North Carolina's 8th House district

Not to be confused with North Carolina's 8th congressional district.

North Carolina's 8th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Gloristine Brown D–Bethel
Demographics	51% White 37% Black 7% Hispanic 2% Asian
Population (2020)	91,720

North Carolina's 8th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Gloristine Brown since 2023.[1]

Geography

Since 2023, the district has included part of Pitt County. The district overlaps with the 5th Senate district.

District officeholders since 1967

Multi-member district

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Herbert Horton Rountree	Democratic	January 1, 1967 – January 1, 1981		William Alfred Forbes	Democratic	January 1, 1967 – January 1, 1969	Redistricted from the Pitt County disitrict.									1967–1973 All of Pitt County.[2]
				David Edward Reid Jr.	Democratic	January 1, 1969 – January 1, 1971
				Sam Bundy	Democratic	January 1, 1971 – January 1, 1983	Redistricted to the 9th district.
																1973–1983 All of Greene and Pitt counties.[3]
Ed Warren	Democratic	January 1, 1981 – January 1, 1983	Redistricted to the 9th district.
Josephus Mavretic	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985	Redistricted from the 7th district. Redistricted to the single-member district.	Allen Barbee	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985	Redistricted from the 7th district. Redistricted to the 72nd district.	Thomas Hill Matthews	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985	Redistricted to the 72nd district.	Jeanne Tucker Fenner	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985	Redistricted from the 7th district. Redistricted to the 71st district.	1983–1985 All of Nash, Edgecombe, and Wilson counties.

Single-member district

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Josephus Mavretic	Democratic	January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1993	Redistricted from the multi-member district. Redistricted to the 71st district.	1985–1993 Parts of Nash and Edgecombe counties.[4]
Linwood Eborn Mercer	Democratic	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 1999		1993–2003 Parts of Greene, Pitt, Edgecombe, and Martin Counties.[5]
Edith Warren	Democratic	January 1, 1999 – January 1, 2013	Retired.
				2003–2005 All of Greene County. Parts of Pitt and Martin counties.[6]
				2005–2013 All of Martin County. Part of Pitt County.[7]
Susan Martin	Republican	January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2019	Retired.	2013–2019 Parts of Pitt and Wilson counties.[8]
Kandie Smith	Democratic	January 1, 2019 – January 1, 2023	Retired to run for State Senate.	2019–Present Part of Pitt County.[9][10][11]
Gloristine Brown	Democratic	January 1, 2023 – Present

Election results

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district Democratic primary election, 2022[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloristine Brown	3,031	59.11%
	Democratic	Sharon McDonald Evans	2,097	40.89%
Total votes			5,128	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2022[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloristine Brown	13,116	53.57%
	Republican	Charles "Drock" Vincent	11,366	46.43%
Total votes			24,482	100%
	Democratic hold

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2020[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kandie Smith (incumbent)	23,739	60.21%
	Republican	Tony Moore	15,685	39.79%
Total votes			39,424	100%
	Democratic hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district Democratic primary election, 2018[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kandie Smith	2,791	50.04%
	Democratic	Mildred Atkinson Council	1,988	35.64%
	Democratic	Ernest T. Reeves	799	14.32%
Total votes			5,578	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2018[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kandie Smith	15,570	64.65%
	Republican	Brenda Letchworth Smith	8,515	35.35%
Total votes			24,085	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2016[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Martin (incumbent)	21,329	50.19%
	Democratic	Charlie Pat Farris	21,166	49.81%
Total votes			42,495	100%
	Republican hold

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2014[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Martin (incumbent)	17,035	60.80%
	Democratic	Bobi Gregory	10,981	39.20%
Total votes			28,016	100%
	Republican hold

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2012[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Martin	24,019	57.19%
	Democratic	Mark Bibbs	17,982	42.81%
Total votes			42,001	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district Democratic primary election, 2010[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edith Warren (incumbent)	5,319	62.55%
	Democratic	Mildred A. Council	3,184	37.45%
Total votes			8,503	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2010[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edith Warren (incumbent)	14,814	100%
Total votes			14,814	100%
	Democratic hold

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district Democratic primary election, 2008[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edith Warren (incumbent)	8,599	60.83%
	Democratic	Ronnie Smith	5,536	39.17%
Total votes			14,135	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2008[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edith Warren (incumbent)	25,313	100%
Total votes			25,313	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district Democratic primary election, 2006[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edith Warren (incumbent)	4,585	61.90%
	Democratic	Derek K. Brown	2,822	38.10%
Total votes			7,407	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2006[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edith Warren (incumbent)	8,843	100%
Total votes			8,843	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district Democratic primary election, 2004[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edith Warren (incumbent)	4,472	63.52%
	Democratic	Mary Lawrence Williams	2,568	36.48%
Total votes			7,040	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2004[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edith Warren (incumbent)	17,033	74.04%
	Republican	Curt Hendrix	5,973	25.96%
Total votes			23,006	100%
	Democratic hold

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district Democratic primary election, 2002[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edith Warren (incumbent)	5,309	64.25%
	Democratic	Jim Rouse	2,954	35.75%
Total votes			8,263	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2002[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edith Warren (incumbent)	11,809	100%
Total votes			11,809	100%
	Democratic hold

2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district Democratic primary election, 2000[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edith Warren (incumbent)	4,123	57.24%
	Democratic	Jim Rouse	3,080	42.76%
Total votes			7,203	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2000[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edith Warren (incumbent)	13,051	100%
Total votes			13,051	100%
	Democratic hold

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