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House District 29

Durham County · 2026
Likely D
Partisan baseline (2024)
D+68.0
runs 69.7 pts more Democratic than NC overall · stable across recent cycles
2024 result
Uncontested
no major-party opponent filed · Alston (D) unopposed
Rep. Vernetta Alston
Democrat · Incumbent
  • Attorney who serves as House Democratic Conference Chair.
  • Has served in the House since April 2020 and previously worked as a staff attorney for North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services and the Center for Death Penalty Litigation.
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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 29, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$94,296
NC
▲ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
67%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
9%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
57%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
3.2%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
9%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Durham 90% · Chapel 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 72k voters are registered here; 54,490 voted in 2024.

White
56%
59%
Black
30%
28%
Hispanic
5.2%
4.5%
Asian
4.6%
4.4%
American Indian
0.2%
0.2%
Other
3.9%
3.1%
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
Hollow points are estimates, not measured results: 2020 (76% estimated), 2022 (98% estimated) modeled - no contested legislative race covered enough of this ground to measure, so most of the value is estimated from statewide races on the same ballot; 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 85% to 85%.

Precinct detail

16 precincts.

About this seat

HD-29 is rated Likely D from its 2024 partisan baseline of D+68.0. Districts this far from even are not competitive in a typical cycle - the outcome tracks the district’s underlying partisanship rather than individual campaigns. Its baseline has been essentially stable since 2018.

Campaign money

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Alston (D) $6K cashNo Republican on the ballot
Alston (D) is unopposed by a Republican and holds $6K cash on hand. Raised this cycle: $108K. 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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