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House District 39

Wake County · 2026
Likely D
Partisan baseline (2024)
D+27.4
runs 29.1 pts more Democratic than NC overall · stable across recent cycles
2024 result
Uncontested
no major-party opponent filed · Roberson (D) unopposed
Rep. James A. Roberson
Democrat · Incumbent
  • Senior dean at Wake Technical Community College's Western Wake campus.
  • First appointed to the District 39 seat by Governor Roy Cooper in January 2021.
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Jorge Cordova
Republican · Candidate
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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 39, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$92,883
NC
▲ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
38%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
10%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
74%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
4.4%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
12%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Knightdale 34% · Raleigh 25% · Wendell 24% · Zebulon 17% · Wake Forest 1%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 67k voters are registered here; 50,874 voted in 2024.

White
50%
53%
Black
37%
36%
Hispanic
7.9%
6.3%
Asian
1.9%
1.8%
American Indian
0.3%
0.3%
Other
3.5%
2.6%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (10% 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) 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 62% to 64%.

Precinct detail

14 precincts.

About this seat

HD-39 is rated Likely D from its 2024 partisan baseline of D+27.4. 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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Roberson (D) $76K cash$21 cash Cordova (R)
Roberson holds 3698.6x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Roberson $44K / Cordova $760.
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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