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House District 46

Columbus & Robeson counties · 2026
Likely R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+30.3
runs 28.6 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Republicans since 2018
2024 result
Uncontested
no major-party opponent filed · Jones (R) unopposed
Brittany Newton
Democrat · Candidate
  • United States Army veteran of eight years who works as a certified nursing assistant and as a seasonal tax professional.
  • A Whiteville High School graduate, she served three years as a team captain with The Deciders, a grassroots economic advocacy group.
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Rep. Brenden H. Jones
Republican · Incumbent
  • Small business owner serving as House Majority Leader.
  • Serving his fifth term representing Columbus and Robeson counties.
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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 46, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$48,418
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
13%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
21%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
72%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
4.9%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
14%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Whiteville 21% · Lumberton 14% · St Pauls 10% · Tabor City 9% · Chadbourn 8%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 60k voters are registered here; 40,022 voted in 2024.

White
58%
65%
Black
28%
24%
Hispanic
3.3%
1.8%
Asian
0.2%
0.2%
American Indian
7.9%
7.4%
Other
2.5%
1.1%
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
Hollow points are estimates, not measured results: 2022 (97% 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 38% to 40%.

Precinct detail

36 precincts.

About this seat

HD-46 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+30.3. Districts this far from even are not competitive in a typical cycle - the outcome tracks the district’s underlying partisanship rather than individual campaigns. Republicans have gained 6.7 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 13.5 points their way.

Campaign money

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Newton (D) $53K cash$643K cash Jones (R)
Jones holds 12.2x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Newton $90K / Jones $840K.
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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