North_Carolina's_61st_House_district

North Carolina's 61st State
House of Representatives
district
North Carolina's 61st State; House of Representatives; district
Representative
	Pricey Harrison; D–Greensboro
Demographics	48% White; 41% Black; 7% Hispanic; 2% Asian
Population (2020)	86,322

North Carolina's 61st House district

American legislative district

North Carolina's 61st House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Pricey Harrison since 2019.^[1]

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Election results

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Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created January 1, 1985.				1985–2003 Part of Wake County.^[2]^[3]
Casper Holroyd	Democratic	January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1989
Art Pope	Republican	January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1993	Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor.
Brad Miller	Democratic	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 1995	Lost re-election.
Chuck Neely	Republican	January 1, 1995 – April 7, 1999	Resigned.
Vacant		April 7, 1999 – April 13, 1999
Art Pope	Republican	April 13, 1999 – January 1, 2003	Appointed to finish Neely's term. Redistricted to the 34th district and retired.
Steve Wood	Republican	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2005	Lost re-nomination.	2003–Present Parts of Guilford County.^[4]^[5]^[6] ^[7]^[8]^[9]
Laura Wiley	Republican	January 1, 2005 – January 1, 2011	Retired.
John Faircloth	Republican	January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2019	Redistricted to the 62nd district.
Pricey Harrison	Democratic	January 1, 2019 – Present	Redistricted from the 57th district.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pricey Harrison (incumbent)	19,862	100%
Total votes			19,862	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pricey Harrison (incumbent)	33,983	100%
Total votes			33,983	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pricey Harrison (incumbent)	25,469	73.30%
	Republican	Alissa Batts	9,275	26.70%
Total votes			34,744	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Faircloth (incumbent)	31,767	100%
Total votes			31,767	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Faircloth (incumbent)	19,030	67.17%
	Democratic	Ron Weatherford	9,303	32.83%
Total votes			28,333	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Faircloth (incumbent)	26,465	63.84%
	Democratic	Ron Weatherford	14,988	36.16%
Total votes			41,453	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Faircloth	1,783	42.60%
	Republican	Paul Norcross	1,050	25.09%
	Republican	Georgia Nixon-Roney	716	17.11%
	Republican	Gerald T. Grubb	636	15.20%
Total votes			4,185	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Faircloth	18,035	100%
Total votes			18,035	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Laura Wiley (incumbent)	3,702	51.80%
	Republican	George Ragsdale	3,445	48.20%
Total votes			7,147	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Laura Wiley (incumbent)	26,777	100%
Total votes			26,777	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Laura Wiley (incumbent)	12,342	100%
Total votes			12,342	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Laura Wiley	2,515	51.48%
	Republican	Steve Wood (incumbent)	2,370	48.52%
Total votes			4,885	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Laura Wiley	25,490	100%
Total votes			25,490	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Wood	1,522	32.99%
	Republican	M. Christopher Whitley	1,230	26.66%
	Republican	Robert L. "Bob" Fowler	1,101	23.87%
	Republican	Sam Spagnola	760	16.48%
Total votes			4,613	100%

North Carolina House of Representative 61st district general election, 2002^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Wood	16,769	79.16%
	Libertarian	Jennifer Schulz Medlock	4,415	20.84%
Total votes			21,184	100%
	Republican win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Art Pope (incumbent)	14,810	50.98%
	Democratic	Jack Nichols	14,243	49.02%
Total votes			29,053	100%
	Republican hold