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House District 90

Surry & Wilkes counties · 2026

Likely R

Partisan baseline (2024)

R+53.1

runs 51.4 pts more Republican than NC overall · moving toward Republicans since 2018

2024 result

R+55.8

won by Stevens (R)

Ken Badgett

Democrat · Candidate

Independent historian from Dobson whose primary employment has been providing personal care for family members.
He graduated magna cum laude in history from Wake Forest University.

Rep. Dan Kiger

Republican · Incumbent

Small business owner whose career experience includes work as a police officer.
Appointed to the District 90 House seat on June 23, 2026.

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

Median household income

$54,693

▼ vs NC · NC $75k

Bachelor's degree or higher

19%

▼ vs NC · NC 36%

Poverty rate

17%

▲ vs NC · NC 13%

Homeownership

75%

▲ vs NC · NC 67%

Unemployment

4.7%

▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%

Uninsured rate

11%

▲ vs NC · NC 10%

Top communities: Mount Airy 41% · Elkin 12% · Dobson 9% · Pilot Mountain 8% · State Road 4%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 61k voters are registered here; 47,146 voted in 2024.

White

91%

94%

Black

3.2%

2.6%

Hispanic

4.5%

2.6%

Asian

0.2%

American Indian

0.1%

Other

1.0%

0.6%

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 (92% 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 12%); 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 22% to 26%.

Precinct detail

29 precincts.

About this seat

HD-90 is rated Likely R from its 2024 partisan baseline of R+53.1. Districts this far from even are not competitive in a typical cycle - the outcome tracks the district’s underlying partisanship rather than individual campaigns. Republicans have gained 2.1 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 4.2 points their way.

Campaign money

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Badgett (D) $309 cash$3 cash Kiger (R)

Badgett holds 109.6x the cash on hand. Raised this cycle: Badgett $50 / Kiger $3.

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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