North Carolina's 32nd House district

North Carolina's 32nd State House of Representatives district
Representative	Bryan Cohn D – Oxford
Demographics	44%  White 41%  Black 11%  Hispanic 3%  Multiracial
Population (2020)	85,678

North Carolina's 32nd House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Bryan Cohn since 2025. ^[1]

Geography

Since 2025, the district has included all of Granville County, as well as part of Vance County. The district overlaps with the 11th and 18th Senate districts.

District officeholders since 1993

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Hugh Alfred Lee ( Rockingham )	Democratic	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 1997	Retired.	1993–2003 All of Richmond County. Parts of Montgomery and Scotland counties. [2]
Wayne Goodwin ( Rockingham )	Democratic	January 1, 1997 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 68th district.
Jim Crawford ( Oxford )	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2013	Redistricted from the 22nd district. Redistricted to the 2nd district and lost re-nomination.	2003–2005 Part of Durham, Granville, and Vance counties. [3]
				2005–2013 All of Granville County. Part of Vance County. [4]
Nathan Baskerville ( Henderson )	Democratic	January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2017	Retired.	2013–2023 All of Warren and Vance counties. Part of Granville County. [5] [6] [7]
Terry Garrison ( Henderson )	Democratic	January 1, 2017 – January 1, 2023	Lost re-election.
Frank Sossamon ( Henderson )	Republican	January 1, 2023 – January 1, 2025	Lost re-election.	2023–2025 All of Vance County. Part of Granville County. [8]
Bryan Cohn ( Oxford )	Democratic	January 1, 2025 – Present		2025–Present All of Granville County. Part of Vance County. [9]

Election results

2024

North Carolina House of Representatives 32nd district general election, 2024 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bryan Cohn	21,215	48.95%
	Republican	Frank Sossamon (incumbent)	20,987	48.42%
	Libertarian	Ryan Brown	1,140	2.63%
Total votes			43,342	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2022

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Sossamon	14,156	51.33%
	Democratic	Terry Garrison (incumbent)	13,424	48.67%
Total votes			27,580	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives district general election, 2020 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terry Garrison (incumbent)	24,078	61.21%
	Republican	David Woodson	15,260	38.79%
Total votes			39,338	100%
	Democratic hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 32nd district general election, 2018 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terry Garrison (incumbent)	17,822	64.27%
	Republican	Robert Shingler	9,909	35.73%
Total votes			27,731	100%
	Democratic hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 32nd district Democratic primary election, 2016 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terry Garrison	9,190	67.38%
	Democratic	Gary Lamont Miles Sr.	4,449	32.62%
Total votes			13,639	100%

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terry Garrison	29,142	100%
Total votes			29,142	100%
	Democratic hold

2014

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nathan Baskerville (incumbent)	19,931	100%
Total votes			19,931	100%
	Democratic hold

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives district Democratic primary election, 2012 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nathan Baskerville	5,864	39.46%
	Democratic	Jim Crawford	4,627	31.13%
	Democratic	Dollie B. Burwell	4,371	29.41%
Total votes			14,862	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives district Democratic primary run-off election, 2012 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nathan Baskerville	5,622	76.57%
	Democratic	Jim Crawford	1,720	23.43%
Total votes			7,342	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives district general election, 2012 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nathan Baskerville	27,057	70.78%
	Republican	Scott Bynum	11,170	29.22%
Total votes			38,227	100%
	Democratic win (new seat)

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives district general election, 2010 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Crawford (incumbent)	13,814	78.42%
	Libertarian	Barbara Howe	3,802	21.58%
Total votes			17,616	100%
	Democratic hold

2008

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Crawford (incumbent)	23,934	87.81%
	Libertarian	Barbara Howe	3,322	12.19%
Total votes			27,256	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives district general election, 2006 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Crawford (incumbent)	10,531	100%
Total votes			10,531	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 32nd district Democratic primary election, 2004 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Crawford (incumbent)	4,281	55.93%
	Democratic	James J. Gouch	3,373	44.07%
Total votes			7,654	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives district general election, 2004 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Crawford (incumbent)	18,851	88.27%
	Libertarian	Tom Howe	2,505	11.73%
Total votes			21,356	100%
	Democratic hold

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 32nd district Democratic primary election, 2002 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Crawford (incumbent)	4,083	75.03%
	Democratic	Bernard A. Holliday	1,359	24.97%
Total votes			5,442	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 32nd district general election, 2002 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Crawford (incumbent)	10,644	58.24%
	Republican	Sallie Edwards-Pickett	6,852	37.49%
	Libertarian	Barbara Howe	780	4.27%
Total votes			18,276	100%
	Democratic hold

2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 32nd district general election, 2000 ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wayne Goodwin (incumbent)	13,417	100%
Total votes			13,417	100%
	Democratic hold

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