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House District 73

Cabarrus County · 2026
Lean R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+5.0
runs 3.3 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018
2024 result
R+6.4
won by Almond (R)
Thomas Monks
Democrat · Challenger
  • North Carolina native with a communications background
  • Has worked in marketing, education, and partnership development
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Rep. Jonathan L. Almond
Republican · Incumbent
  • HD-73 incumbent since 2025; financial controller for a restaurant-franchise management group
  • Accounting and finance graduate of UNC Charlotte; lives in Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County
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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 73, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$77,072
NC
▲ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
32%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
12%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
64%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
6.1%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
9%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Concord 91% · Kannapolis 3% · Mount Pleasant 2% · Harrisburg 2% · Rockwell 1%

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; 45,487 voted in 2024.

White
65%
70%
Black
24%
22%
Hispanic
6.5%
4.9%
Asian
1.3%
1.2%
American Indian
0.2%
0.2%
Other
2.6%
1.8%
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: 2022 (67% 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 46% to 47%.

Precinct detail

20 precincts.

About this seat

HD-73 is rated Lean R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+5.0. Districts in this range are competitive when candidates, campaigns and the year’s statewide environment line up against the district’s modest partisan tilt. Democrats have gained 3.5 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 6.9 points their way.

Campaign money

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Monks (D) $3K cash$19K cash Almond (R)
Almond holds 7.2x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Monks $7K / Almond $48K.
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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