North Carolina's 81st House district

North Carolina's 81st State
House of Representatives
district
North Carolina's 81st State; House of Representatives; district
Representative
	Larry Potts; R–Lexington
Demographics	77% White; 9% Black; 8% Hispanic; 2% Asian; 1% Other; 3% Multiracial
Population (2024)	85,583

Demographics77% White
9% Black
8% Hispanic
2% Asian
1% Other
3% Multiracial

Population(2024)85,583

North Carolina's 81st House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican Larry Potts since 2017.^[1]

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created January 1, 1993.
Tim Tallent (Concord)	Republican	January 1, 1993 – January 1, 2001	Redistricted from the 34th district. Retired.	1993–2003 Parts of Cabarrus and Union counties.^[2]
Jeff Barnhart (Concord)	Republican	January 1, 2001 – January 1, 2003	Redistricted to the 75th district.	1993–2003 Parts of Cabarrus and Union counties.^[2]
Hugh Holliman (Lexington)	Democratic	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2011	Redistricted from the 37th district. Lost re-election.	2003–Present Part of Davidson County.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Rayne Brown (Lexington)	Republican	January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2017	Retired.
Larry Potts (Lexington)	Republican	January 1, 2017 – Present

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Potts (incumbent)	6,929	83.12%
	Republican	Pamela Zanni	1,407	16.88%
Total votes			8,336	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Potts (incumbent)	33,971	75.70%
	Democratic	Pamela McAfee	13,293	28.13%
Total votes			47,264	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Potts (incumbent)	21,922	74.23%
	Democratic	Joe Watkins	7,612	25.77%
Total votes			29,534	100%
	Republican hold

District officeholders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Potts (incumbent)	32,092	73.00%
	Democratic	Robert Lewis Jordan	11,872	27.00%
Total votes			43,964	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Potts (incumbent)	7,697	73.08%
	Republican	Eric S. Osborne	2,835	26.92%
Total votes			10,532	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Potts (incumbent)	20,276	71.84%
	Democratic	Lewie Phillips	7,946	28.16%
Total votes			28,222	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Potts	5,817	52.24%
	Republican	Tyler Lohr Forrest	3,091	27.76%
	Republican	Sharon Phillips Pearce	2,228	20.01%
Total votes			11,136	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Potts	24,379	68.07%
	Democratic	Andy Hedrick	11,438	31.93%
Total votes			35,817	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rayne Brown (incumbent)	15,090	100%
Total votes			15,090	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rayne Brown (incumbent)	25,775	100%
Total votes			25,775	100%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rayne Brown	2,883	59.73%
	Republican	Fred D. McClure	1,944	40.27%
Total votes			4,827	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rayne Brown	8,744	57.48%
	Democratic	Hugh Holliman (incumbent)	6,469	42.52%
Total votes			15,213	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hugh Holliman (incumbent)	12,975	52.64%
	Republican	Rayne Brown	11,673	47.36%
Total votes			24,648	100%
	Democratic hold

North Carolina House of Representatives 81st district general election, 2002^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hugh Holliman (incumbent)	9,074	53.20%
	Republican	John T. Walser Jr.	7,540	44.21%
	Libertarian	Stuart Britt	442	2.59%
Total votes			17,056	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hugh Holliman (incumbent)	8,454	100%
Total votes			8,454	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hugh Holliman (incumbent)	15,141	100%
Total votes			15,141	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Barnhart	23,157	62.83%
	Democratic	Hector H. Henry II	13,697	37.17%
Total votes			36,854	100%
	Republican hold