Lindsey Prather

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Lindsey Prather
Image of Lindsey Prather
North Carolina House of Representatives District 115
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$13,951/year

Per diem

$104/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Cary High School

Bachelor's

University of North Carolina, Asheville, 2010

Graduate

Western Carolina University, 2019

Personal
Profession
Educator
Contact

Lindsey Prather (Democratic Party) is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 115. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Prather (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 115. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Prather completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Lindsey Prather lives in Buncombe County, North Carolina. She graduated from Cary High School. Prather earned a B.A. in sociology from the University of North Carolina, Asheville, in 2010, and an M.P.A. from Western Carolina University in 2019. Her career experience includes working as a special education teacher and a social studies teacher in Buncombe County Schools.[1][2][3]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Prather was assigned to the following committees:


Elections

2024

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 115

Incumbent Lindsey Prather defeated Ruth Smith in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 115 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lindsey Prather
Lindsey Prather (D) Candidate Connection
 
51.5
 
26,203
Image of Ruth Smith
Ruth Smith (R) Candidate Connection
 
48.5
 
24,720

Total votes: 50,923
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lindsey Prather advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 115.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Ruth Smith advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 115.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Prather in this election.

2022

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 115

Lindsey Prather defeated Pratik Bhakta in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 115 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lindsey Prather
Lindsey Prather (D) Candidate Connection
 
57.6
 
21,007
Image of Pratik Bhakta
Pratik Bhakta (R) Candidate Connection
 
42.4
 
15,481

Total votes: 36,488
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Lindsey Prather advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 115.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 115

Pratik Bhakta defeated Sherry Higgins in the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 115 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Pratik Bhakta
Pratik Bhakta Candidate Connection
 
50.0
 
3,146
Image of Sherry Higgins
Sherry Higgins
 
50.0
 
3,145

Total votes: 6,291
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Campaign finance


Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Lindsey Prather completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Prather's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am a former public school teacher and current public university employee who has dedicated my working life to serving the people of North Carolina. I taught special education and Civics/U.S. History in Buncombe County before deciding to run for office. When I’m not serving as a State Representative in Raleigh, I work in admissions at UNC Asheville, helping recruit and counsel incoming military and transfer students.

  • I’m proud to have worked with Republicans and Democrats to expand affordable healthcare, raise teacher pay, keep child care centers open, and support working families and small businesses.
  • I’m not afraid to fight back against partisan politicians in either party, which is why I stood up to extremists who wanted to defund public schools and ban abortions without exceptions for rape or incest.
  • I led the fight for increased accountability in Raleigh by opposing a bill that would give unlimited money to politicians, and fighting to require transparency for our elected officials.

Public education
Transparency and accountability in government
Affordable healthcare
A clean environment

As someone who has lived paycheck-to-paycheck, I understand the issues families are facing in Buncombe County. I’m willing to listen and work with anyone to get things done for Western North Carolina, and I’m not afraid to stand up for what folks at home care about.

NCAE, Emily's List, Planned Parenthood, AFL-CIO and multiple other labor unions, Sierra Club, NC League of Conservation Voters

I believe our government should be accountable to the people. That’s why when politicians in Raleigh excluded themselves from public records laws, I proposed a constitutional amendment to require transparency from our elected officials. I strongly support full transparency in government, because the only people we should be accountable to are our constituents.

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2022

Candidate Connection

Lindsey Prather completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Prather's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Lindsey is proud to have attended North Carolina public schools her entire life. She graduated from the University of North Carolina Asheville as a Teaching Fellow Scholar, earning a degree in Sociology and a high school teaching license. Lindsey taught Special Education and Social Studies in Buncombe County Schools for six years. There she developed deep connections with the community, while learning more of the challenges that face our schools and our families. After earning her Master’s in Public Affairs from Western Carolina University, returned to UNCA where she counsels incoming transfer students and works with local community colleges.

Lindsey has also been consistently involved in local political and community work. She has served in various roles mainly focused on voter education. She has led trainings on registering voters and organized multiple candidate forums in various parts of the county, working to improve access to the civic process.

Lindsey and her husband live in Candler with their dog Maeby, riding bicycles and hiking trails whenever they can.

  • Public education is essential to our democracy
  • Good government shouldn't be taken for granted- ethics, transparency, hard work
  • Our health and the health of our environment are closely tied

I care deeply about voting rights, voter education, and constituent services.

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Campaign finance summary


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Lindsey Prather campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* North Carolina House of Representatives District 115Won general$954,885 $598,717
2022North Carolina House of Representatives District 115Won general$135,589 $111,689
Grand total$1,090,474 $710,406
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

Scorecards

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External links

Footnotes

  1. LinkedIn, "Lindsey Prather," accessed March 15, 2023
  2. Lindsey Prather 2022 campaign website, "About," accessed March 15, 2023
  3. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 4, 2024

Political offices
Preceded by
John Ager (D)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 115
2023-Present
Succeeded by
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Majority Leader:Brenden Jones
Minority Leader:Robert Reives
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