Maria Cervania

Maria Cervania
Maria Cervania
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives; from the 41st district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 1, 2023
Preceded by	Gale Adcock
Member of the Wake County Board of Commissioners ; from the 3rd District
	In office; December 2, 2020 – December 4, 2022
Preceded by	Jessica Holmes
Succeeded by	Cheryl Stallings
Personal details
Born	Oakland, California, U.S.
Party	Democratic
Education	University of California at Berkeley (BA); University of Illinois Chicago (MPH)
Occupation	Biostatistician
Website	Official website

Preceded byGale Adcock

Preceded byJessica Holmes

Succeeded byCheryl Stallings

Born

Oakland, California, U.S.

Maria Cervania is an American epidemiologist and politician serving as a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing the 41st district in western Wake County since 2023.^[1]^[2] Cervania previously served on the Wake County Board of Commissioners from 2020 to 2022, making her the first person of AAPI descent to be elected to the Board.^[3]^[4] She's a member of the Progressive House Caucus.^[5]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maria Cervania	24,096	63.92%
	Republican	Bruce K. Forster	12,629	33.50%
	Libertarian	Kevin Terrett	970	2.57%
Total votes			37,695	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maria Cervania	96,495	59.92%
	Democratic	Audra Killingsworth	64,558	40.08%
Total votes			161,053	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maria Cervania	364,737	60.55%
	Republican	Steve Hale	237,605	39.45%
Total votes			602,342	100%
	Democratic hold

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Maria Cervania

2023-2024 Session

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2022

2020

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Maria Cervania


Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 41st district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2023
Preceded by	Gale Adcock
Member of the Wake County Board of Commissioners from the 3rd District
In office December 2, 2020 – December 4, 2022
Preceded by	Jessica Holmes
Succeeded by	Cheryl Stallings

Personal details
Born	Oakland, California, U.S.
Party	Democratic
Education	University of California at Berkeley (BA) University of Illinois Chicago (MPH)
Occupation	Biostatistician
Website	Official website