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Wake Forest, NC politics & representatives

Wake Forest is represented in Congress by Senators Thom Tillis and Ted Budd and Representatives Deborah K. Ross and Brad Knott. Josh Stein is governor.

Who represents Wake Forest in Washington and in North Carolina, with how to reach each office.

Elections · 2024 general election

How Wake County voted in 2024

Official results for all of Wake County. Wake Forest's own results aren't published in a form we can match to the town exactly, so these are the county's.

President 653,580 votes

Kamala D HarrisDemocrat
61.7%
Donald J TrumpRepublican
36.2%
Others
2.1%

North Carolina: Trump 50.9%, Harris 47.6%

Governor 642,792 votes

Josh SteinDemocrat
69.8%
Mark RobinsonRepublican
24.6%
Others
5.6%

North Carolina: Stein 54.9%, Robinson 40.1%

U.S. House · North Carolina's 2nd District 405,517 votes

Deborah K RossDemocrat
66.3%
Alan D SwainRepublican
31.6%
Others
2.1%

Covers about 63% of Wake Forest · whole-district result

U.S. House · North Carolina's 13th District 415,494 votes

Brad KnottRepublican
58.6%
Frank PierceDemocrat
41.4%

Covers about 37% of Wake Forest · whole-district result

Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab, official 2024 precinct returns (statewide totals from its official state files). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren't counted.

In Washington

Who represents Wake Forest in Congress

U.S. Senate Both senators represent all of North Carolina

Thom Tillis
Thom TillisU.S. SenatorRepublican · Serving since 2015 Official site ↗202-224-6342
Ted Budd
Ted BuddU.S. SenatorRepublican · Serving since 2023 Official site ↗202-224-3154

U.S. House · North Carolina's 2nd District Covers about 63% of Wake Forest

Deborah K. Ross
Deborah K. RossU.S. RepresentativeDemocrat · Serving since 2021 Official site ↗202-225-3032

U.S. House · North Carolina's 13th District Covers about 37% of Wake Forest

Brad Knott
Brad KnottU.S. RepresentativeRepublican · Serving since 2025 Official site ↗202-225-4531

Wake Forest is split between 2 congressional districts. Find yours by ZIP code ↗

In North Carolina

Who represents Wake Forest in state government

Josh SteinGovernor of North CarolinaDemocrat · Serving since 2025 Official site ↗919-814-2000

State Senate Wake Forest is split between 4 districts

State House · District 35 Covers about 62% of Wake Forest

Mike SchietzeltState RepresentativeRepublican Official site ↗Email

State House · District 66 Covers about 35% of Wake Forest

Sarah CrawfordState RepresentativeDemocrat Official site ↗Email

State House · District 7 Covers about 3% of Wake Forest

Matthew WinslowState RepresentativeRepublican Official site ↗Email

Wake Forest is split between state legislative districts. Find yours by address ↗

Wake Forest's own government: Town Hall →

Sources: congressional and state legislative districts from the U.S. Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); members of Congress from the congress-legislators project (portraits public domain); governors and state legislators from Open States. Districts are matched to Wake Forest by land area, so if the town is split, your street decides which one is yours.

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