North Carolina's 37th House district

North Carolina's 37th State
House of Representatives
district
North Carolina's 37th State; House of Representatives; district
Representative
	Erin Paré; R–Holly Springs
Demographics	68% White; 13% Black; 11% Hispanic; 3% Asian; 4% Multiracial
Population (2024)	101,161

North Carolina's 37th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican Erin Paré since 2021.^[1]

Representative

Erin Paré
R–Holly Springs

Demographics68% White
13% Black
11% Hispanic
3% Asian
4% Multiracial

Population(2024)101,161

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Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created January 1, 1967.
Basil Barr (West Jefferson)	Democratic	January 1, 1967 – January 1, 1973	Redistricted from the Ashe County district.	P. C. Collins Jr. (Laurel Springs)	Democratic	January 1, 1967 – January 1, 1973		Hugh Merritt (Mount Airy)	Democratic	January 1, 1967 – January 1, 1969	Redistricted from the Surry County district.	1967–1973 All of Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, and Stokes counties.^[2]
Basil Barr (West Jefferson)	Democratic	January 1, 1967 – January 1, 1973	Redistricted from the Ashe County district.					J. Worth Gentry (King)	Democratic	January 1, 1969 – January 1, 1973
George Marion Jr. (Dobson)	Democratic	January 1, 1971 – January 1, 1973						J. Worth Gentry (King)	Democratic	January 1, 1969 – January 1, 1973
Robert Quincy Beard (Newton)	Republican	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1975	Redistricted from the 40th district.	G. Hunter Warlick (Hickory)	Republican	January 1, 1973 – January 1, 1975	Redistricted from the 40th district.					1973–1983 All of Catawba County.^[3]
Frances Ellen Setzer (Newton)	Democratic	January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1979		Cass Ballenger (Hickory)	Republican	January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1977	Retired to run for State Senate.
Frances Ellen Setzer (Newton)	Democratic	January 1, 1975 – January 1, 1979		Julius Reid Poovey (Hickory)	Republican	January 1, 1977 – January 1, 1983	Redistricted to the 45th district.
Carl William Rullman (Hickory)	Republican	January 1, 1979 – January 1, 1981
Austin Allran (Hickory)	Republican	January 1, 1981 – January 1, 1983	Redistricted to the 45th district.
James Erwin Lambeth Jr. (Thomasville)	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985		John Wesley Varner (Lexington)	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985		Betsy Lane Cochrane (Advance)	Republican	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1989	Redistricted from the 30th district. Retired to run for State Senate.	1983–1993 All of Davidson and Davie counties. Part of Iredell County.^[4]
Charles Lemuel Cromer (Thomasville)	Republican	January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1991		Joe Hege Jr. (Lexington)	Republican	January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1993	Redistricted to the single-member district.	Betsy Lane Cochrane (Advance)	Republican	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1989
Charles Lemuel Cromer (Thomasville)	Republican	January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1991						Julia Craven Howard (Mocksville)	Republican	January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1993	Redistricted to the 74th district.
Jerry Dockham (Denton)	Republican	January 1, 1991 – January 1, 1993	Redistricted to the 94th district.					Julia Craven Howard (Mocksville)	Republican	January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1993	Redistricted to the 74th district.

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Paul Reeves McCrary (Lexington)	Democratic	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 2001	Retired.	1993–2003 Part of Davidson County.^[5]
Hugh Holliman (Lexington)	Democratic	January 1, 2001 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 81st district.	1993–2003 Part of Davidson County.^[5]
Paul Stam (Apex)	Republican	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2017	Retired.	2003–Present Part of Wake County.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
Linda Hunt Williams (Holly Springs)	Republican	January 1, 2017 – August 31, 2018	Resigned.
Vacant		August 31, 2018 – September 21, 2018
John Adcock (Holly Springs)	Republican	September 21, 2018 – January 1, 2019	Appointed to finish Williams' term. Lost re-election.
Sydney Batch (Holly Springs)	Democratic	January 1, 2019 – January 1, 2021	Lost re-election.
Erin Paré (Holly Springs)	Republican	January 1, 2021 – Present

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Winn Decker	4,720	50.34%
	Democratic	Marcus Gadson	3,568	38.05%
	Democratic	Ralph Clements	1,088	11.60%
Total votes			9,376	100%

Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Erin Paré (incumbent)
	Democratic	Winn Decker
Total votes			100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erin Paré (incumbent)	30,784	51.41%
	Democratic	Safiyah Jackson	27,137	45.32%
	Libertarian	Christopher Robinson	1,963	3.28%
Total votes			59,884	100%
	Republican hold

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Kelly	2,066	38.53%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Parent	2,002	37.34%
	Democratic	Mary Bethel	1,294	24.13%
Total votes			5,362	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erin Paré (incumbent)	21,260	52.84%
	Democratic	Christine Kelly	18,110	45.01%
	Libertarian	Christopher Robinson	862	2.14%
Total votes			40,232	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erin Paré	5,232	59.25%
	Republican	Jeff Moore	1,926	21.81%
	Republican	Anna Powell	1,673	18.94%
Total votes			8,831	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Erin Paré	35,136	50.06%
	Democratic	Sydney Batch (incumbent)	32,842	46.79%
	Libertarian	Liam Leaver	2,208	3.15%
Total votes			70,186	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sydney Batch	22,803	49.92%
	Republican	John Adcock (incumbent)	21,859	47.85%
	Libertarian	Guy Meilleur	1,018	2.23%
Total votes			45,680	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Hunt Williams	27,448	52.29%
	Democratic	Randy Barrow	22,569	43.00%
	Libertarian	Robert Rose	2,474	4.71%
Total votes			52,491	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam (incumbent)	20,972	100%
Total votes			20,972	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam (incumbent)	24,942	57.01%
	Democratic	Jason Ora Wunsch	18,809	42.99%
Total votes			43,751	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam (incumbent)	24,937	64.00%
	Democratic	Debra McHenry	14,028	36.00%
Total votes			38,965	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam (incumbent)	32,172	53.91%
	Democratic	Ed Ridpath	27,503	46.09%
Total votes			59,675	100%
	Republican hold

North Carolina House of Representatives 37th district Republican primary election, 2000^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cindy Akins	1,144	64.27%
	Republican	Isaac "Zach" Wall Sr.	636	35.73%
Total votes			1,780	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam (incumbent)	15,459	57.07%
	Democratic	Ed Ridpath	11,628	42.93%
Total votes			27,087	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam (incumbent)	29,596	85.39%
	Libertarian	H. Wade Minter	5,064	14.61%
Total votes			34,660	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam	2,457	57.87%
	Republican	Kenn Gardner	1,789	42.13%
Total votes			4,246	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Stam	15,647	59.05%
	Democratic	J. C. Knowles	9,700	36.61%
	Libertarian	Brad Wheeler	1,152	4.35%
Total votes			26,499	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hugh Holliman	10,676	56.80%
	Republican	Cindy Akins	7,783	41.41%
	Libertarian	Paul Burks	336	1.79%
Total votes			18,795	100%
	Democratic hold