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House District 77

Davie, Yadkin & Rowan counties · 2026
Likely R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+51.7
runs 50.0 pts more Republican than NC overall · stable across recent cycles
2024 result
R+58.0
won by Howard (R)
Sabrina Harris
Democrat · Candidate
  • Former elected member of the Rowan-Salisbury School Board.
  • She lived in Rowan County during her school board service and now lives on a family homestead in Davie County.
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Rep. Julia Howard
Republican · Incumbent
  • Real estate appraiser and realtor serving as the state House member for Davie, Rowan, and Yadkin counties.
  • She is serving her 19th term in the NC House.

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 77, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$69,570
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
23%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
12%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
81%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
5.2%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
10%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Mocksville 29% · Advance 15% · Yadkinville 14% · East Bend 8% · Boonville 6%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 67k voters are registered here; 53,659 voted in 2024.

White
89%
91%
Black
5.6%
4.9%
Hispanic
3.8%
2.6%
Asian
0.3%
0.3%
American Indian
0.1%
0.1%
Other
1.2%
0.8%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (6% 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 (100% 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 21% to 24%.

Precinct detail

31 precincts.

About this seat

HD-77 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+51.7. Districts this far from even are not competitive in a typical cycle - the outcome tracks the district’s underlying partisanship rather than individual campaigns. Its baseline has been essentially stable since 2018.

Campaign money

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Harris (D) $45 cash$145K cash Howard (R)
Howard holds 3201.0x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Harris $362 / Howard $64K.
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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