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(Top) 1 Geography 2 District officeholders since 1967 2.1 Multi-member district 2.2 Single-member district 3 Election results 3.1 2022 3.2 2020 3.3 2018 3.4 2016 3.5 2014 3.6 2012 3.7 2010 3.8 2008 3.9 2006 3.10 2004 3.11 2002 3.12 2000 4 References

North Carolina's 8th House district

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North Carolina's 8th State
House of Representatives
district

Representative

Gloristine Brown
D–Bethel

Demographics

51% White
37% Black
7% Hispanic
2% Asian

Population (2020)

91,720

North Carolina's 8th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Gloristine Brown since 2023.^[1]

Geography

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Since 2023, the district has included part of Pitt County. The district overlaps with the 5th Senate district.

District officeholders since 1967

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Multi-member district

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Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Herbert Horton Rountree	Democratic	January 1, 1967 – January 1, 1981		William Alfred Forbes	Democratic	January 1, 1967 – January 1, 1969	Redistricted from the Pitt County disitrict.									1967–1973 All of Pitt County.^[2]
				David Edward Reid Jr.	Democratic	January 1, 1969 – January 1, 1971
				Sam Bundy	Democratic	January 1, 1971 – January 1, 1983	Redistricted to the 9th district.
																1973–1983 All of Greene and Pitt counties.^[3]
Ed Warren	Democratic	January 1, 1981 – January 1, 1983	Redistricted to the 9th district.													1973–1983 All of Greene and Pitt counties.^[3]
Josephus Mavretic	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985	Redistricted from the 7th district. Redistricted to the single-member district.	Allen Barbee	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985	Redistricted from the 7th district. Redistricted to the 72nd district.	Thomas Hill Matthews	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985	Redistricted to the 72nd district.	Jeanne Tucker Fenner	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985	Redistricted from the 7th district. Redistricted to the 71st district.	1983–1985 All of Nash, Edgecombe, and Wilson counties.

Single-member district

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Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Josephus Mavretic	Democratic	January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1993	Redistricted from the multi-member district. Redistricted to the 71st district.	1985–1993 Parts of Nash and Edgecombe counties.^[4]
Linwood Eborn Mercer	Democratic	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 1999		1993–2003 Parts of Greene, Pitt, Edgecombe, and Martin Counties.^[5]
Edith Warren	Democratic	January 1, 1999 – January 1, 2013	Retired.
				2003–2005 All of Greene County. Parts of Pitt and Martin counties.^[6]
				2005–2013 All of Martin County. Part of Pitt County.^[7]
Susan Martin	Republican	January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2019	Retired.	2013–2019 Parts of Pitt and Wilson counties.^[8]
Kandie Smith	Democratic	January 1, 2019 – January 1, 2023	Retired to run for State Senate.	2019–Present Part of Pitt County.^[9]^[10]^[11]
Gloristine Brown	Democratic	January 1, 2023 – Present		2019–Present Part of Pitt County.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Election results

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2022

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North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district Democratic primary election, 2022^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloristine Brown	3,031	59.11%
	Democratic	Sharon McDonald Evans	2,097	40.89%
Total votes			5,128	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2022^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloristine Brown	13,116	53.57%
	Republican	Charles "Drock" Vincent	11,366	46.43%
Total votes			24,482	100%
	Democratic hold

2020

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North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2020^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kandie Smith (incumbent)	23,739	60.21%
	Republican	Tony Moore	15,685	39.79%
Total votes			39,424	100%
	Democratic hold

2018

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North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district Democratic primary election, 2018^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kandie Smith	2,791	50.04%
	Democratic	Mildred Atkinson Council	1,988	35.64%
	Democratic	Ernest T. Reeves	799	14.32%
Total votes			5,578	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2018^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kandie Smith	15,570	64.65%
	Republican	Brenda Letchworth Smith	8,515	35.35%
Total votes			24,085	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

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North Carolina House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2016^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Martin (incumbent)	21,329	50.19%
	Democratic	Charlie Pat Farris	21,166	49.81%
Total votes			42,495	100%
	Republican hold