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House District 83

Rowan & Cabarrus counties · 2026
Likely R
Partisan baseline (2024)
R+29.5
runs 27.8 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018
2024 result
R+31.4
won by Campbell (R)
Johnnie Jones
Democrat · Candidate
  • Retired film and motorsports industry worker living in Davidson.
  • Joined the film and commercial production industry in 2000 as a member of IATSE Local 491 and later worked in the automotive and racing industry until retiring in 2021.
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Rep. Grant Campbell
Republican · Incumbent
  • Physician serving as the state House member for a Cabarrus and Rowan county district.
  • US Army veteran (2008-2017) serving his first term in the NC House.
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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 83, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$70,137
NC
▼ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
25%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
12%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
73%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
3.9%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
10%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Kannapolis 56% · China Grove 17% · Salisbury 6% · Concord 6% · Davidson 5%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 64k voters are registered here; 47,572 voted in 2024.

White
75%
79%
Black
16%
14%
Hispanic
5.4%
3.9%
Asian
1.0%
0.8%
American Indian
0.2%
0.2%
Other
2.0%
1.3%
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 (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.

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 34% to 35%.

Precinct detail

18 precincts.

About this seat

HD-83 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+29.5. 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 1.3 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 2.6 points their way.

Campaign money

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Jones (D) $0 cash$39K cash Campbell (R)
Campbell has a committee on file; Jones has no machine-readable figures (nothing filed yet, or filed on paper). Raised this cycle: Jones $0 / Campbell $198K.
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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