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House District 108

Gaston County · 2026
Likely R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+27.7
runs 26.0 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018
2024 result
R+29.2
won by Torbett (R)
Sydnie Hutchinson
Democrat · Candidate
  • Paralegal who has served as third vice chair of the Gaston County Democratic Party.
  • Earned an associate degree from Ivy Tech Community College in 2014.
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Rep. John A. Torbett
Republican · Incumbent
  • Republican member of the NC House representing Gaston County's District 108.
  • Is serving his eighth term in the House.
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Election night results

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Live returns and a precinct map for this race on Nov. 3.

Early voting

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Ballots cast so far in this district, in person and by mail. Updated every morning.

Who lives here

The people of House District 108, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$63,733
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
24%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
12%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
68%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
4.7%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
11%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Mount Holly 30% · Gastonia 22% · Dallas 21% · Stanley 12% · Belmont 6%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 63k voters are registered here; 46,083 voted in 2024.

White
75%
78%
Black
18%
16%
Hispanic
4.3%
3.5%
Asian
0.8%
0.8%
American Indian
0.2%
0.2%
Other
1.9%
1.3%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (7% here) are excluded from the voted-side shares. Source: NCSBE voter file, 2024.

How this seat has moved

Actual result (solid)MRPI composite (dashed)Shaded = midterm
Hollow points are estimates, not measured results: 2022 (95% estimated) modeled - no contested legislative race covered enough of this ground to measure, so most of the value is estimated from statewide races on the same ballot. See Methodology. Solid points can also carry a smaller estimated share where old district lines crossed today’s (2020 12%); hover any point for the exact split.

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 33% to 35%.

Precinct detail

19 precincts.

About this seat

HD-108 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+27.7. Districts this far from even are not competitive in a typical cycle - the outcome tracks the district’s underlying partisanship rather than individual campaigns. Democrats have gained 2.3 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 4.6 points their way.

Campaign money

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Hutchinson (D) $0 cash$10K cash Torbett (R)
Torbett has a committee on file; Hutchinson has no machine-readable figures (nothing filed yet, or filed on paper). Raised this cycle: Hutchinson $0 / Torbett $35K.
Actual legislative results, observed except where marked · NCSBE 2018–2024 · boundaries: Redistricting Data Hub (redistrictingdatahub.org) · demographics: Census ACS 2020–2024 · voter file: NCSBE
Data as of October 29, 2026 · campaign finance last refreshed August 20, 2026
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