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House District 9

Pitt County · 2026

Lean R

Partisan baseline (2024)

R+7.0

runs 5.3 pts more Republican than NC overall · stable across recent cycles

2024 result

R+12.0

won by Reeder (R)

Claire Kempner

Democrat · Challenger

Greenville advocate and former Pitt County Democratic Party secretary; NC chapter leader for Moms Demand Action
In a 2026 rematch with Rep. Tim Reeder after losing by about 5,800 votes in 2024

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Rep. Timothy Reeder, MD

Republican · Incumbent

HD-9 incumbent since 2023 and emergency physician at ECU's Brody School of Medicine
Past president of the NC Medical Society

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

Median household income

$71,732

▼ vs NC · NC $75k

Bachelor's degree or higher

37%

▲ vs NC · NC 36%

Poverty rate

13%

▼ vs NC · NC 13%

Homeownership

66%

▼ vs NC · NC 67%

Unemployment

7.0%

▲ vs NC · NC 4.7%

Uninsured rate

▼ vs NC · NC 10%

Top communities: Greenville 48% · Winterville 26% · Ayden 11% · Grimesland 7% · Grifton 4%

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; 49,692 voted in 2024.

White

67%

71%

Black

26%

24%

Hispanic

3.3%

2.5%

Asian

0.9%

0.8%

American Indian

0.2%

Other

2.6%

1.9%

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

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 42% to 47%.

Precinct detail

20 precincts.

About this seat

HD-9 is rated Lean R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+7.0. Districts in this range are competitive when candidates, campaigns and the year’s statewide environment line up against the district’s modest partisan tilt. Its baseline has been essentially stable since 2018.

Campaign money

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Kempner (D) $18K cash$240K cash MD (R)

MD holds 13.5x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Kempner $30K / MD $298K.

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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