North Carolina's 42nd House district

North Carolina's 42nd State House of Representatives district
Representative	Marvin Lucas D – Spring Lake
Demographics	34%  White 40%  Black 17%  Hispanic 3%  Asian 1% Other 5% Remainder of multiracial
Population (2020)	88,539

North Carolina's 42nd House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Marvin Lucas since 2003. ^[1]

Geography

Since 2005, the district has included part of Cumberland County. The district overlaps with the 19th and 21st Senate districts.

District officeholders since 1991

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
John Wayne Kahl	Democratic	January 1, 1991 – January 1, 1993		1991–2003 Part of Iredell County. [2] [3]
Frank Mitchell	Republican	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 96th district.
Marvin Lucas	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – Present	Redistricted from the 17th district.	2003–2005 Part of Cumberland and Harnett counties. [4]
				2005–Present Part of Cumberland County. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Election results

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 42nd district Democratic primary election, 2022 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas (incumbent)	2,660	55.85%
	Democratic	Naveed Aziz	2,103	44.15%
Total votes			4,763	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 42nd district general election, 2022 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas (incumbent)	10,563	71.27%
	Republican	Gloria Carrasco	4,258	28.73%
Total votes			14,821	100%
	Democratic hold

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 42nd district general election, 2020 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas (incumbent)	19,024	67.39%
	Republican	Jon Blake	9,206	32.61%
Total votes			28,230	100%
	Democratic hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 42nd district general election, 2018 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas (incumbent)	13,100	76.05%
	Republican	Ed Williams	3,684	21.39%
	Constitution	Mark A. Crowe	442	2.57%
Total votes			17,226	100%
	Democratic hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 42nd district general election, 2016 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas (incumbent)	24,213	100%
Total votes			24,213	100%
	Democratic hold

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 42nd district general election, 2014 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas (incumbent)	13,708	100%
Total votes			13,708	100%
	Democratic hold

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 42nd district general election, 2012 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas (incumbent)	23,240	77.45%
	Republican	Frank Racz	6,766	22.55%
Total votes			30,006	100%
	Democratic hold

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 42nd district general election, 2010 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas (incumbent)	8,874	100%
Total votes			8,874	100%
	Democratic hold

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 42nd district general election, 2008 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas (incumbent)	19,137	100%
Total votes			19,137	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 42nd district general election, 2006 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas (incumbent)	5,610	100%
Total votes			5,610	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 42nd district general election, 2004 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas (incumbent)	10,746	66.24%
	Republican	Bob White	5,476	33.76%
Total votes			16,222	100%
	Democratic hold

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 42nd district general election, 2002 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marvin Lucas (incumbent)	6,845	100%
Total votes			6,845	100%
	Democratic hold

2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 42nd district general election, 2000 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Mitchell (incumbent)	14,158	62.70%
	Democratic	John Wayne Kahl	8,421	37.30%
Total votes			22,579	100%
	Republican hold

References

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