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House District 70

Randolph County · 2026
Likely R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+50.7
runs 49.0 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018
2024 result
R+52.4
won by Biggs (R)
William (Bill) McCaskill
Democrat · Candidate
  • Retired Child Protective Services supervisor and former Asheboro City Council member.
  • He spent 32 years as a social worker and graduated from East Carolina University in 1972.
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Rep. Brian Biggs
Republican · Incumbent
  • Realtor serving as the state House member for Randolph County.
  • He is serving his second term in the NC House, where he is a Deputy Majority Whip.
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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 70, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$58,597
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
19%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
15%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
69%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
3.6%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
12%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Asheboro 34% · Trinity 20% · Archdale 16% · Randleman 16% · Sophia 8%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 61k voters are registered here; 45,480 voted in 2024.

White
83%
87%
Black
7.6%
6.5%
Hispanic
5.7%
3.8%
Asian
1.1%
0.9%
American Indian
0.3%
0.3%
Other
1.9%
1.3%
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
2020 includes an estimated share where old district lines crossed today’s (2020 14% 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 21% to 24%.

Precinct detail

12 precincts.

About this seat

HD-70 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+50.7. Districts this far from even are not competitive in a typical cycle - the outcome tracks the district’s underlying partisanship rather than individual campaigns. Democrats have gained 2.2 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 4.4 points their way.

Campaign money

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McCaskill (D) $433 cash$22K cash Biggs (R)
Biggs holds 50.1x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: McCaskill $1K / Biggs $96K.
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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