North Carolina's 8th House district should not be confused with North Carolina's 8th congressional district.
| State: | North Carolina |
| District: | 8 |
| Chamber: | House of Representatives |
| Representative: | Gloristine Brown |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Bethel |
| Percent White: | 51 |
| Percent Black: | 37 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 7 |
| Percent Asian: | 2 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 3 |
| Population: | 91,720 |
| Population Year: | 2020 |
North Carolina's 8th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Gloristine Brown since 2023.[1]
Since 2023, the district has included part of Pitt County. The district overlaps with the 5th Senate district.
| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties | |||||||||||||
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| Herbert Horton Rountree | Democratic | January 1, 1967 – January 1, 1981 | align=left | William Alfred Forbes | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1967 – January 1, 1969 | Redistricted from the Pitt County disitrict. | 1967–1973 All of Pitt County.[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| align=left | David Edward Reid Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1969 – January 1, 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Bundy | Democratic | January 1, 1971 – January 1, 1983 | Redistricted to the 9th district. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1983 All of Greene and Pitt counties.[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| align=left | Ed Warren | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1981 – January 1, 1983 | Redistricted to the 9th district. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| align=left | Josephus Mavretic | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985 | Redistricted from the 7th district. Redistricted to the single-member district. | align=left | Allen Barbee | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985 | Redistricted from the 7th district. Redistricted to the 72nd district. | align=left | Thomas Hill Matthews | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985 | Redistricted to the 72nd district. | align=left | Jeanne Tucker Fenner | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1985 | Redistricted from the 7th district. Redistricted to the 71st district. | 1983–1985 All of Nash, Edgecombe, and Wilson counties. |
| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Josephus Mavretic | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1993 | Redistricted from the multi-member district. Redistricted to the 71st district. | 1985–1993 Parts of Nash and Edgecombe counties.[4] | |
| align=left | Linwood Eborn Mercer | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1993 – January 1, 1999 | 1993–2003 Parts of Greene, Pitt, Edgecombe, and Martin Counties.[5] | ||
| Edith Warren | Democratic | January 1, 1999 – January 1, 2013 | Retired. | ||||
| 2003–2005 All of Greene County. Parts of Pitt and Martin counties.[6] | |||||||
| 2005–2013 All of Martin County. Part of Pitt County.[7] | |||||||
| align=left | Susan Martin | Republican | nowrap | January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2019 | Retired. | 2013–2019 Parts of Pitt and Wilson counties.[8] | |
| align=left | Kandie Smith | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 2019 – January 1, 2023 | Retired to run for State Senate. | 2019–Present Part of Pitt County.[9] [10] [11] | |
| align=left | Gloristine Brown | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 2023 – Present |