North Carolina's 4th House district

Not to be confused with North Carolina's 4th congressional district.

North Carolina's 4th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Jimmy Dixon R – Mount Olive
Demographics	48%  White 24%  Black 24%  Hispanic 1%  Asian 3%  Multiracial
Population (2020)	83,566

North Carolina's 4th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican Jimmy Dixon since 2011. ^[1]

Geography

Since 2023, the district has included all of Duplin County, as well as part of Wayne County. The district overlaps with the 4th and 9th Senate districts.

District officeholders since 1993

Multi-member district

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Jean Preston ( Emerald Isle )	Republican	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 13th district.	Ronald Smith ( Atlantic Beach )	Democratic	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 1995	Lost re-election.	1993–2003 All of Carteret County. Part of Onslow County. [2]
				Macon St. Clair Snowden ( Pine Knoll Shores )	Republican	January 1, 1995 – April 27, 1995	Died.
				Jonathan Robinson ( Atlantic )	Republican	April 27, 1995 – January 1, 1997	Appointed to finish Snowden's term. Lost re-election.
				Ronald Smith ( Atlantic Beach )	Democratic	January 1, 1997 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 13th district and retired.

Single-member district

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Charles Elliott Johnson ( Greenville )	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2005	Redistricted to the 6th district and Retired to run for State Senate.	2003–2005 Parts of Craven, Pitt, and Martin counties. [3]
Russell Tucker ( Pink Hill )	Democratic	January 1, 2005 – January 1, 2011	Retired.	2005–2013 All of Duplin County. Part of Onslow County. [4]
Jimmy Dixon ( Mount Olive )	Republican	January 1, 2011 – Present
				2013–2019 Parts of Duplin and Wayne counties. [5]
				2019–2023 All of Duplin County. Part of Onslow County. [6] [7]
				2023–Present All of Duplin County. Part of Wayne County. [8] [9]

Election results

2024

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2024 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Dixon (incumbent)	22,093	63.03%
	Democratic	Vernon Moore	12,961	36.97%
Total votes			35,054	100%
	Republican hold

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2022 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Dixon (incumbent)	16,449	66.58%
	Democratic	Wesley L. Boykin	8,256	33.42%
Total votes			24,705	100%
	Republican hold

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2020 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Dixon (incumbent)	21,282	65.72%
	Democratic	Christopher Schulte	11,099	34.28%
Total votes			32,381	100%
	Republican hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district Republican primary election, 2018 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Dixon (incumbent)	2,765	83.64%
	Republican	Nathan Ray Riggs	541	16.36%
Total votes			3,306	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2018 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Dixon (incumbent)	13,546	62.87%
	Democratic	Da'Quan Marcell Love	7,515	34.88%
	Constitution	Kevin E. Hayes	486	2.26%
Total votes			21,547	100%
	Republican hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2016 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Dixon (incumbent)	24,646	100%
Total votes			24,646	100%
	Republican hold

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2014 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Dixon (incumbent)	15,933	100%
Total votes			15,933	100%
	Republican hold

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district Republican primary election, 2012 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Dixon (incumbent)	4,873	62.30%
	Republican	Efton Sager (incumbent)	2,949	37.70%
Total votes			7,822	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2012 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Dixon (incumbent)	20,371	65.04%
	Democratic	Rebecca H. Judge	9,896	31.60%
	Libertarian	Kevin E. Hayes	1,053	3.36%
Total votes			31,320	100%
	Republican hold

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2010 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Dixon	9,004	51.36%
	Democratic	Mott Blair	8,527	48.64%
Total votes			17,531	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2008 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Russell Tucker (incumbent)	19,024	100%
Total votes			19,024	100%
	Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district Democratic primary election, 2006 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Russell Tucker (incumbent)	2,516	84.77%
	Democratic	Martin L. Herring	452	15.23%
Total votes			2,968	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2006 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Russell Tucker (incumbent)	6,844	63.20%
	Republican	Richard J. Kaiser	3,985	36.80%
Total votes			10,829	100%
	Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district Democratic primary election, 2004 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Russell Tucker	3,500	73.28%
	Democratic	Naverro Brown	788	16.50%
	Democratic	Martin L. Herring	488	10.22%
Total votes			4,776	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2004 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Russell Tucker	15,333	100%
Total votes			15,333	100%
	Democratic win (new seat)

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2002 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Elliott Johnson	9,109	51.77%
	Republican	John Wobbleton	8,487	48.23%
Total votes			17,596	100%
	Democratic hold

2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2000 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jean Preston (incumbent)	22,752	39.75%
	Democratic	Ronald Smith (incumbent)	19,844	34.67%
	Republican	Jonathan Robinson	14,648	25.59%
Total votes			57,244	100%
	Republican hold
	Democratic hold

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