North Carolina's 24th House district

North Carolina's 24th State
House of Representatives
district

Demographics

47% White
39% Black
11% Hispanic
1% Asian
2% remainder of multiracial

Population (2020)

81,579

North Carolina's 24th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican Ken Fontenot since 2023.^[1]

Geography

Since 2023, the district has included all of Wilson County, as well as part of Nash County. The district overlaps with the 4th and 11th Senate districts.

District officeholders since 1983

Multi-member district

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Joe Hackney	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted from the 17th district. Redistricted to the 54th district.	Anne Craig Barnes	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1997	Retired.	1983–1993 All of Orange County. Part of Chatham County.^[2]
				Anne Craig Barnes	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1997	Retired.	1993–2003 Parts of Chatham and Orange counties.^[3]
				Verla Insko	Democratic	January 1, 1997 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 56th district.	1993–2003 Parts of Chatham and Orange counties.^[3]

Single-member district

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Jean Farmer-Butterfield	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – July 25, 2020	Resigned.	2003–2013 Parts of Wilson and Edgecombe counties.^[4]^[5]
				2013–2019 Parts of Wilson and Pitt counties.^[6]
				2019–2023 All of Wilson County.^[7]^[8]
Vacant		July 25, 2020 – July 27, 2020
Linda Cooper-Suggs	Democratic	July 27, 2020 – January 1, 2023	Appointed to finish Farmer-Butterfield's term. Lost re-election.
Ken Fontenot	Republican	January 1, 2023 – Present		2023–Present All of Wilson County. Part of Nash County.^[9]

Election results

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district general election, 2022^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Fontenot	15,121	54.22%
	Democratic	Linda Cooper-Suggs (incumbent)	12,768	45.78%
Total votes			27,889	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district Democratic primary election, 2020^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Farmer-Butterfield (incumbent)	6,470	67.34%
	Democratic	John G. McNeil	3,138	32.66%
Total votes			9,608	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district general election, 2020^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Cooper-Suggs (incumbent)	20,928	52.60%
	Republican	Mick Rankin	18,856	47.40%
Total votes			39,784	100%
	Democratic hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district general election, 2018^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Farmer-Butterfield (incumbent)	14,219	50.80%
	Unaffiliated	Ken Fontenot	13,770	49.20%
Total votes			27,989	100%
	Democratic hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district Democratic primary election, 2016^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Farmer-Butterfield (incumbent)	6,570	61.52%
	Democratic	Kandie Smith	4,110	38.48%
Total votes			10,680	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district general election, 2016^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Farmer-Butterfield (incumbent)	26,895	100%
Total votes			26,895	100%
	Democratic hold

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district Democratic primary election, 2014^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Farmer-Butterfield (incumbent)	4,948	77.49%
	Democratic	Mark Bibbs	1,437	22.51%
Total votes			6,385	100%

North Carolina House of Repre sentativesdistrict general election, 2014^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Farmer-Butterfield (incumbent)	15,427	100%
Total votes			15,427	100%
	Democratic hold

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district general election, 2012^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Farmer-Butterfield (incumbent)	28,724	100%
Total votes			28,724	100%
	Democratic hold

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district general election, 2010^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Farmer-Butterfield (incumbent)	12,682	64.84%
	Republican	Claiborne R. Holtzman	6,878	35.16%
Total votes			19,560	100%
	Democratic hold

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district general election, 2008^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Farmer-Butterfield (incumbent)	23,108	100%
Total votes			23,108	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district general election, 2006^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Farmer-Butterfield (incumbent)	7,987	100%
Total votes			7,987	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district general election, 2004^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Farmer-Butterfield (incumbent)	19,501	100%
Total votes			19,501	100%
	Democratic hold

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district Democratic primary election, 2002^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Farmer-Butterfield	2,431	36.11%
	Democratic	Shelly Willingham (incumbent)	2,102	31.22%
	Democratic	A P Coleman	1,502	22.31%
	Democratic	Ronald L. "Ronnie" Williams	697	10.35%
Total votes			6,732	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district general election, 2002^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Farmer-Butterfield	11,535	100%
Total votes			11,535	100%
	Democratic hold

2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 24th district general election, 2000^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Hackney (incumbent)	41,133	33.73%
	Democratic	Verla Insko (incumbent)	38,944	31.93%
	Republican	William Towne	19,928	16.34%
	Republican	Rod Chaney	19,281	15.81%
	Libertarian	John H. Bauman	2,672	2.19%
Total votes			121,958	100%
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

References

^ "State House District 24, NC". Census Reporter. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
^ J. D. Lewis (2014). "North Carolina State House of Representatives Districts Map - 1985 to 1992". Retrieved July 9, 2022.
^ "1992 House Base Plan 5" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
^ "Interim House Redistricting Plan For N.C. 2002 Election" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
^ "House Redistricting Plan" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
^ "Lewis-Dollar-Dockham 4" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
^ "2018 House Election Districts" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
^ "HB 1020, 2nd Edition - 2019 House Remedial Map" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
^ "S.L. 2022-4 House" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
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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) ▌Jon Hardister (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)
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