North Carolina's 34th House district

North Carolina's 34th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Tim Longest D – Raleigh
Demographics	74%  White 13%  Black 8%  Hispanic 2%  Asian 2% Remainder of multiracial
Population (2020)	84,845

North Carolina's 34th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Tim Longest since 2023. ^{[1] [2]}

Geography

Since 2003, the district has included part of Wake County. The district overlaps with the 13th and 15th Senate districts.

District officeholders since 1993

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Bobby Griffin	Democratic	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 1995	Lost re-election.	1993–2003 Part of Union County. [3]
Fern Shubert	Republican	January 1, 1995 – January 1, 1999	Lost re-election.
O. Max Melton	Democratic	January 1, 1999 – January 1, 2001	Lost re-election.
Fern Shubert	Republican	January 1, 2001 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 73rd district and retired to run for State Senate.
Don Munford	Republican	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2005	Lost re-election.	2003–Present Part of Wake County. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Grier Martin	Democratic	January 1, 2005 – January 1, 2013	Retired.
Deborah Ross	Democratic	January 1, 2013 – June 1, 2013	Redistricted from the 38th district. Resigned.
Grier Martin	Democratic	June 1, 2013 – July 8, 2022	Appointed to finish Ross's term. Resigned.
Vacant		July 8, 2022 – July 15, 2022
Jack Nichols	Democratic	July 15, 2022 – January 1, 2023	Appointed to finish Martin's term. Retired.
Tim Longest	Democratic	January 1, 2023 – Present

Election results

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district Republican primary election, 2022 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ashley Seshul	3,907	70.79%
	Republican	Joshua Jordan	1,612	29.21%
Total votes			5,519	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2022 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Longest [12]	24,413	60.27%
	Republican	Ashley Seshul	14,853	36.67%
	Libertarian	Kat McDonald	1,240	3.06%
Total votes			40,506	100%
	Democratic hold

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2020 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grier Martin (incumbent)	31,784	56.53%
	Republican	Ronald L. Smith	21,989	39.11%
	Libertarian	Michael C. Munger	2,449	4.36%
Total votes			56,222	100%
	Democratic hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2018 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grier Martin (incumbent)	26,348	65.51%
	Republican	Catherine Whiteford	12,903	32.08%
	Libertarian	Cap Hayes	970	2.41%
Total votes			40,221	100%
	Democratic hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2016 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grier Martin (incumbent)	31,335	67.56%
	Republican	Bill Morris	15,049	32.44%
Total votes			46,384	100%
	Democratic hold

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2014 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grier Martin (incumbent)	22,929	100%
Total votes			22,929	100%
	Democratic hold

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2012 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deborah Ross (incumbent)	32,206	97.37%
	Write-in		521	1.58%
	Unaffaliated	Apryl Major (write-in)	348	1.05%
Total votes			33,075	100%
	Democratic hold

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district Republican primary election, 2010 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Henion	1,637	45.40%
	Republican	Brian Tinga	1,231	34.14%
	Republican	J. H. Ross	495	13.73%
	Republican	Jamie Earp	243	6.74%
Total votes			3,606	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2010 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grier Martin (incumbent)	15,234	54.17%
	Republican	Steve Henion	12,886	45.83%
Total votes			28,120	100%
	Democratic hold

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2008 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grier Martin (incumbent)	24,065	59.91%
	Republican	J. H. Ross	16,102	40.09%
Total votes			40,167	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2006 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grier Martin (incumbent)	13,596	59.13%
	Republican	J. H. Ross	9,396	40.87%
Total votes			22,992	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district Republican primary election, 2004 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Munford (incumbent)	3,833	76.01%
	Republican	J. H. Ross	1,210	23.99%
Total votes			5,043	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2004 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grier Martin	18,755	51.09%
	Republican	Don Munford (incumbent)	17,952	48.91%
Total votes			36,707	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district Republican primary election, 2002 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Munford	3,688	62.96%
	Republican	Albert Nelson Nunn	1,948	33.25%
	Republican	J. H. Ross	222	3.79%
Total votes			5,858	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2002 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Munford	15,998	57.82%
	Democratic	Cynthia Barnett	10,767	38.91%
	Libertarian	Victor Marks	905	3.27%
Total votes			27,670	100%
	Republican hold

2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district Republican primary election, 2000 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fern Shubert	1,900	71.81%
	Republican	Ed Price	746	28.19%
Total votes			2,646	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2000 ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fern Shubert	13,117	53.71%
	Democratic	O. Max Melton (incumbent)	11,306	46.29%
Total votes			24,423	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

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