North Carolina House of Representatives District 58

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

North Carolina House of Representatives District 58
Incumbent
Assumed office: January 1, 2017

North Carolina House of Representatives District 58 is represented by Amos Quick (D).

As of the 2020 Census, North Carolina state representatives represented an average of 87,116 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 79,715 residents.

About the office

Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives serve two-year terms and are not subject to term limits. North Carolina legislators assume office on January 1 the year after their election.[1][2]

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

Article 2, Section 7 of the North Carolina Constitution states:

Each Representative, at the time of his election, shall be a qualified voter of the State, and shall have resided in the district for which he is chosen for one year immediately preceding his election.[3][4]

Salaries

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[5]
SalaryPer diem
$13,951/year$104/day

Vacancies

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in the General Assembly of North Carolina, the governor is responsible for appointing a replacement.[6][7]

When making an appointment, the governor must make a decision from a list of recommended candidates submitted by the political party committee that last held the vacant seat.[8] The appointment must be made within seven days of receiving a list of recommended candidates.[7] The person selected to the seat serves for the remainder of the unfilled term.[7]

DocumentIcon.jpg See sources: North Carolina Const. Art. 2, Sec. 10 and North Carolina Gen. Stat. § 163-11


District map

Redistricting

See also: Redistricting in North Carolina

In North Carolina, the state legislature is responsible for drawing both congressional and state legislative district lines. District maps cannot be vetoed by the governor. State legislative redistricting must take place in the first regular legislative session following the United States Census. There are no explicit deadlines in place for congressional redistricting.[9]

State law establishes the following requirements for state legislative districts:[9]

  • Districts must be contiguous and compact.
  • Districts "must cross county lines as little as possible." If counties are grouped together, the group should include as few counties as possible.
  • Communities of interest should be taken into account.

There are no similar restrictions in place regarding congressional districts.[9]

2020-2023

See also: Redistricting in North Carolina after the 2020 census


State legislative maps enacted in 2023

On October 25, 2023, the North Carolina General Assembly adopted new legislative district boundaries.[10] The legislation adopting the new Senate districts passed the State Senate by a vote of 28-17 and the State House by a vote of 63-40.[11] The legislation adopting the new House districts passed the State Senate by a vote of 27-17 and the State House by a vote of 62-44.[12] All four votes were strictly along party lines with all votes in favor by Republicans and all votes against by Democrats.[13][14][15][16] WUNC's Rusty Jacobs wrote that Catawba College Prof. Michael "Bitzer said Republicans have drawn maps that have a strong chance of preserving their veto-proof super majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. Bitzer noted that constitutional provisions, like requiring legislators to keep counties whole when drawing state legislative districts, make it more difficult for lawmakers to gerrymander these maps more aggressively."[17]

The state redrew its district boundaries after the state supreme court overturned its 2022 decision that North Carolina's enacted congressional and legislative maps were unconstitutional due to partisan gerrymandering.

As a result of state supreme court elections in 2022, the court flipped from a 4-3 Democratic majority to a 5-2 Republican majority. In its ruling, the court said, "we hold that partisan gerrymandering claims present a political question that is nonjusticiable under the North Carolina Constitution. Accordingly, the decision of this Court in Harper I is overruled. We affirm the three judge panel’s 11 January 2022 Judgment concluding, inter alia, that partisan gerrymandering claims are nonjusticiable, political questions and dismissing all of plaintiffs’ claims with prejudice."Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many

Reactions to 2023 state legislative maps

The Carolina Journal's Alex Baltzegar reported that "The John Locke Foundation recently released its annual Civitas Partisan Index scores for the legislative maps, which found there to be 28 Republican-leaning seats, 17 Democrat-leaning seats, and five toss-ups in the state Senate map."[10] Baltzegar also reported that "The new state House map would yield approximately 69 Republican and 48 Democratic seats, with three being in the swing category, according to Civitas’ CPI ratings. However, state House districts are smaller, and political outcomes vary to a higher degree. Many of the “lean” Republican or Democrat seats could be won by either party, and political shifts and trends will influence certain districts in the future."[10]

State Rep. Tim Longest (D) said, “This map secures more Republican seats than 100,000 randomly generated maps. That is unexplainable by geography, deliberately designed to maximize advantage."[18]

WUNC's Rusty Jacobs wrote that "Republican Sen. Ralph Hise, a co-chair of the Senate's redistricting committee, maintained that the maps were drawn applying traditional redistricting criteria, such as maintaining equal population across districts and minimizing the splitting of municipalities and precincts."[19]

State Senate map

Below is the state Senate map in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle. The map on the right was in effect for North Carolina’s 2024 state legislative elections.

