Cynthia Ball

Cynthia Ball
Cynthia Ball
Deputy Minority Leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; August 5, 2024
Leader	Robert Reives
Preceded by	Ashton Clemmons
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives; from the 49th district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 1, 2017
Preceded by	Gary Pendleton
Personal details
Born	Franklin County, North Carolina, U.S.
Party	Democratic
Spouse	David Aspnes
Education	University of North Carolina, Greensboro (BA); Virginia Commonwealth University (MBA);
Occupation	Mediator
Website	Official website

LeaderRobert Reives

Preceded byAshton Clemmons

Preceded byGary Pendleton

BornFranklin County, North Carolina, U.S.

Cynthia J. Ball is an American politician and member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. A Democrat, she was first elected in 2016 and then re-elected in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024 to represent the 49th district, representing Wake County.^[1]

Ball voted for the 2025 Republican budget.^[2]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cynthia Ball (incumbent)	32,814	100%
Total votes			32,814	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cynthia Ball (incumbent)	22,519	67.77%
	Republican	David Robertson	9,764	29.38%
	Libertarian	Michael Oakes	946	2.85%
Total votes			33,229	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cynthia Ball (incumbent)	37,807	65.05%
	Republican	David Robertson	17,564	30.22%
	Libertarian	Dee Watson	2,752	4.73%
Total votes			58,123	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cynthia Ball (incumbent)	27,538	66.27%
	Republican	David Robertson	12,929	31.11%
	Libertarian	Jonathan Horst	1,086	2.61%
Total votes			41,553	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cynthia Ball	26,975	48.67%
	Republican	Gary Pendleton (incumbent)	26,155	47.19%
	Libertarian	David Ulmer	2,299	4.15%
Total votes			55,429	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Cynthia Ball

Committee assignments

2023–2024 session

2021–2022 session

2019–2020 session

2017–2018 session

Electoral history

2024

2022

2020

2018

2016

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Cynthia Ball


Deputy Minority Leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office August 5, 2024
Leader	Robert Reives
Preceded by	Ashton Clemmons
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 49th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2017
Preceded by	Gary Pendleton

Personal details
Born	Franklin County, North Carolina, U.S.
Party	Democratic
Spouse	David Aspnes
Education	University of North Carolina, Greensboro (BA) Virginia Commonwealth University (MBA)
Occupation	Mediator
Website	Official website

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157th General Assembly (2025–2026) Speaker of the House Destin Hall (R) Speaker pro tempore Mitchell Setzer (R) Majority Leader Brenden Jones (R) Minority Leader Robert Reives (D)
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