North Carolina's 116th House district

North Carolina's 116th State
House of Representatives
district
North Carolina's 116th State; House of Representatives; district
Representative
	Brian Turner; D–Asheville
Demographics	80% White; 4% Black; 11% Hispanic; 1% Asian; 4% Multiracial
Population (2020)	95,056

North Carolina's 116th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Brian Turner since 2025.^[1]

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Representative	Party	Dates	Notes	Counties
District created January 1, 2003.				2003–Present Part of Buncombe County.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
Wilma Sherrill (Asheville)	Republican	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2007	Redistricted from the 51st district Retired.
Charles Thomas (Asheville)	Republican	January 1, 2007 – January 1, 2009	Retired.
Jane Whilden (Asheville)	Democratic	January 1, 2009 – January 1, 2011	Lost re-election.
Tim Moffitt (Asheville)	Republican	January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2015	Lost re-election.
Brian Turner (Asheville)	Democratic	January 1, 2015 – January 1, 2023	Redistricted to the 115th district and retired.
Caleb Rudow (Asheville)	Democratic	January 1, 2023 – January 1, 2025	Redistricted from the 114th district. Retired to run for Congress.
Brian Turner (Asheville)	Democratic	January 1, 2025 – Present

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Turner	42,815	100%
Total votes			42,815	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Caleb Rudow (incumbent)	25,161	62.36%
	Republican	Mollie Rose	15,185	37.64%
Total votes			40,346	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Turner (incumbent)	33,024	61.90%
	Republican	Eric Burns	20,324	38.10%
Total votes			55,348	100%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Turner (incumbent)	19,571	54.88%
	Republican	Marilyn A. Brown	16,091	45.12%
Total votes			35,662	100%
	Democratic hold

Geography

North Carolina House of Representatives 116th district Democratic primary election, 2006^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doug Jones	1,629	52.04%
	Democratic	Jim F. Hughes	934	29.84%
	Democratic	James Latimore	390	12.46%
	Democratic	Gregory L. Cathcart	177	5.65%
Total votes			3,130	100%

North Carolina House of Representatives 116th district Republican primary election, 2002^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wilma Sherrill (incumbent)	1,959	66.41%
	Republican	Mike Morgan	991	33.59%
Total votes			2,950	100%