North Carolina's 71st House district

North Carolina's 71st State
House of Representatives
district
North Carolina's 71st State; House of Representatives; district
Representative
	Kanika Brown; D–Winston-Salem
Demographics	46% White; 27% Black; 19% Hispanic; 2% Asian; 4% Multiracial
Population (2024)	87,650

Demographics46% White
27% Black
19% Hispanic
2% Asian
4% Multiracial

Population(2024)87,650

North Carolina's 71st House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Kanika Brown since 2023.^[1]

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created January 1, 1985.
Larry E. Etheridge (Wilson)	Republican	January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1991		1985–1993 Parts of Wilson and Nash counties.^[2]
William W. Lewis (Wilson)	Republican	January 1, 1991 – January 1, 1993		1985–1993 Parts of Wilson and Nash counties.^[2]
Josephus Mavretic (Tarboro)	Democratic	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 1995	Redistricted from the 8th district.	1993–2003 Parts of Nash, Edgecombe, Pitt, and Wilson counties.^[3]
Edward Norris Tolson (Pinetops)	Democratic	January 1, 1995 – January 1, 1997
Joe Tolson (Pinetops)	Democratic	January 1, 1997 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 23rd district.
Larry Womble (Winston-Salem)	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2013	Redistricted from the 66th district. Retired.	2003–Present Part of Forsyth County.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Evelyn Terry (Winston-Salem)	Democratic	January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2023	Retired.
Kanika Brown (Winston-Salem)	Democratic	January 1, 2023 – Present

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kanika Brown (incumbent)	31,755	100%
Total votes			31,755	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kanika Brown	2,336	47.85%
	Democratic	Frederick N. Terry	1,871	38.32%
	Democratic	David M. Moore	675	13.83%
Total votes			4,882	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kanika Brown	18,196	100%
Total votes			18,196	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Evelyn Terry (incumbent)	7,224	64.64%
	Democratic	Kanika Brown	3,952	35.36%
Total votes			11,176	100%

District officeholders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Evelyn Terry (incumbent)	28,471	100%
Total votes			28,471	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Evelyn Terry (incumbent)	18,242	72.67%
	Republican	Scott Arnold	6,861	27.33%
Total votes			25,103	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Evelyn Terry (incumbent)	25,414	100%
Total votes			25,414	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Evelyn Terry (incumbent)	12,536	76.63%
	Republican	Kris McCann	3,824	23.37%
Total votes			16,360	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Evelyn Terry	3,463	51.34%
	Democratic	Everette Witherspoon	3,282	48.66%
Total votes			6,745	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Evelyn Terry	23,545	77.94%
	Republican	Kris McCann	6,664	22.06%
Total votes			30,209	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Womble (incumbent)	9,503	100%
Total votes			9,503	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Womble (incumbent)	21,583	90.02%
	Libertarian	Bobby Richmond	2,393	9.98%
Total votes			23,976	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Womble (incumbent)	7,101	100%
Total votes			7,101	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Womble (incumbent)	15,840	86.93%
	Libertarian	Lynn Haggerty	2,381	13.07%
Total votes			18,221	100%
	Democratic hold

North Carolina House of Representatives 71st district Republican primary election, 2002^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mac Weatherman	1,348	82.85%
	Republican	Charona Turner Remillard	279	17.15%
Total votes			1,627	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Womble (incumbent)	9,662	66.11%
	Republican	Mac Weatherman	4,571	31.28%
	Libertarian	Lynn Haggerty	382	2.61%
Total votes			14,615	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Tolson (incumbent)	12,915	63.30%
	Republican	Wade Ellison	7,489	36.70%
Total votes			20,404	100%
	Democratic hold