What Do My Districts Look Like?

Do you get confused about all the different elected offices and the districts for each?

Below is a short visual tour of all the districts in Buncombe County. You can learn who you will be voting for on our new vote411.org service or by going to the Board of Elections website.

(click on Representative Finder at the BOE website to see detailed information about your districts and representatives.)

US House Quick Facts

• There are 435 Members of the US House of Representatives
• NC  has 13 US House Representatives, Buncombe County has two
• Nancy Pelosi is the current Speaker of the House
• District 10 Rep (Blue): Patrick McHenry
• District 11 Rep (Red): Mark Meadows
• This is the district line that we traced in the Gerrymander 5k. We believe this to be a partisan gerrymander.

NC House Quick Facts

• There are 120 Members of the NC House of Representatives
• Tim Moore is the current Speaker of the House
• District 116 Rep: Brian Turner
• District 115 Rep: John Ager
• District 114 Rep: Susan Fisher

NC Senate Quick Facts

• There are 50 Members of the NC Senate
• Lt Governor Dan Forest is the President of the Senate
• District 49 Senator (Red): Terry Van Duyn
• District 48 Senator (Grey): Chuck Edwards

NC Superior Courts

NC Superior Court Quick Facts

• Superior Court is divided into eight divisions and 50 districts
• Buncombe County is in the Eight Division
• All felony criminal cases, civil cases involving more than $25,000 and misdemeanor and infraction appeals from District Court are tried in Superior Court. A jury of 12 hears the criminal cases. In the civil cases, juries are often waived.

NC District & Prosecutorial Courts

NC District Court Quick Facts

• District Court is also referred to as Trial Court and can be divided into: civil, criminal, juvenile and magistrate
• Buncombe County is the 28th district
• District Court sits in the county seat of each county. It may also sit in certain other cities and towns, if specifically authorized by the General Assembly.

Buncombe County Commissioner Quick Facts

• There are seven commissioners, two for each district and a Chair
• They serve four year terms
• Brownie Newman is the current Chair
• District 1 Commissioners: Jasmine Beach-Ferrara and Al Whitesides
• District 2 Commissioners: Mike Fryar and Amanda Edwards
• District 3 Commissioners: Joe Belcher and Robert Pressley

Woodfin Water District

Woodfin Water District Quick Facts

• Part of Buncombe County is serviced by the Woodfin Water District and the board is elected for this district

Voting Precincts

 Voting Precinct Quick Facts

• A precinct is generally the lowest-level government related division in the country and everyone has the same representatives.
• Each precinct has a specific location where its residents go to vote. Sometimes several precincts will use the same polling station.