North Carolina's 37th House district

North Carolina's 37th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican Erin Paré since 2021.^[1]

North Carolina's 37th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Erin Paré R–Holly Springs
Demographics	72% White 11% Black 9% Hispanic 4% Asian
Population (2020)	110,567

Geography

Since 2003, the district has included part of southern Wake County. The district overlaps with the 15th and 17th Senate districts.

District officeholders since 1973

Multi-member district

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Robert Quincy Beard	Republican	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1975	Redistricted from the 40th district.	G. Hunter Warlick	Republican	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1975	Redistricted from the 40th district.					1973–1983 All of Catawba County.[2]
Frances Ellen Setzer	Democratic	January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1979		Cass Ballenger	Republican	January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1977	Retired to run for State Senate.
				Julius Reid Poovey	Republican	January 1, 1977 – January 1, 1983	Redistricted to the 45th district.
Carl William Rullman	Republican	January 1, 1979 – January 1, 1981
Austin Allran	Republican	January 1, 1981 – January 1, 1983	Redistricted to the 45th district.
James Erwin Lambeth Jr.	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985		John Wesley Varner	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985		Betsy Lane Cochrane	Republican	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1989	Redistricted from the 30th district. Retired to run for State Senate.	1983–1993 All of Davidson and Davie counties. Part of Iredell County.[3]
Charles Lemuel Cromer	Republican	January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1991		Joe H. Hege Jr	Republican	January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1993	Redistricted to the single-member district.
								Julia Craven Howard	Republican	January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1993	Redistricted to the 74th district.
Jerry Dockham	Republican	January 1, 1991 – January 1, 1993	Redistricted to the 94th district.

Single-member district

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Paul Reeves McCrary	Democratic	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 2001	Retired.	1993–2003 Part of Davidson County.[4]
Hugh Holliman	Democratic	January 1, 2001 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 81st district.
Paul Stam	Republican	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2017	Retired.	2003–Present Part of Wake County.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Linda Hunt Williams	Republican	January 1, 2017 – August 31, 2018	Resigned.
Vacant		August 31, 2018 – September 21, 2018
John Adcock	Republican	September 21, 2018 – January 1, 2019	Appointed to finish Williams' term. Lost re-election.
Sydney Batch	Democratic	January 1, 2019 – January 1, 2021	Lost re-election.
Erin Paré	Republican	January 1, 2021 – Present

Election results

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district Democratic primary election, 2022^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Kelly	2,066	38.53%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Parent	2,002	37.34%
	Democratic	Mary Bethel	1,294	24.13%
Total votes			5,362	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2022^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erin Paré (incumbent)	21,260	52.84%
	Democratic	Christine Kelly	18,110	45.01%
	Libertarian	Christopher Robinson	862	2.14%
Total votes			40,232	100%
	Republican hold

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district Republican primary election, 2020^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erin Paré	5,232	59.25%
	Republican	Jeff Moore	1,926	21.81%
	Republican	Anna Powell	1,673	18.94%
Total votes			8,831	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2020^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erin Paré	35,136	50.06%
	Democratic	Sydney Batch (incumbent)	32,842	46.79%
	Libertarian	Liam Leaver	2,208	3.15%
Total votes			70,186	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2018^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sydney Batch	22,803	49.92%
	Republican	John Adcock (incumbent)	21,859	47.85%
	Libertarian	Guy Meilleur	1,018	2.23%
Total votes			45,680	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2016^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Hunt Williams	27,448	52.29%
	Democratic	Randy Barrow	22,569	43.00%
	Libertarian	Robert Rose	2,474	4.71%
Total votes			52,491	100%
	Republican hold

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2014^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam (incumbent)	20,972	100%
Total votes			20,972	100%
	Republican hold

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2012^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam (incumbent)	24,942	57.01%
	Democratic	Jason Ora Wunsch	18,809	42.99%
Total votes			43,751	100%
	Republican hold

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2010^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam (incumbent)	24,937	64.00%
	Democratic	Debra McHenry	14,028	36.00%
Total votes			38,965	100%
	Republican hold

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2008^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam (incumbent)	32,172	53.91%
	Democratic	Ed Ridpath	27,503	46.09%
Total votes			59,675	100%
	Republican hold

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2006^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam (incumbent)	15,459	57.07%
	Democratic	Ed Ridpath	11,628	42.93%
Total votes			27,087	100%
	Republican hold

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2004^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam (incumbent)	29,596	85.39%
	Libertarian	H. Wade Minter	5,064	14.61%
Total votes			34,660	100%
	Republican hold

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district Republican primary election, 2002^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam	2,457	57.87%
	Republican	Kenn Gardner	1,789	42.13%
Total votes			4,246	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2002^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam	15,647	59.05%
	Democratic	J. C. Knowles	9,700	36.61%
	Libertarian	Brad Wheeler	1,152	4.35%
Total votes			26,499	100%
	Republican win (new seat)

2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district Republican primary election, 2000^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cindy Akins	1,144	64.27%
	Republican	Isaac "Zach" Wall Sr.	636	35.73%
Total votes			1,780	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2000^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hugh Holliman	10,676	56.80%
	Republican	Cindy Akins	7,783	41.41%
	Libertarian	Paul Burks	336	1.79%
Total votes			18,795	100%
	Democratic hold

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