North Carolina State Senate Districts
until December 31, 2024

Click a district to compare boundaries.

North Carolina State Senate Districts
starting January 1, 2025

Click a district to compare boundaries.

State House map

Below is the state House map in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle. The map on the right was in effect for North Carolina’s 2024 state legislative elections.

North Carolina State House Districts
until December 31, 2024

Click a district to compare boundaries.

North Carolina State House Districts
starting January 1, 2025

Click a district to compare boundaries.


State legislative maps enacted in 2021-2022

On April 28, 2023, the North Carolina Supreme Court overturned their February 4, 2022, decision that the state's enacted congressional and legislative maps were unconstitutional due to partisan gerrymandering and vacated both the maps the legislature enacted in 2021 and the remedial maps used for the 2022 elections.[20] In its ruling, the court said, "we hold that partisan gerrymandering claims present a political question that is nonjusticiable under the North Carolina Constitution. Accordingly, the decision of this Court in Harper I is overruled. We affirm the three judge panel’s 11 January 2022 Judgment concluding, inter alia, that partisan gerrymandering claims are nonjusticiable, political questions and dismissing all of plaintiffs’ claims with prejudice."Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many

The Court's order also said that the legislature's original 2021 maps were developed based on incorrect criteria and ruled that the General Assembly should develop new congressional and legislative boundaries to be used starting with the 2024 elections: "Just as this Court’s Harper I decision forced the General Assembly to draw the 2022 Plans under a mistaken interpretation of our constitution, the Lewis order forced the General Assembly to draw the 2021 Plans under the same mistaken interpretation of our constitution...The General Assembly shall have the opportunity to enact a new set of legislative and congressional redistricting plans, guided by federal law, the objective constraints in Article II, Sections 3 and 5, and this opinion. 'When established' in accordance with a proper understanding of the North Carolina Constitution, the new legislative plans “shall remain unaltered until the return of” the next decennial census."Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many

On February 23, 2022, the Wake County Superior Court approved legislative maps that the General Assembly redrew after the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a 4-3 opinion on February 4, 2022, saying the state's enacted legislative maps violated the state constitution.[21] The state house map was approved by the North Carolina House of Representatives in a 115-5 vote on February 16, and by the North Carolina State Senate in a 41-3 on February 17. The state Senate map was approved by the state Senate in a 26-19 vote, and by the state House in a 67-52 vote on February 17.[22][23] These maps were used for North Carolina's 2022 legislative elections.

On November 4, the North Carolina General Assembly originally voted to enact legislative maps. The house map passed the North Carolina House of Representatives 67-49 on November 2, and the North Carolina State Senate 25-21 on November 4.[24] The senate map passed the North Carolina State Senate 26-19 on November 3 and the North Carolina House of Representatives 65-49 on Nov. 4.[25]

Reactions to 2021-2022 state legislative maps

Regarding the first set of maps approved by the General Assembly in November, the Rep. Destin Hall (R), chair of the House Redistricting Committee, said: "This is the most transparent process in the history of this state. We voluntarily chose to be out in public and not use election data, even though by law we didn't have to do that. We chose to do that because that's the right thing to do."[26] Sen. Ralph Hise (R), co-chairman of the Senate Redistricting and Elections Committee, said: "I feel that we have complied with the law" in drawing the maps.[27] Rep. Kandie Smith (D) criticized the maps, saying: "People don't want gerrymandering. That's what we have, People don't want us packing. That's what we're doing. People don't want us to separate people with the same interest. That's what we're doing."[26] Sen. Jay Chaudhuri (D) said: "Is it going to come down to litigation being filed? Yes — and what the courts have to say about it."[27]

Following the enactment of the redrawn legislative maps, Governor Roy Cooper (D) issued a statement saying, "Today’s decision allows a blatantly unfair and unconstitutional State Senate map that may have been the worst of the bunch. Our elections should not go forward until we have fair, constitutional maps."[28] State Senator Phil Berger (R) said, "The General Assembly’s remedial legislative map met all of the court-mandated tests and were constitutionally compliant. A bipartisan panel of Special Masters affirmed that. We’re thankful for the trial court’s ruling today."[29]

Below are the maps in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle. The map on the right was in effect for North Carolina’s 2024 state legislative elections.

