin Hall (R) ▌Mary Belk (D) ▌Mitchell Setzer (R) ▌Sarah Stevens (R) ▌Kyle Hall (R) ▌Terry Brown (D) ▌Ray Pickett (R) ▌Jeffrey Elmore (R) ▌Grey Mills (R) ▌Jay Adams (R) ▌Jason Saine (R) ▌John Bradford (R) ▌Nasif Majeed (D) ▌John Autry (D) ▌Carolyn Logan (D) ▌Becky Carney (D) ▌Laura Budd (D) ▌Brandon Lofton (D) ▌Wesley Harris (D) ▌Carla Cunningham (D) ▌Kelly Alexander (D) ▌John Torbett (R) ▌Donnie Loftis (R) ▌Kelly Hastings (R) ▌Tim Moore (R) ▌Tricia Cotham (R) ▌Jake Johnson (R) ▌Eric Ager (D) ▌Lindsey Prather (D) ▌Caleb Rudow (D) ▌Jennifer Balkcom (R) ▌Mark Pless (R) ▌Mike Clampitt (R) ▌Karl Gillespie (R)
▌Republican (72) ▌Democratic (48) North Carolina General Assembly North Carolina House of Representatives North Carolina Senate

v t e North Carolina General Assemblies by year convened and order
List of North Carolina state legislatures Senate President pro tempore of the Senate House of Commons House of Representatives Speakers of the House of Representatives (see Note)	1 (1777) 2 (1778) 3 (1779) 4 (1780) 5 (1781) 6 (1782) 7 (1783) 8 (Apr 1784) 9 (Oct 1784) 10 (1785) 11 (1786) 12 (1787) 13 (1788) 14 (1789) 15 (1790) 16 (1791) 17 (1792) 18 (1793) 19 (1794) 20 (1795) 21 (1796) 22 (1797) 23 (1798) 24 (1799) 25 (1800) 26 (1801) 27 (1802) 28 (1803) 29 (1804) 30 (1805) 31 (1806) 32 (1807) 33 (1808) 34 (1809) 35 (1810) 36 (1811) 37 (1812) 38 (1813) 39 (1814) 40 (1815) 41 (1816) 42 (1817) 43 (1818) 44 (1819) 45 (1820) 46 (1821) 47 (1822) 48 (1823) 49 (1824) 50 (1825) 51 (1826) 52 (1827) 53 (1828) 54 (1829) 55 (1830) 56 (1831) 57 (1832) 58 (1833) 59 (1834) 60 (1835) 61 (1836) 62 (1840) 63 (1842) 64 (1844) 65 (1846) 66 (1846) 67 (1848) 68 (1850) 69 (1852) 70 (1854) 71 (1856) 72 (1858) 73 (1860) 74 (1862) 75 (1864) 76 (1865) 77 (1866) 78 (1868) 79 (1869) 80 (1870) 81 (1872) 82 (1874) 83 (1876) 84 (1879) 85 (1881) 86 (1883) 87 (1885) 88 (1887) 89 (1889) 90 (1891) 91 (1893) 92 (1895) 93 (1897) 94 (1899) 95 (1901) 96 (1903) 97 (1905) 98 (1907) 99 (1909) 100 (1911) 101 (1913) 102 (1915) 103 (1917) 104 (1919) 105 (1921) 106 (1923) 107 (1925) 108 (1927) 109 (1929) 110 (1931) 111 (1933) 112 (1935) 113 (1937) 114 (1939) 115 (1941) 116 (1943) 117 (1945) 118 (1947) 119 (1949) 120 (1951) 121 (1953) 122 (1955) 123 (1957) 124 (1959) 125 (1961) 126 (1963) 127 (1965) 128 (1967) 129 (1969) 130 (1971) 131 (1973) 132 (1975) 133 (1977) 134 (1979) 135 (1981) 136 (1983) 137 (1985) 138 (1987) 139 (1989) 140 (1991) 141 (1993) 142 (1995) 143 (1997) 144 (1999) 145 (2001) 146 (2003) 147 (2005) 148 (2007) 149 (2009) 150 (2011) 151 (2013) 152 (2015) 153 (2017) 154 (2019) 155 (2021) 156 (2023)
Other	Executive Branch: Governor of North Carolina (List), Lieutenant Governor (since 1868), Cabinets, Council of State, Attorney General
Conventions	Hillsborough Convention of 1788, Fayetteville Convention of 1789
Provincial Congresses and Constitution	North Carolina Provincial Congress (1774–1776: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th), Constitution of North Carolina (1776, 1835 Convention, 1861 Convention, 1868 redraft, 1875 Convention, Constitution of 1971)
Notes: Prior to the Constitution of 1868: the lower house of the North Carolina Legislature was known as the House of Commons and the leader of the Senate was called the Speaker of the Senate.

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