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House District 118

Haywood & Madison counties · 2026
Likely ROpen seat
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+22.1
runs 20.4 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Republicans since 2018
2024 result
R+22.4
won by Pless (R)
Danny E. Davis
Democrat · Candidate
  • Davis is a retired district court judge who has since served as a court mediator and as chairman of the Haywood County Board of Elections.
  • A Haywood County native, he worked as an assistant district attorney before spending 27 years as a district court judge.
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James M. (Jimmy) Rogers
Republican · Candidate
  • Member of the Haywood County school board, representing the Clyde district.
  • Lifelong Haywood County resident who has run a small family business and served more than two decades on the school board.
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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 118, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$62,174
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
30%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
13%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
76%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
3.1%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
11%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Waynesville 35% · Canton 20% · Marshall 13% · Clyde 12% · Mars Hill 10%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 66k voters are registered here; 51,539 voted in 2024.

White
96%
97%
Black
1.0%
0.8%
Hispanic
1.5%
1.3%
Asian
0.4%
0.4%
American Indian
0.2%
0.2%
Other
1.0%
0.8%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (6% 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 46%.

Precinct detail

41 precincts.

About this seat

HD-118 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+22.1. Districts this far from even are not competitive in a typical cycle - the outcome tracks the district’s underlying partisanship rather than individual campaigns. Republicans have gained 3.9 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 7.8 points their way.

Campaign money

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Davis (D) $46K cash$6K cash Rogers (R)
Davis holds 7.8x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Davis $58K / Rogers $41K.
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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