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House District 35

Wake County · 2026
Lean R2024 rematch
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+3.3
runs 1.6 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018
2024 result
R+3.2
won by Schietzelt (R)
Evonne Hopkins
Democrat · Challenger
  • Board-certified family law attorney and small-business owner
  • Volunteers with Legal Aid's The Child's Advocate; ran for this seat in 2024
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Rep. Mike Schietzelt
Republican · Incumbent
  • First-term legislator; litigation attorney and former John Locke Foundation fellow
  • Says he helped file an amicus brief supporting the overturn of Roe v. Wade
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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 35, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$141,650
NC
▲ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
61%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
5%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
86%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
3.4%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
4%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Wake Forest 63% · Raleigh 20% · Rolesville 9% · Zebulon 3% · Wendell 3%

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; 58,475 voted in 2024.

White
78%
80%
Black
12%
12%
Hispanic
3.9%
3.4%
Asian
2.1%
2.0%
American Indian
0.2%
0.2%
Other
3.0%
2.6%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (8% 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 47% to 50%.

Precinct detail

16 precincts.

About this seat

HD-35 is rated Lean R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+3.3. Districts in this range are competitive when candidates, campaigns and the year’s statewide environment line up against the district’s modest partisan tilt. Democrats have gained 0.7 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 1.4 points their way.

Campaign money

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Hopkins (D) $102K cash$137K cash Schietzelt (R)
Schietzelt holds 1.4x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Hopkins $196K / Schietzelt $208K.
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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