North Carolina's 17th House district

North Carolina's 17th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican Frank Iler since 2009.^[1]

North Carolina's 17th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Frank Iler R–Shallotte
Demographics	86% White 7% Black 3% Hispanic
Population (2020)	98,804

Geography

Since 2005, the district has included part of Brunswick County. The district overlaps with the 8th Senate district.

District officeholders since 1983

Multi-member district

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Luther Reginald Jeralds	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1993	Retired.	Chancy Rudolph Edwards	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1991		1983–2003 Part of Cumberland County.[2][3]
				Mary McAllister	Democratic	January 1, 1991 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 43rd district.
Theodore James Kinney	Democratic	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 1995
Larry Shaw	Democratic	January 1, 1995 – January 1, 1997	Retired to run for State Senate.
Theodore James Kinney	Democratic	January 1, 1997 – January 1, 2001	Lost re-nomination.
Marvin Lucas	Democratic	January 1, 2001 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 42nd district.

Single-member district

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Bonner Stiller	Republican	January 1, 2003 – June 15, 2009	Resigned.	2003–2005 Parts of Brunswick and New Hanover counties.[4][5]
				2005–Present Part of Brunswick County.[6][7][8][9]
Vacant		June 15, 2009 – June 18, 2009
Frank Iler	Republican	June 18, 2009 – Present	Appointed to finish Stiller's term.

Election results

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 17th district Democratic primary election, 2022^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric Terashima	2,968	70.75%
	Democratic	Edward M. McKeithan	1,227	29.25%
Total votes			4,195	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 17th district general election, 2022^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Iler (incumbent)	28,012	62.29%
	Democratic	Eric Terashima	16,960	37.71%
Total votes			44,972	100%
	Republican hold

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 17th district general election, 2020^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Iler (incumbent)	36,800	62.44%
	Democratic	Tom Simmons	22,140	37.56%
Total votes			58,940	100%
	Republican hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 17th district Republican primary election, 2018^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Iler (incumbent)	3,170	61.13%
	Republican	Patricia "Pat" Sykes	2,016	38.87%
Total votes			5,186	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 17th district general election, 2018^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Iler (incumbent)	28,930	63.48%
	Democratic	Tom Simmons	16,642	36.52%
Total votes			45,572	100%
	Republican hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 17th district Republican primary election, 2016^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Iler (incumbent)	10,129	67.64%
	Republican	Marion D. Davis	4,846	32.36%
Total votes			14,975	100%

North Carolina House of representatives 17th district general election, 2016^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Iler (incumbent)	32,757	66.44%
	Democratic	Charles Warren	16,549	33.56%
Total votes			49,306	100%
	Republican hold

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 17th district Republican primary election, 2014^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Iler (incumbent)	5,493	69.64%
	Republican	Marion Davis	2,395	30.36%
Total votes			7,888	100%

North Carolina House of representatives 17th district general election, 2014^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Iler (incumbent)	20,945	67.14%
	Democratic	Charles Warren	10,251	32.86%
Total votes			31,196	100%
	Republican hold

2012

North Carolina House of representatives 17th district general election, 2012^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Iler (incumbent)	27,578	66.16%
	Democratic	Lundia Washington	14,107	33.84%
Total votes			41,685	100%
	Republican hold

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 17th district Democratic primary election, 2010^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James A. Knox	2,089	57.95%
	Democratic	Leonard Jenkins	1,516	42.05%
Total votes			3,605	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 17th district Republican primary election, 2010^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Iler (incumbent)	6,131	74.43%
	Republican	Mac Tyson	2,106	25.57%
Total votes			8,237	100%

North Carolina House of representatives 17th district general election, 2010^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Iler (incumbent)	24,065	68.35%
	Democratic	James A. Knox	11,146	31.65%
Total votes			35,211	100%
	Republican hold

2008

North Carolina House of representatives 17th district general election, 2008^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bonner Stiller (incumbent)	28,009	61.97%
	Democratic	Vernon Ward	17,186	38.03%
Total votes			45,195	100%
	Republican hold

2006

North Carolina House of representatives 17th district general election, 2006^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bonner Stiller (incumbent)	14,619	62.32%
	Democratic	Allan Dameron	8,838	37.68%
Total votes			23,457	100%
	Republican hold

2004

North Carolina House of representatives 17th district general election, 2004^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bonner Stiller (incumbent)	16,745	49.86%
	Democratic	David Redwine	16,288	48.50%
	Libertarian	Edward Gore	550	1.64%
Total votes			33,583	100%
	Republican hold

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 17th district general election, 2002^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bonner Stiller	10,902	49.31%
	Democratic	David Redwine (incumbent)	10,733	48.54%
	Libertarian	Robert Kerr	476	2.15%
Total votes			22,111	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 17th district Democratic primary election, 2000^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary McAllister (incumbent)	3,472	38.56%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas	2,441	27.11%
	Democratic	Theodore James Kinney (incumbent)	1,718	19.08%
	Democratic	David K. Hasan	1,374	15.26%
Total votes			9,005	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 17th district general election, 2000^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas	12,520	42.05%
	Democratic	Mary McAllister (incumbent)	12,141	40.77%
	Republican	George E. Boggs	5,115	17.18%
Total votes			29,776	100%
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

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