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House District 82

Cabarrus County · 2026

Lean R

Partisan baseline (2024)

R+7.5

runs 5.8 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018

2024 result

R+8.6

won by Echevarria (R)

Chris Bishopp

Democrat · Challenger

Retired Navy Flight Officer and former FAA aviation-safety official
Harrisburg Democrat with a public administration master's degree

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Rep. Brian Echevarria

Republican · Incumbent

HD-82 incumbent since 2025 and financial advisor
Former Cabarrus County GOP chairman

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

Median household income

$114,463

▲ vs NC · NC $75k

Bachelor's degree or higher

48%

▲ vs NC · NC 36%

Poverty rate

▼ vs NC · NC 13%

Homeownership

81%

▲ vs NC · NC 67%

Unemployment

3.8%

▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%

Uninsured rate

▼ vs NC · NC 10%

Top communities: Concord 48% · Harrisburg 23% · Midland 10% · Charlotte 9% · Mount Pleasant 5%

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; 51,647 voted in 2024.

White

67%

69%

Black

20%

19%

Hispanic

4.7%

4.0%

Asian

4.4%

American Indian

0.4%

Other

3.6%

2.9%

Registered (2024)Voted (2024)

Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (9% 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, 2022 include an estimated share where old district lines crossed today’s (2020 19% estimated, 2022 45% 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 43% to 46%.

Precinct detail

13 precincts.

About this seat

HD-82 is rated Lean R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+7.5. 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 2.7 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 5.4 points their way.

Campaign money

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Bishopp (D) $23K cash$91K cash Echevarria (R)

Echevarria holds 4.0x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Bishopp $47K / Echevarria $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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