State: | North Carolina |
District: | 24 |
Chamber: | House of Representatives |
Representative: | Ken Fontenot |
Party: | Republican |
Residence: | Wilson |
Percent White: | 47 |
Percent Black: | 39 |
Percent Hispanic: | 11 |
Percent Asian: | 1 |
Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 2 |
Population: | 81,579 |
Population Year: | 2020 |
North Carolina's 24th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican Ken Fontenot since 2023.[1]
Since 2023, the district has included all of Wilson County, as well as part of Nash County. The district overlaps with the 4th and 11th Senate districts.
Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties |
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Joe Hackney | Democratic | January 1, 1983 – January 1, 2003 | Redistricted from the 17th district. Redistricted to the 54th district. | Anne Craig Barnes | Democratic | January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1997 | Retired. | 1983–1993 All of Orange County. Part of Chatham County.[2] |
1993–2003 Parts of Chatham and Orange counties.[3] | ||||||||
align=left | Verla Insko | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1997 – January 1, 2003 | Redistricted to the 56th district. |
Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties | ||||
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Jean Farmer-Butterfield | Democratic | January 1, 2003 – July 25, 2020 | Resigned. | 2003–2013 Parts of Wilson and Edgecombe counties.[4] [5] | ||||
2013–2019 Parts of Wilson and Pitt counties.[6] | ||||||||
2019–2023 All of Wilson County.[7] [8] | ||||||||
Vacant | nowrap | July 25, 2020 – July 27, 2020 | ||||||
align=left | Linda Cooper-Suggs | Democratic | nowrap | July 27, 2020 – January 1, 2023 | Appointed to finish Farmer-Butterfield's term. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | Ken Fontenot | Republican | nowrap | January 1, 2023 – Present | 2023–Present All of Wilson County. Part of Nash County.[9] |