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House District 75

Forsyth County · 2026
Likely R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+10.3
runs 8.6 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018
2024 result
R+14.0
won by Lambeth (R)
Jen Wiles
Democrat · Challenger
  • Forsyth County healthcare clinician with over 20 years in the field
  • Challenging longtime Rep. Donny Lambeth
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Rep. Donny Lambeth
Republican · Incumbent
  • HD-75 incumbent since 2013 and retired hospital president after a 40-year career at Wake Forest Baptist
  • Chaired the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school board for 18 years
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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 75, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$74,234
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
31%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
13%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
72%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
4.7%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
10%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Kernersville 64% · Winston Salem 30% · Belews Creek 3% · Walkertown 1% · High Point 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; 47,712 voted in 2024.

White
70%
73%
Black
20%
20%
Hispanic
6.6%
4.7%
Asian
1.0%
0.9%
American Indian
0.2%
0.2%
Other
2.1%
1.5%
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
Hollow points are estimates, not measured results: 2022 (99% 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. Solid points can also carry a smaller estimated share where old district lines crossed today’s (2020 15%); hover any point for the exact split.

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 43% to 45%.

Precinct detail

21 precincts.

About this seat

HD-75 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+10.3. 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 0.6 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 1.2 points their way.

Campaign money

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Wiles (D) $11K cash$25K cash Lambeth (R)
Lambeth holds 2.3x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Wiles $25K / Lambeth $146K.
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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