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House District 109

Gaston County · 2026
Likely R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+13.7
runs 12.0 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018
2024 result
R+16.0
won by Loftis (R)
Mark D. Carver
Democrat · Candidate
  • College instructor who has taught for 22 years, including 20 at Gaston College.
  • Worked for 25 years at Kelly-Springfield, where he served as a United Steel Workers division chairman before retiring in 2001.
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Rep. Donnie Loftis
Republican · Incumbent
  • Retired US Army veteran representing Gaston County's District 109 in the NC House.
  • Served in the US Army from 1980 to 2010 and is a former Gaston County commissioner who was appointed to the House in November 2021.
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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 109, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$77,874
NC
▲ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
35%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
12%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
66%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
4.2%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
9%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Gastonia 69% · Belmont 27% · Cramerton 4%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 68k voters are registered here; 49,868 voted in 2024.

White
72%
76%
Black
19%
17%
Hispanic
4.9%
3.9%
Asian
1.3%
1.2%
American Indian
0.2%
0.2%
Other
2.2%
1.6%
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

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 39% to 42%.

Precinct detail

18 precincts.

About this seat

HD-109 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+13.7. 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 3.5 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 6.9 points their way.

Campaign money

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Carver (D) $860 cash$31K cash Loftis (R)
Loftis holds 36.5x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Carver $6K / Loftis $38K.
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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