Diamond Staton-Williams

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Diamond Staton-Williams
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Member of the North CarolinaHouseofRepresentatives
from the 73rd district
In office
January 1, 2023 January 1, 2025

Diamond Staton-Williams is an American politician, registered nurse and business owner. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who represented the 73rd district (which includes parts of Cabarrus County) from 2023 to 2025. [1]

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In the 2022 election, Staton-Williams beat Republican nominee Brian Echevarria by 629 votes. This victory helped stop a Republican supermajority in the House by one seat. [2] In the 2024 state house election, she lost reelection to Republican nominee Jonathan Almond. [3]

Committee assignments

2023–2024 session

Electoral history

2024

North Carolina House of Representatives 73rd district general election, 2024 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jonathan Almond 23,400 53.21%
Democratic Diamond Staton-Williams (incumbent)20,57746.79%
Total votes43,977 100%
Republican gain from Democratic

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 73rd district general election, 2022 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Diamond Staton-Williams 14,108 51.14%
Republican Brian Echevarria 13,47948.86%
Total votes27,587 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

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References

  1. "Diamond Staton-Williams" . Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  2. "What a Charlotte-area race says about GOP power in North Carolina" . Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  3. Puente, Nathaniel. "Republican Jonathan Almond wins NC House seat for Cabarrus County". WCNC . Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  4. North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  5. North Carolina State Board of Elections.
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from the 73rd district

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