North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

's 79th House district is one of 120 districts in the

North Carolina House of Representatives The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, who holds powers si ...

. It has been represented by Republican

Keith Kidwell Keith D. Kidwell (born June 21, 1961) is a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented the 79th district (including constituents in Beaufort County, North Carolina, Beaufo ...

since 2019.

Geography

Since 2023, the district has included all of Beaufort,

Pamlico The Pamlico (also ''Pampticough'', ''Pomouik'', ''Pomeiok'') were Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans of North Carolina. They spoke an Algonquian languages, Algonquian language also known as ''Pamlico'' or Carolina Algonquia ...

, and Hyde counties, as well as most of

Dare County Dare County is the easternmost County (United States), county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 36,915. Its county seat is Manteo, North Carolina, Manteo. Dare County is i ...

. The district overlaps with the

1st First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared a ...

2nd A second is the base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI). Second, Seconds, The Second, or (The) 2nd may also refer to: Mathematics * 2 (number), as an ordinal (also written as ''2nd'' or ''2d'') * Minute and second of arc, ...

, and 3rd Senate districts.

District officeholders

Election results

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References

{{North Carolina House of Representatives North Carolina House districts Beaufort County, North Carolina Pamlico County, North Carolina Hyde County, North Carolina Dare County, North Carolina