North Carolina's 116th House district

North Carolina's 116th State
House of Representatives
district
North Carolina's 116th State; House of Representatives; district
Representative
	Brian Turner; D–Asheville
Demographics	78% White; 8% Black; 8% Hispanic; 1% Asian; 1% Other; 4% Multiracial
Population (2024)	88,236

Demographics78% White
8% Black
8% Hispanic
1% Asian
1% Other
4% Multiracial

Population(2024)88,236

North Carolina's 116th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Brian Turner since 2025.^[1]

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created January 1, 2003.				2003–Present Part of Buncombe County.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
Wilma Sherrill (Asheville)	Republican	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2007	Redistricted from the 51st district Retired.
Charles Thomas (Asheville)	Republican	January 1, 2007 – January 1, 2009	Retired.
Jane Whilden (Asheville)	Democratic	January 1, 2009 – January 1, 2011	Lost re-election.
Tim Moffitt (Asheville)	Republican	January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2015	Lost re-election.
Brian Turner (Asheville)	Democratic	January 1, 2015 – January 1, 2023	Redistricted to the 115th district and retired.
Caleb Rudow (Asheville)	Democratic	January 1, 2023 – January 1, 2025	Redistricted from the 114th district. Retired to run for Congress.
Brian Turner (Asheville)	Democratic	January 1, 2025 – Present

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Turner	42,815	100%
Total votes			42,815	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Caleb Rudow (incumbent)	25,161	62.36%
	Republican	Mollie Rose	15,185	37.64%
Total votes			40,346	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Turner (incumbent)	33,024	61.90%
	Republican	Eric Burns	20,324	38.10%
Total votes			55,348	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Turner (incumbent)	19,571	54.88%
	Republican	Marilyn A. Brown	16,091	45.12%
Total votes			35,662	100%
	Democratic hold

District officeholders since 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Turner (incumbent)	28,014	100%
Total votes			28,014	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Turner	13,298	51.91%
	Republican	Tim Moffitt (incumbent)	12,321	48.09%
Total votes			25,619	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Moffitt (incumbent)	21,291	56.31%
	Democratic	Jane Whilden	16,519	43.69%
Total votes			37,810	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Moffitt	14,638	55.79%
	Democratic	Jane Whilden (incumbent)	11,598	44.21%
Total votes			26,236	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jane Whilden	20,019	51.70%
	Republican	Tim Moffitt	18,704	48.30%
Total votes			38,723	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doug Jones	1,629	52.04%
	Democratic	Jim F. Hughes	934	29.84%
	Democratic	James Latimore	390	12.46%
	Democratic	Gregory L. Cathcart	177	5.65%
Total votes			3,130	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Thomas	881	58.27%
	Republican	Bill Porter	631	41.73%
Total votes			1,512	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Thomas	12,840	50.83%
	Democratic	Doug Jones	12,420	49.17%
Total votes			25,260	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wilma Sherrill (incumbent)	20,030	62.25%
	Democratic	Doug Jones	12,149	37.75%
Total votes			32,179	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wilma Sherrill (incumbent)	1,959	66.41%
	Republican	Mike Morgan	991	33.59%
Total votes			2,950	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wilma Sherrill (incumbent)	13,470	100%
Total votes			13,470	100%
	Republican hold