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House District 17

Brunswick County · 2026
Likely R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+22.1
runs 20.4 pts more Republican than NC overall · stable across recent cycles
2024 result
R+24.6
won by Iler (R)
Dennis A. Breen
Democrat · Candidate
  • Lawyer from Carolina Shores.
  • Earned degrees from SUNY Brockport and SUNY Binghamton and a law degree from the University of Dayton School of Law in 1982.
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Rep. Frank Iler
Republican · Incumbent
  • Retired accountant and business owner.
  • Has served more than eight terms representing Brunswick County in the state House.
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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 17, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$76,646
NC
▲ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
33%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
9%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
83%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
4.1%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
8%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Leland 43% · Calabash 10% · Shallotte 10% · Ocean Isle Beach 10% · Sunset Beach 6%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 92k voters are registered here; 70,071 voted in 2024.

White
86%
88%
Black
9.2%
8.2%
Hispanic
2.3%
1.7%
Asian
0.5%
0.4%
American Indian
0.3%
0.3%
Other
1.4%
0.9%
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 37% to 41%.

Precinct detail

18 precincts.

About this seat

HD-17 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. Its baseline has been essentially stable since 2018.

Campaign money

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Breen (D) $0 cash$10K cash Iler (R)
Iler has a committee on file; Breen has no machine-readable figures (nothing filed yet, or filed on paper). Raised this cycle: Breen $0 / Iler $55K.
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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