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House District 12

Lenoir, Greene & Jones counties · 2026
Lean R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+7.6
runs 5.9 pts more Republican than NC overall · stable across recent cycles
2024 result
R+16.2
won by Humphrey (R)
Don Hardy
Democrat · Challenger
  • Two-term Mayor of Kinston and Navy veteran
  • Former Kinston police officer challenging Rep. Chris Humphrey
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Rep. Chris Humphrey
Republican · Incumbent
  • HD-12 incumbent since 2019 and real estate broker
  • Former Lenoir County Commissioner
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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 12, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$48,305
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
16%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
21%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
63%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
7.7%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
11%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Kinston 48% · La Grange 11% · Snow Hill 11% · Trenton 5% · Deep Run 3%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 58k voters are registered here; 41,404 voted in 2024.

White
56%
62%
Black
39%
35%
Hispanic
3.2%
2.1%
Asian
0.3%
0.2%
American Indian
0.1%
0.1%
Other
1.9%
0.8%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (9% 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
2018 includes an estimated share where old district lines crossed today’s (2018 12% estimated); hover any point for the exact split. See Methodology.

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 39% to 45%.

Precinct detail

39 precincts.

About this seat

HD-12 is rated Lean R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+7.6. Districts in this range are competitive when candidates, campaigns and the year’s statewide environment line up against the district’s modest partisan tilt. Its baseline has been essentially stable since 2018.

Campaign money

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Hardy (D) $0 cash$18K cash Humphrey (R)
Humphrey has a committee on file; Hardy has no machine-readable figures (nothing filed yet, or filed on paper). Raised this cycle: Hardy $0 / Humphrey $76K.
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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