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House District 119

Transylvania, Jackson & Swain counties · 2026
Likely R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+11.0
runs 9.3 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Republicans since 2018
2024 result
R+10.8
won by Clampitt (R)
Mark Burrows
Democrat · Candidate
  • Burrows is a Brevard resident who has worked in local government on economic, planning, and community development.
  • He promoted economic and community development in Transylvania County and western North Carolina for over 30 years, including securing more than 5 million dollars in public and private grants to support small businesses.
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Rep. Anna Ferguson
Republican · Incumbent
  • Small business owner and member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, appointed to the District 119 House seat in April 2026.
  • Earned a business administration degree from N.C. State University and worked in her family's electrical contracting business before opening a retail store in Cherokee with her sister.
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Election night results

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

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

Who lives here

The people of House District 119, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$58,866
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
33%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
16%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
68%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
4.6%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
15%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Brevard 23% · Sylva 18% · Cullowhee 12% · Bryson City 10% · Pisgah Forest 8%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 69k voters are registered here; 49,832 voted in 2024.

White
88%
91%
Black
2.3%
1.7%
Hispanic
2.0%
1.5%
Asian
0.6%
0.5%
American Indian
4.8%
4.1%
Other
1.9%
1.1%
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 45% to 50%.

Precinct detail

33 precincts.

About this seat

HD-119 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+11.0. 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 1.4 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 2.8 points their way.

Campaign money

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Burrows (D) $41K cash$8K cash Ferguson (R)
Burrows holds 5.1x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Burrows $70K / Ferguson $8K.
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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