North Carolina's 21st House district

North Carolina's 21st State House of Representatives district
Representative	Ya Liu D – Cary
Demographics	42%  White 38%  Black 14%  Hispanic 1%  Asian 3% Remainder of multiracial
Population (2020)	82,906

North Carolina's 21st House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Ya Liu since 2023. ^[1]

Geography

Since 2023, the district has included part of Wake County. The district overlaps with the 16th Senate district.

District officeholders since 1985

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Dan Blue	Democratic	January 1, 1985 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted from the Multi-member district. Redistricted to the 33rd district and retired to run for U.S. Senator.	1985–2003 Parts of Wake County. [2] [3]
Larry Bell	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2019	Redistricted from the 97th district. Retired.	2003–2005 Parts of Sampson, Duplin, and Wayne counties. [4]
				2005–2013 Parts of Sampson and Wayne counties. [5]
				2013–2019 Parts of Sampson, Duplin, and Wayne counties. [6]
Raymond Smith Jr.	Democratic	January 1, 2019 – January 1, 2023	Redistricted to the 10th district and retired to run for State Senate.	2019–2023 Parts of Sampson and Wayne Counties. [7] [8]
Ya Liu	Democratic	January 1, 2023 – Present		2023–Present Part of Wake County. [9]

Election results

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2022 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ya Liu	18,857	67.69%
	Republican	Gerard Falzon	8,342	29.95%
	Libertarian	Joshua Morris	658	2.36%
Total votes			27,857	100%
	Democratic win (new seat)

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2020 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raymond Smith Jr. (incumbent)	17,632	53.00%
	Republican	Brent Heath	15,633	47.00%
Total votes			33,265	100%
	Democratic hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 21st district Democratic primary election, 2018 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raymond Smith Jr.	1,511	53.17%
	Democratic	Eugene Pearsall	1,331	46.83%
Total votes			2,842	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2018 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raymond Smith Jr.	12,041	52.65%
	Republican	Robert E. Freeman	10,829	47.35%
Total votes			22,870	100%
	Democratic hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 97th district Democratic primary election, 2016 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Bell (incumbent)	8,664	85.45%
	Democratic	Scotty L. Smith	1,475	14.55%
Total votes			10,139	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2016 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Bell (incumbent)	24,564	100%
Total votes			24,564	100%
	Democratic hold

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2014 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Bell (incumbent)	15,937	100%
Total votes			15,937	100%
	Democratic hold

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2012 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Bell (incumbent)	25,631	100%
Total votes			25,631	100%
	Democratic hold

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2010 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Bell (incumbent)	11,678	65.59%
	Republican	DeAnn G. Poirier	6,126	34.41%
Total votes			17,804	100%
	Democratic hold

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2008 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Bell (incumbent)	21,964	100%
Total votes			21,964	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2006 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Bell (incumbent)	9,215	100%
Total votes			9,215	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2004 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Bell (incumbent)	17,812	100%
Total votes			17,812	100%
	Democratic hold

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2002 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Bell (incumbent)	11,498	100%
Total votes			11,498	100%
	Democratic hold

2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2000 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Blue (incumbent)	20,097	91.48%
	Libertarian	Jesse Halliday	1,872	8.52%
Total votes			21,969	100%
	Democratic hold

References

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