North_Carolina's_13th_House_district

North Carolina's 13th State
House of Representatives
district
North Carolina's 13th State; House of Representatives; district
Representative
	Celeste Cairns; R–Emerald Isle
Demographics	83% White; 8% Black; 4% Hispanic; 1% Asian
Population (2020)	78,754

North Carolina's 13th House district

American legislative district

North Carolina's 13th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican Celeste Cairns since 2023.^[1]

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Election results

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Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Danny McComas	Republican	January 1, 1995 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 19th district.	1995–2003 Part of New Hanover County.^[2]
Jean Preston	Republican	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2007	Redistricted from the 4th district. Retired to run for State Senate.	2003–2005 All of Carteret County. Part of Onslow County.^[3]
Jean Preston	Republican	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2007		2005–2023 All of Carteret and Jones counties.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
Pat McElraft	Republican	January 1, 2007 – January 1, 2023	Retired.
Celeste Cairns	Republican	January 1, 2023 – Present		2023–Present All of Carteret County. Part of Craven County.^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Celeste Cairns	6,271	54.88%
	Republican	Pete Benton	3,984	34.86%
	Republican	Eden Gordon Hill	1,172	10.26%
Total votes			11,427	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Celeste Cairns	25,850	71.32%
	Democratic	Katie Tomberlin	10,394	28.68%
Total votes			36,244	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat McElraft (incumbent)	33,477	71.65%
	Democratic	Buck Bayliff	13,246	28.35%
Total votes			46,723	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat McElraft (incumbent)	5,746	75.52%
	Republican	Blake Beadle	1,863	24.48%
Total votes			7,609	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat McElraft (incumbent)	22,755	72.76%
	Unaffliated	Pene diMaio	8,518	27.24%
Total votes			31,273	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat McElraft (incumbent)	29,188	70.82%
	Democratic	Rodney Alexander	12,024	29.18%
Total votes			41,212	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat McElraft (incumbent)	19,946	69.73%
	Democratic	Jim Nolan	8,659	30.27%
Total votes			28,605	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat McElraft (incumbent)	28,416	88.34%
	Libertarian	Wyatt Rike	3,752	11.66%
Total votes			32,168	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat McElraft (incumbent)	4,354	77.43%
	Republican	Wyatt Rike	1,269	22.57%
Total votes			5,623	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat McElraft (incumbent)	19,491	73.26%
	Democratic	Craig K. Hassler	7,113	26.74%
Total votes			26,604	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat McElraft (incumbent)	22,022	56.85%
	Democratic	Barbara Garrity-Blake	16,714	43.15%
Total votes			38,736	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat McElraft	4,491	68.06%
	Republican	Dave Fowler	2,108	31.94%
Total votes			6,599	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat McElraft	14,304	58.37%
	Democratic	G. Malcolm Fulcher, Jr.	10,201	41.63%
Total votes			24,505	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jean Preston (incumbent)	20,607	70.77%
	Democratic	Malcolm Fulcher	8,513	29.23%
Total votes			29,120	100%
	Republican hold

North Carolina House of Representatives District 13th district Democratic primary election, 2002^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald Smith (incumbent)	4,327	71.75%
	Democratic	Bruce Etheridge	1,704	28.25%
Total votes			6,031	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jean Preston (incumbent)	12,530	56.48%
	Democratic	Ronald Smith (incumbent)	9,653	43.52%
Total votes			22,183	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Danny McComas (incumbent)	20,214	100%
Total votes			20,214	100%
	Republican hold