North Carolina's 1st House district

Not to be confused with North Carolina's 1st congressional district.

North Carolina's 1st House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican Ed Goodwin since 2019.^[1]

North Carolina's 1st State House of Representatives district
Representative	Ed Goodwin R–Edenton
Demographics	56% White 38% Black 3% Hispanic 1% Asian
Population (2020)	73,009

Geography

Since 2023, the district has included all of Washington, Chowan, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Currituck counties, as well as part of Dare County. The district overlaps with the 1st and 3rd Senate districts.

District officeholders since 1995

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Bill Owens	Democratic	January 1, 1995 – January 1, 2013	Retired.	1995–2003 All of Currituck, Camden, and Pasquotank counties. Part of Perquimans County.[2]
				2003–2005 All of Currituck, Camden, and Pasquotank counties. Part of Gates County.[3]
				2005–2013 All of Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, and Tyrrell counties.[4]
Bob Steinburg	Republican	January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2019	Retired to run for State Senate.	2013–2019 All of Chowan, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Camden, and Currituck counties. Part of Pasquotank County.[5]
Ed Goodwin	Republican	January 1, 2019 – Present		2019–2023 All of Bertie, Washington, Chowan, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Camden counties.[6][7]
				2023–Present All of Washington, Chowan, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Currituck counties. Part of Dare County.[8]

Election results

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2022^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Goodwin (incumbent)	25,737	100%
Total votes			25,737	100%
	Republican hold

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2020^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Goodwin (incumbent)	20,688	54.46%
	Democratic	Emily Bunch Nicholson	17,299	45.54%
Total votes			37,987	100%
	Republican hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 1st district Republican primary election, 2018^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Goodwin	1,987	55.23%
	Republican	Candice Hunter	1,611	44.77%
Total votes			3,598	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2018^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Goodwin	14,749	53.10%
	Democratic	Ronald "Ron" Wesson	13,026	46.90%
Total votes			27,775	100%
	Republican hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2016^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Steinburg (incumbent)	25,363	64.04%
	Democratic	Sam Davis	14,240	35.96%
Total votes			39,603	100%
	Republican hold

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2014^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Steinburg (incumbent)	15,713	60.91%
	Democratic	Garry W. Meiggs	10,082	39.09%
Total votes			25,795	100%
	Republican hold

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 1st district Republican primary election, 2012^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Steinburg	3,690	60.21%
	Republican	Owen Etheridge	2,439	39.79%
Total votes			6,129	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2012^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Steinburg	21,505	56.34%
	Democratic	Bill Luton	16,663	43.66%
Total votes			38,168	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2010^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Owens (incumbent)	11,538	52.75%
	Republican	John J. Woodard Jr.	10,336	47.25%
Total votes			21,874	100%
	Democratic hold

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2008^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Owens (incumbent)	25,181	100%
Total votes			25,181	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2006^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Owens (incumbent)	12,446	100%
Total votes			12,446	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2004^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Owens (incumbent)	18,873	100%
Total votes			18,873	100%
	Democratic hold

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2002^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Owens (incumbent)	12,157	100%
Total votes			12,157	100%
	Democratic hold

2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2000^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Owens (incumbent)	15,475	100%
Total votes			15,475	100%
	Democratic hold

References

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