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House District 6

Harnett County · 2026
Likely R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+19.2
runs 17.5 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Republicans since 2018
2024 result
R+21.2
won by Pike (R)
Tony Spears
Democrat · Candidate
  • Former president of the Harnett County NAACP.
  • Served multiple terms as chair of the Harnett County Board of Elections.
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Rep. Joe Pike
Republican · Incumbent
  • Business owner and president of Twisted Grape Investments Inc.
  • Serving his second term representing Harnett County in the state House.
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Election night results

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Live returns and a precinct map for this race on Nov. 3.

Ballots cast so far in this district, in person and by mail. Updated every morning.

Who lives here

The people of House District 6, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$78,722
NC
▲ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
25%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
13%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
73%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
5.2%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
9%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Lillington 17% · Cameron 17% · Sanford 15% · Spring Lake 15% · Fuquay Varina 12%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 63k voters are registered here; 41,127 voted in 2024.

White
65%
69%
Black
23%
21%
Hispanic
7.7%
5.7%
Asian
1.1%
1.0%
American Indian
0.6%
0.5%
Other
3.2%
2.2%
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

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 37% to 42%.

Precinct detail

8 precincts.

About this seat

HD-6 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+19.2. 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 0.8 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 1.6 points their way.

Campaign money

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Spears (D) $650 cash$18K cash Pike (R)
Pike holds 27.1x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Spears $990 / Pike $15K.
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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