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House District 116

Buncombe County · 2026
Likely D
Partisan baseline (2024)
D+62.5
runs 64.2 pts more Democratic than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018
2024 result
Uncontested
no major-party opponent filed · Turner (D) unopposed
Rep. Brian Turner
Democrat · Incumbent
  • Works in real estate and represents Buncombe County's District 116 in the NC House.
  • First elected to the House in 2014, he served four terms and returned to office in January 2025.
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No major party opponent
Republican · 2026
  • No Republican is on the November ballot for this seat.

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 116, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$71,388
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
54%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
15%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
58%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
3.9%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
12%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Asheville 100%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 73k voters are registered here; 51,797 voted in 2024.

White
83%
86%
Black
9.3%
7.7%
Hispanic
3.4%
2.8%
Asian
0.8%
0.8%
American Indian
0.2%
0.1%
Other
2.9%
2.2%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (8% 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: 2024 uncontested (100% estimated) - no major-party opponent, so the value shown is the district’s underlying partisanship, not an election result. See Methodology.

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 79% to 81%.

Precinct detail

32 precincts.

About this seat

HD-116 is rated Likely D from its 2024 partisan baseline of D+62.5. 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 2.5 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 5.0 points their way.

Campaign money

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Turner (D) $4K cashNo Republican on the ballot
Turner (D) is unopposed by a Republican and holds $4K cash on hand. Raised this cycle: $42K. No Republican is on the November ballot here, so no committee reports on that side.
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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