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Cynthia J. Ball is an American politician and member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. A Democrat, she was first elected in 2016 and then re-elected in 2018 and 2020 to represent the 49th district, representing Wake County.[1]

Life and career

Ball was born in Franklin County, North Carolina.[2] She earned a BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an MBA at Virginia Commonwealth University.[2] She works as a professional mediator.[2] She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina,[2] and is married to David Aspnes, a physics professor at North Carolina State University.[2]

Committee assignments

[3]

2021-2022 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - Education
  • Education - K-12
  • Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
  • Health
  • Local Government - Land Use, Planning and Development

2019-2020 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - Education
  • Education - K-12
  • Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
  • Health
  • Commerce

2017-2018 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - Education
  • Health
  • Insurance
  • State and Local Government II
  • State Personnel

Electoral history

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2020[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cynthia Ball (incumbent) 37,807 65.05%
Republican David Robertson 17,564 30.22%
Libertarian Dee Watson 2,752 4.73%
Total votes 58,123 100%
Democratic hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2018[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cynthia Ball (incumbent) 27,538 66.27%
Republican David Robertson 12,929 31.11%
Libertarian Jonathan Horst 1,086 2.61%
Total votes 41,553 100%
Democratic hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2016[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cynthia Ball 26,975 48.67%
Republican Gary Pendleton (incumbent) 26,155 47.19%
Libertarian David Ulmer 2,299 4.15%
Total votes 55,429 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

References

  1. ^ "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Cynthia Ball, North Carolina House". Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Cynthia Ball". Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  4. ^ [1] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  5. ^ [2] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  6. ^ [3] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

External links

North Carolina House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 49th district
2017-Present 		Incumbent
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Ball