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House District 56

Orange County · 2026
Likely D
Partisan baseline (2024)
D+71.1
runs 72.7 pts more Democratic than NC overall · stable across recent cycles
2024 result
D+72.6
won by Buansi (D)
Rep. Allen Buansi
Democrat · Incumbent
  • Attorney from Orange County.
  • Has served in the NC House since 2022.
campaign site
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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 56, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$85,468
NC
▲ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
73%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
17%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
51%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
4.3%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
5%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Chapel Hill 82% · Carrboro 18% · Hillsborough 0% · Durham 0%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 65k voters are registered here; 47,059 voted in 2024.

White
72%
75%
Black
10%
9.0%
Hispanic
4.9%
4.3%
Asian
8.2%
7.8%
American Indian
0.2%
0.2%
Other
4.6%
4.0%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (11% 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 (100% estimated), 2022 (94% 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. See Methodology.

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 86% to 88%.

Precinct detail

21 precincts.

About this seat

HD-56 is rated Likely D from its 2024 partisan baseline of D+71.1. 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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Buansi (D) $7K cashNo Republican on the ballot
Buansi (D) is unopposed by a Republican and holds $7K cash on hand. Raised this cycle: $148K. 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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