North Carolina's 46th House district

North Carolina's 46th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Brenden Jones R – Tabor City
Demographics	50%  White 25%  Black 11%  Hispanic 10%  Native American 3%  Multiracial
Population (2020)	84,615

North Carolina's 46th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican Brenden Jones since 2017. ^[1]

Geography

Since 2023, the district has included all of Columbus County, as well as part of Robeson County. The district overlaps with the 8th and 24th Senate districts.

District officeholders

Multi-member district

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created January 1, 1983.												1983–1993 All of Mitchell and Avery counties. Parts of Watauga, Caldwell, Burke, and Alexander counties. [2]
James Frank Hughes ( Linville )	Republican	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1989	Redistricted from the 39th district.	Swan Burnett Lacey Jr. ( Newland )	Republican	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985	Redistricted from the 39th district.	George Robinson ( Cedar Rock )	Republican	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1987	Redistricted from the 34th district. Retired to run for Congress.
				Charles Buchanan ( Green Mountain )	Republican	January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1993
								Edgar Starnes ( Granite Falls )	Republican	January 1, 1987 – January 1, 1989
David Flaherty ( Lenoir )	Republican	January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1995						George Robinson ( Cedar Rock )	Republican	January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1993	Redistricted to the 91st district.
				Gregg Thompson ( Spruce Pine )	Republican	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 84th district and retired to run for State Senate.					1993–2003 All of Mitchell and Avery counties. Parts of Caldwell, Burke, and Catawba counties. [3]
Charles Buchanan ( Green Mountain )	Republican	January 1, 1995 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 84th district and lost re-nomination.

Single-member district

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Douglas Yongue ( Laurinburg )	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2011	Redistricted from the 16th district Lost re-election.	2003–2013 Parts of Robeson, Hoke, and Scotland counties. [4] [5]
Gaston (G. L.) Pridgen ( Lumberton )	Republican	January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2013	Lost re-election.
Ken Waddell ( Chadbourn )	Democratic	January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2017	Retired.	2013–2019 All of Columbus County. Parts of Robeson and Bladen counties. [6]
Brenden Jones ( Tabor City )	Republican	January 1, 2017 – Present
				2019–2023 Parts of Columbus and Robeson counties. [7] [8]
				2023–Present All of Columbus County. Part of Robeson County. [9] [10]

Election results

2024

North Carolina House of Representatives 46th district general election, 2024 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brenden Jones (incumbent)	29,064	100%
Total votes			29,064	100%
	Republican hold

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 46th district general election, 2022 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brenden Jones (incumbent)	19,928	100%
Total votes			19,928	100%
	Republican hold

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 46th district general election, 2020 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brenden Jones (incumbent)	17,555	60.69%
	Democratic	Tim Heath	11,369	39.31%
Total votes			28,924	100%
	Republican hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 46th district general election, 2018 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brenden Jones (incumbent)	12,687	63.35%
	Democratic	Barbara S. Yates-Lockamy	7,339	36.65%
Total votes			20,026	100%
	Republican hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 46th district general election, 2016 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brenden Jones	19,607	60.34%
	Democratic	Tim Benton	11,836	36.42%
	Libertarian	Thomas Howell Jr.	1,052	3.24%
Total votes			32,495	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 46th district general election, 2014 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Waddell (incumbent)	11,551	53.42%
	Republican	Brenden Jones	10,073	46.58%
Total votes			21,624	100%
	Democratic hold

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 46th district Democratic primary election, 2012 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Waddell	7,083	54.71%
	Democratic	Al Leonard Jr.	5,863	45.29%
Total votes			12,946	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 46th district general election, 2012 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Waddell	18,160	54.06%
	Republican	Gaston (G. L.) Pridgen (incumbent)	15,431	45.94%
Total votes			33,591	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 46th district general election, 2010 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gaston (G. L.) Pridgen	7,590	52.17%
	Democratic	Douglas Yongue (incumbent)	6,958	47.83%
Total votes			14,548	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 46th district general election, 2008 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Douglas Yongue (incumbent)	18,275	100%
Total votes			18,275	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 46th district general election, 2006 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Douglas Yongue (incumbent)	7,684	100%
Total votes			7,684	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 46th district general election, 2004 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Douglas Yongue (incumbent)	12,913	100%
Total votes			12,913	100%
	Democratic hold

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 46th district general election, 2002 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Douglas Yongue (incumbent)	6,920	63.50%
	Republican	C. Linwood Faulk	3,978	36.50%
Total votes			10,898	100%
	Democratic hold

2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 46th district general election, 2000 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Buchanan (incumbent)	28,274	40.33%
	Republican	Gregg Thompson (incumbent)	26,573	37.90%
	Democratic	Joe Delk	15,267	21.78%
Total votes			7,011	100%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

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