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House District 47

Robeson County · 2026

Likely R

Partisan baseline (2024)

R+14.8

runs 13.1 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Republicans since 2018

2024 result

R+29.2

won by Lowery (R)

Eshonda Hooper

Democrat · Candidate

CEO of the HoopStar Scholarship Program.

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Rep. John L. Lowery

Republican · Incumbent

Chairman of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.
Appointed to the District 47 seat in October 2025.

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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 47, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income

$40,293

▼ vs NC · NC $75k

Bachelor's degree or higher

16%

▼ vs NC · NC 36%

Poverty rate

29%

▲ vs NC · NC 13%

Homeownership

63%

▼ vs NC · NC 67%

Unemployment

6.1%

▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%

Uninsured rate

13%

▲ vs NC · NC 10%

Top communities: Lumberton 41% · Maxton 15% · Pembroke 14% · Fairmont 11% · Rowland 9%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 57k voters are registered here; 33,115 voted in 2024.

White

22%

25%

Black

28%

26%

Hispanic

2.7%

1.7%

Asian

0.5%

0.4%

American Indian

41%

45%

Other

5.9%

1.7%

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

2022 includes an estimated share where old district lines crossed today’s (2022 18% estimated); hover any point for the exact split. See Methodology.

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 35% to 57%.

Precinct detail

31 precincts.

About this seat

HD-47 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+14.8. 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 13.3 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 26.7 points their way.

Campaign money

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Hooper (D) $0 cash$35K cash Lowery (R)

Lowery has a committee on file; Hooper has no machine-readable figures (nothing filed yet, or filed on paper). Raised this cycle: Hooper $0 / Lowery $46K.

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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