North Carolina House of Representatives District 58
until December 31, 2024

Click a district to compare boundaries.

North Carolina House of Representatives District 58
starting January 1, 2025

Click a district to compare boundaries.

Elections

2024

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent Amos Quick won election in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Amos Quick
Amos Quick (D)
 
100.0
 
32,379

Total votes: 32,379
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Amos Quick advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58.

2022

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent Amos Quick defeated Chrissy Smith in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Amos Quick
Amos Quick (D)
 
69.2
 
17,217
Image of Chrissy Smith
Chrissy Smith (R) Candidate Connection
 
30.8
 
7,679

Total votes: 24,896
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Amos Quick advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Chrissy Smith advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58.

2020

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent Amos Quick defeated Clinton Honey in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Amos Quick
Amos Quick (D)
 
76.2
 
28,943
Clinton Honey (R)
 
23.8
 
9,060

Total votes: 38,003
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Amos Quick advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Clinton Honey advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58.

2018

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent Amos Quick defeated Peter Boykin in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Amos Quick
Amos Quick (D)
 
76.8
 
21,385
Image of Peter Boykin
Peter Boykin (R)
 
23.2
 
6,467

Total votes: 27,852
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent Amos Quick defeated Katelyn Flippen in the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Amos Quick
Amos Quick
 
80.2
 
4,150
Katelyn Flippen
 
19.8
 
1,027

Total votes: 5,177
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58

Peter Boykin advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58 on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
Image of Peter Boykin
Peter Boykin

Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

2016

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016.[30] The candidate filing deadline was December 21, 2015.[31]

Amos Quick ran unopposed in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 58 general election.[32][33]

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 58 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Amos Quick  (unopposed)
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections


Amos Quick defeated incumbent Ralph Johnson in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 58 Democratic primary.[34][35]

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 58 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Amos Quick 71.48% 9,588
     Democratic Ralph Johnson Incumbent 28.52% 3,826
Total Votes 13,414



2014

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 28, 2014. Ralph Johnson defeated Tigress McDaniel, Dan Koenig and Kerry Graves in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[36]

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 58 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRalph Johnson 42.6% 2,889
Kerry Graves 30.2% 2,047
Dan Koenig 22.7% 1,540
Tigress McDaniel 4.6% 311
Total Votes 6,787

2012

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2012

Elections for the office of North Carolina House of Representatives consisted of a primary election on May 8, 2012, and a general election on November 6, 2012. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 29, 2012. Incumbent Alma Adams (D) defeated Olga Morgan Wright (R) in the general election. Both candidates were unopposed in the May 8 primary elections.[37][38]

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 58, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngAlma Adams Incumbent 79.9% 32,895
     Republican Olga Morgan Wright 20.1% 8,294
Total Votes 41,189

Campaign contributions

From 2000 to 2024, candidates for North Carolina House of Representatives District 58 raised a total of $533,685. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $20,526 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money

Campaign contributions, North Carolina House of Representatives District 58
Year Amount Candidates Average
2024 $7,250 1 $7,250
2022 $29,417 2 $14,709
2020 $14,251 2 $7,125
2016 $16,845 2 $8,423
2014 $18,281 4 $4,570
2012 $55,337 2 $27,669
2010 $127,418 3 $42,473
2008 $71,154 2 $35,577
2006 $73,994 2 $36,997
2004 $77,176 3 $25,725
2002 $29,153 2 $14,577
2000 $13,409 1 $13,409
Total $533,685 26 $20,526


