2022 North Carolina House of Representatives election

2022 North Carolina House of Representatives election

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All 120 seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives
61 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Tim Moore Robert Reives
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 14, 2015 January 1, 2021
Leader's seat 111thKings Mountain 54thGoldston
Last election 69 seats, 57.5% 51 seats, 42.5%
Seats before 69 51
Seats after 71 49
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 1,985,283 1,463,259
Percentage 57.25% 42.19%
Swing Increase 7.26% Decrease 6.87%

     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain


Speaker before election

Tim Moore
Republican

Elected Speaker

Tim Moore
Republican

An election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect all 120 members to North Carolina's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including the U.S Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and state senate. The primary election was originally going to be held on March 8, 2022, with a run-off in June 2022; however, the North Carolina Supreme Court delayed the primary until May 17, 2022, pending challenges over the State's districts and paused candidate filing.[1] Prior to this pause, several candidates had already filed to run.[2] The elections would be held under new districts passed by the General Assembly in House Bill 976 to account for population changes following the 2020 census.[3] The maps were later overturned by the North Carolina Supreme Court, who ordered the legislature to draw new maps. The North Carolina General Assembly later redrew the maps (House Bill 980) which were upheld by the Wake County Superior Court and the North Carolina Supreme Court.[4] Candidate filing resumed on February 24, 2022, and concluded on March 4, 2022.[5]

  1. ^ "Supreme Court of North Carolina" (PDF). December 8, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "ALAMANCE BOARD OF ELECTIONS" (PDF). Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  3. ^ "H976, 3rd Edition". North Carolina General Assembly. November 2, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  4. ^ "S.L. 2022-4 House". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  5. ^ "2023 Unofficial Listing Primary Election Filing North Carolina House of Representatives" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly, House Principal Clerk's Office. March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.