Cynthia Ball

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Cynthia Ball
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Deputy Minority Leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 5, 2024
OccupationMediator
Website Official website

Cynthia J. Ball is an American politician and member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. A Democrat, she was first elected in 2016 and then re-elected in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024 to represent the 49th district, representing Wake County. [1]

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Life and career

Ball was born in Franklin County, North Carolina. [2] She earned a BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an MBA at Virginia Commonwealth University. [2] She works as a professional mediator. [2] She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, [2] and is married to David Aspnes, a physics professor at North Carolina State University. [2]

Committee assignments

[3]

2023–2024 session

2021–2022 session

2019–2020 session

2017–2018 session

Electoral history

2024

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2024 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cynthia Ball (incumbent) 32,814 100%
Total votes32,814 100%
Democratic hold

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cynthia Ball (incumbent) 22,519 67.77%
Republican David Robertson9,76429.38%
Libertarian Michael Oakes9462.85%
Total votes33,229 100%
Democratic hold

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2020 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cynthia Ball (incumbent) 37,807 65.05%
Republican David Robertson17,56430.22%
Libertarian Dee Watson2,7524.73%
Total votes58,123 100%
Democratic hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2018 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cynthia Ball (incumbent) 27,538 66.27%
Republican David Robertson12,92931.11%
Libertarian Jonathan Horst1,0862.61%
Total votes41,553 100%
Democratic hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2016 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cynthia Ball 26,975 48.67%
Republican Gary Pendleton (incumbent)26,15547.19%
Libertarian David Ulmer2,2994.15%
Total votes55,429 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

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References

  1. ↑ "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cynthia Ball, North Carolina House". Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Cynthia Ball" . Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  4. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  5. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  6. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  7. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  8. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
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Preceded by Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 49th district
2017–Present		Incumbent
Preceded by Deputy Minority Leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives
2024–Present
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