North Carolina's 12th House district

North Carolina's 12th State
House of Representatives
district
North Carolina's 12th State; House of Representatives; district
Representative
	Chris Humphrey; R–La Grange
Demographics	49% White; 36% Black; 10% Hispanic; 1% Asian; 4% Multiracial
Population (2020)	84,583

Demographics49% White
36% Black
10% Hispanic
1% Asian
4% Multiracial

Population(2020)84,583

North Carolina's 12th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican Chris Humphrey since 2019.^[1]

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Nurham Warwick (Clinton)	Democratic	January 1, 1997 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 22nd district and lost re-nomination.	1997–2003 Parts of Sampson, Pender, and Onslow counties.^[2]
William Wainwright (Havelock)	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – July 17, 2012	Redistricted from the 79th district. Died.	2003–2005 All of Jones County. Parts of Lenoir and Craven counties.^[3]
William Wainwright (Havelock)	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – July 17, 2012	Redistricted from the 79th district. Died.	2005–2013 Parts of Lenoir and Craven counties.^[4]
Vacant		July 17, 2012 – August 6, 2012
Barbara Lee (New Bern)	Democratic	August 6, 2012 – January 1, 2013	Appointed to finish Wainwright's term. Retired.
George Graham (Kinston)	Democratic	January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2019	Lost re-election.	2013–2019 Parts of Greene, Lenoir, and Craven counties.^[5]
Chris Humphrey (La Grange)	Republican	January 1, 2019 – Present		2019–2023 All of Lenoir County. Part of Pitt County.^[6]^[7]
Chris Humphrey (La Grange)	Republican	January 1, 2019 – Present		2023–Present All of Greene, Lenoir, and Jones counties.^[8]^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Humphrey (incumbent)	23,116	57.28%
	Democratic	Lillie Williams	16,696	41.37%
	Green	Adrien Meadows	546	1.35%
Total votes			40,358	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Humphrey (incumbent)	17,486	61.42%
	Democratic	Lillie Williams	10,983	38.58%
Total votes			28,469	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Virginia Cox-Daugherty	3,973	51.53%
	Democratic	Deonko Brewer	2,863	37.13%
	Democratic	Lenton Credelle Brown	874	11.34%
Total votes			7,710	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Humphrey (incumbent)	19,732	54.64%
	Democratic	Virginia Cox-Daugherty	16,383	45.36%
Total votes			36,115	100%
	Republican hold

District officeholders since 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Humphrey	14,494	56.10%
	Democratic	George Graham (incumbent)	11,340	43.90%
Total votes			25,834	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Graham (incumbent)	23,689	100%
Total votes			23,689	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Graham (incumbent)	16,301	100%
Total votes			16,301	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Graham	22,064	65.85%
	Republican	Jim Dancy	11,443	34.15%
Total votes			33,507	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Wainwright (incumbent)	9,390	60.21%
	Republican	Mark W. Griffin	6,206	39.79%
Total votes			15,596	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Wainwright (incumbent)	17,659	69.14%
	Republican	Mark W. Griffin	7,882	30.86%
Total votes			25,541	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Wainwright (incumbent)	7,941	66.28%
	Republican	John Percy Wetherington, Jr.	4,040	33.72%
Total votes			11,981	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Wainwright (incumbent)	13,573	64.49%
	Republican	John Percy Wetherington, Jr.	7,473	35.51%
Total votes			21,046	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Wainwright (incumbent)	12,173	87.24%
	Libertarian	Alan Christopher Stimson	1,781	12.76%
Total votes			13,954	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nurham Warwick (incumbent)	12,574	54.88%
	Republican	Ted Brown	10,337	45.12%
Total votes			22,911	100%
	Democratic hold