North Carolina's 86th House district

North Carolina's 86th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican Hugh Blackwell since 2009.^[1]

North Carolina's 86th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Hugh Blackwell R–Valdese
Demographics	81% White 6% Black 7% Hispanic 4% Asian 1% Other
Population (2020)	79,122

Geography

Since 2023, the district has included all of Burke County. The district overlaps with the 46th Senate district.

District officeholders

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created January 1, 1993.				1993–2003 All of Dare, Tyrrell, and Chowan counties Parts of Washington and Perquimans counties.[2]
Bill Culpepper	Democratic	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 2nd district.
Walt Church	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2009	Redistricted from the 47th district. Lost re-election.	2003–2023 Part of Burke County.[3][4][5][6][7]
Hugh Blackwell	Republican	January 1, 2009 – Present
				2023–Present All of Burke County.[8]

Election results

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district general election, 2022^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Blackwell (incumbent)	23,945	100%
Total votes			23,945	100%
	Republican hold

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district general election, 2020^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Blackwell (incumbent)	27,154	69.88%
	Democratic	Cecelia Surratt	11,705	30.12%
Total votes			38,859	100%
	Republican hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district Democratic primary election, 2018^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Barnsback	1,318	76.72%
	Democratic	Robert Griner	400	23.28%
Total votes			1,718	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district general election, 2018^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Blackwell (incumbent)	16,412	64.48%
	Democratic	Tim Barnsback	9,039	35.52%
Total votes			25,451	100%
	Republican hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district general election, 2016^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Blackwell (incumbent)	21,226	62.44%
	Democratic	Tim Barnsback	12,766	37.56%
Total votes			33,992	100%
	Republican hold

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district Republican primary election, 2014^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Blackwell (incumbent)	3,197	81.58%
	Republican	A. Bradley Scott	722	18.42%
Total votes			3,919	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district general election, 2014^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Blackwell (incumbent)	13,970	63.80%
	Democratic	Jim Cates	7,926	36.20%
Total votes			21,896	100%
	Republican hold

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district Democratic primary election, 2012^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Cates	2,953	46.75%
	Democratic	Dan DeHart	2,568	40.66%
	Democratic	J. Pascal	795	12.59%
Total votes			6,316	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district general election, 2012^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Blackwell (incumbent)	19,537	60.82%
	Democratic	Jim Cates	12,584	39.18%
Total votes			32,121	100%
	Republican hold

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district Democratic primary election, 2010^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter Church Jr.	904	52.87%
	Democratic	Jim Cates	806	47.13%
Total votes			1,710	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district general election, 2010^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Blackwell (incumbent)	10,429	61.93%
	Democratic	Walter Church Jr.	6,412	38.07%
Total votes			16,841	100%
	Republican hold

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district general election, 2008^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Blackwell	14,140	51.61%
	Democratic	Walt Church (incumbent)	13,259	48.39%
Total votes			27,399	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district general election, 2006^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walt Church (incumbent)	8,369	51.50%
	Republican	Hugh Blackwell	7,883	48.50%
Total votes			16,252	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district general election, 2004^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walt Church (incumbent)	16,029	100%
Total votes			16,029	100%
	Democratic hold

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district general election, 2002^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walt Church (incumbent)	11,586	59.10%
	Republican	Earl A. Cook	8,019	40.90%
Total votes			19,605	100%
	Democratic hold

2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district Democratic primary election, 2000^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Culpepper (incumbent)	5,846	74.01%
	Democratic	Charles H. Ward	2,053	25.99%
Total votes			7,899	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 86th district general election, 2000^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Culpepper (incumbent)	14,527	58.62%
	Republican	Cheryl Boyd	10,255	41.38%
Total votes			24,782	100%
	Democratic hold

References

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