North Carolina's 48th House district

North Carolina's 48th State
House of Representatives
district
North Carolina's 48th State; House of Representatives; district
Representative
	Garland Pierce; D–Wagram
Demographics	38% White; 34% Black; 11% Hispanic; 1% Asian; 8% Native American; 1% Other; 6% Multiracial
Population (2024)	87,425

Demographics38% White
34% Black
11% Hispanic
1% Asian
8% Native American
1% Other
6% Multiracial

Population(2024)87,425

North Carolina's 48th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Garland Pierce since 2005.^[1]

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created January 1, 1983.
Edith Ledford Lutz (Lawndale)	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1995	Redistricted from the 40th district.	John Jackson Hunt (Lattimore)	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1997	Redistricted from the 40th district.	Charles Donald Owens (Forest City)	Democratic	January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1989		1983–1993 All of Polk, Rutherford, and Cleveland counties.^[2]
								John Weatherly (Kings Mountain)	Republican	January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1991
								William Withrow (Ellenboro)	Democratic	January 1, 1991 – January 1, 1993
								John Weatherly (Kings Mountain)	Republican	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 1999	Lost re-election	1993–2003 All of Rutherford and Cleveland counties. Parts of Polk and Gaston counties.^[3]
Debbie Clary (Cherryville)	Republican	January 1, 1995 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 110th district.
				Andy Dedmon (Earl)	Democratic	January 1, 1997 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 111th district and lost re-election.
								Jim Horn (Shelby)	Democratic	January 1, 1999 – January 1, 2001	Lost re-election.
								John Weatherly (Kings Mountain)	Republican	January 1, 2001 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 110th district and retired to run for State Senate.

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
Donald Bonner (Rowland)	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2005	Redistricted from the 87th district Retired.	2003–2013 Parts of Hoke, Scotland, and Robeson counties.^[4]^[5]
Garland Pierce (Wagram)	Democratic	January 1, 2005 – Present
				2013–2019 Parts of Richmond, Hoke, Scotland, and Robeson counties.^[6]
				2019–Present All of Hoke and Scotland counties.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Carter	2,105	59.33%
	Republican	Kirk Lowery	1,443	40.67%
Total votes			3,548	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Carter	2,262	53.86%
	Republican	Melissa Swarbrick	1,563	37.21%
	Republican	James Diaz	375	8.93%
Total votes			4,200	100%

District officeholders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Garland Pierce (incumbent)	18,845	51.92%
	Republican	Ralph Carter	17,453	48.08%
Total votes			36,298	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Garland Pierce (incumbent)	12,073	53.52%
	Republican	Melissa Swarbrick	10,486	46.48%
Total votes			22,559	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Garland Pierce (incumbent)	19,674	55.93%
	Republican	Johnny H. Boyles	15,504	44.07%
Total votes			35,178	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russell Walker	824	64.83%
	Republican	John W. Imbaratto	447	35.17%
Total votes			1,271	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Garland Pierce (incumbent)	14,619	62.85%
	Republican	Russell Walker	8,641	37.15%
Total votes			23,260	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Garland Pierce (incumbent)	24,076	100%
Total votes			24,076	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Garland Pierce (incumbent)	16,119	100%
Total votes			16,119	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Garland Pierce (incumbent)	27,193	100%
Total votes			27,193	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Garland Pierce (incumbent)	9,698	74.80%
	Republican	John F. Harry	3,267	25.20%
Total votes			12,965	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Garland Pierce (incumbent)	20,362	100%
Total votes			20,362	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Garland Pierce (incumbent)	8,714	100%
Total votes			8,714	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Garland Pierce	2,683	40.88%
	Democratic	J.D. Willis	2,559	38.99%
	Democratic	Russell C. Smith	1,321	20.13%
Total votes			6,563	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Garland Pierce	15,924	100%
Total votes			15,924	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald Bonner (incumbent)	9,968	100%
Total votes			9,968	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Debbie Clary (incumbent)	35,545	19.71%
	Democratic	Andy Dedmon (incumbent)	32,641	18.10%
	Republican	John Weatherly	31,200	17.30%
	Democratic	Jim Horn (incumbent)	28,952	16.06%
	Republican	Dennis H. Davis	27,563	15.29%
	Democratic	Connie Goforth-Greene	24,420	13.54%
Total votes			180,321	100%
	Republican hold
	Democratic hold
	Republican gain from Democratic