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. North Carolina Constitution, "Article II, Section 9," accessed February 12, 2021
  2. Confirmed via email with the North Carolina Legislature on July 7, 2011
  3. North Carolina General Assembly, "North Carolina State Constitution," accessed February 10, 2023
  4. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  5. National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  6. General Assembly of North Carolina, "North Carolina Constitution," accessed February 12, 2021 (Article II, Section 10)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 General Assembly of North Carolina, "North Carolina General Statutes," accessed February 12, 2021 (Statute 163-11(a), NC General Statutes)
  8. General Assembly of North Carolina, "North Carolina General Statutes," accessed February 12, 2021 (Statute 163-11(b-d), NC General Statutes)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 All About Redistricting, "North Carolina," accessed April 20, 2015
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 The Carolina Journal, "New state House, Senate, and congressional maps finalized," October 25, 2023
  11. North Caroliina General Assembly, "Senate Bill 758 / SL 2023-146," accessed October 26, 2023
  12. North Caroliina General Assembly, "House Bill 898 / SL 2023-149," accessed October 26, 2023
  13. North Carolina General Assembly, "House Roll Call Vote Transcript for Roll Call #614," accessed October 26, 2023
  14. North Caroliina General Assembly, "Senate Roll Call Vote Transcript for Roll Call #499," accessed October 26, 2023
  15. North Caroliina General Assembly, "Senate Roll Call Vote Transcript for Roll Call #504," accessed October 26, 2023
  16. North Caroliina General Assembly, "House Roll Call Vote Transcript for Roll Call #604," accessed October 26, 2023
  17. WUNC, "New district maps show signs of GOP partisan gerrymandering," October 24, 2023
  18. Courthouse News Service, "North Carolina redistricting cements GOP control of Legislature," October 25, 2023
  19. WUNC, "New district maps show signs of GOP partisan gerrymandering," October 24, 2023
  20. The New York Times, "North Carolina Court, With New Partisan Mix, Reverses Itself on a Key Voting Case," April 28, 2023
  21. Supreme Court of North Carolina, Harper v. Hall, February 4, 2022
  22. North Carolina General Assembly, "HB 980," accessed February 17, 2022
  23. North Carolina General Assembly, "SB 744," accessed February 17, 2022
  24. North Carolina General Assembly, "House Bill 976 / SL 2021-175," accessed November 5, 2021
  25. North Carolina General Assembly, "Senate Bill 739 / SL 2021-173," accessed November 5, 2021
  26. 26.0 26.1 ABC 11, "Republican-led General Assembly approves new congressional maps for NC that could heavily favor GOP," November 4, 2021
  27. 27.0 27.1 Richmond County Daily Journal, "NC legislators finalize redistricting maps," November 5, 2021
  28. North Carolina Office of the Governor, "Governor Cooper Statement on Redistricting Case," February 23, 2022
  29. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named fox8
  30. The primary for U.S. congressional elections was rescheduled to June 7, 2016, following legal challenges to North Carolina's district maps. State races were unaffected.
  31. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2016 Candidate Filing," accessed December 22, 2015
  32. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed August 23, 2016
  33. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election results lookup," accessd December 21, 2016
  34. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed January 4, 2016
  35. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "03/15/2016 Official primary results - Statewide," March 15, 2016
  36. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results For 2014," accessed June 12, 2014
  37. North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2012 Official General Election Results," accessed December 5, 2013
  38. North Carolina Board of Elections, "Candidate lists," accessed March 5, 2012


Leadership
Speaker of the House:Destin Hall
Majority Leader:Brenden Jones
Minority Leader:Robert Reives
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
Bill Ward (R)
District 6
Joe Pike (R)
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
John Bell (R)
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
Ted Davis (R)
District 21
Ya Liu (D)
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 42
District 43
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
District 48
District 49
District 50
District 51
District 52
Ben Moss (R)
District 53
District 54
District 55
District 56
District 57
District 58
District 59
District 60
District 61
District 62
District 63
District 64
District 65
District 66
District 67
District 68
District 69
Dean Arp (R)
District 70
District 71
District 72
District 73
District 74
District 75
District 76
District 77
District 78
District 79
District 80
District 81
District 82
District 83
District 84
District 85
District 86
District 87
District 88
Mary Belk (D)
District 89
District 90
District 91
Kyle Hall (R)
District 92
District 93
District 94
District 95
District 96
Jay Adams (R)
District 97
District 98
District 99
District 100
District 101
District 102
District 103
District 104
District 105
District 106
District 107
Aisha Dew (D)
District 108
District 109
District 110
District 111
District 112
District 113
District 114
Eric Ager (D)
District 115
District 116
District 117
District 118
District 119
District 120
Republican Party (71)
Democratic Party (49)