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House District 65

Rockingham County · 2026
Likely ROpen seat
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+32.7
runs 31.0 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Republicans since 2018
2024 result
Uncontested
no major-party opponent filed · Pyrtle (R) unopposed
Gavin McGaughey
Democrat · Candidate
  • Bio unavailable
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Seth Woodall
Republican · Candidate
  • Attorney.
  • Attended community college before earning a degree from UNC Greensboro and then attending law school.
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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 65, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$56,851
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
17%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
16%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
72%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
5.8%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
9%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Reidsville 40% · Eden 24% · Madison 10% · Stoneville 9% · Stokesdale 6%

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; 49,681 voted in 2024.

White
76%
79%
Black
19%
18%
Hispanic
2.6%
1.8%
Asian
0.4%
0.3%
American Indian
0.2%
0.2%
Other
1.4%
0.9%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (8% 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: 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 33% to 38%.

Precinct detail

15 precincts.

About this seat

HD-65 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+32.7. 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 3.0 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 5.9 points their way.

Campaign money

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McGaughey (D) $1K cash$6K cash Woodall (R)
Woodall holds 3.7x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: McGaughey $4K / Woodall $40K.
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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