Celeste Cairns

Celeste Cairns
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 13th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2023
Preceded byPat McElraft
Personal details
Born
Celeste Coppage
Political partyRepublican
SpouseRob
Children2
ResidenceEmerald Isle, North Carolina
Alma materUniversity of Georgia (BBA)
OccupationAccountant
WebsiteOfficial website

Celeste Coppage Cairns is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives who has represented the 13th district (including all of Carteret County, as well as parts of Craven County) since 2023.[1][2][3] Cairns ran unsuccessfully in the Republican Primary in the 2019 North Carolina's 3rd congressional district special election.

Committee assignments

2023-2024 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - Agriculture and Economic Resources
  • Banking
  • Energy and Public Utilities
  • Marine Resources and Aquaculture
  • Military and Veterans Affairs[4]

Electoral history

2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 13th District Republican primary election, 2022[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Celeste Cairns 6,271 54.88%
Republican Pete Benton 3,984 34.86%
Republican Eden Gordon Hill 1,172 10.26%
Total votes 11,427 100%
North Carolina House of Representatives 13th district general election, 2022[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Celeste Cairns 25,850 71.32%
Democratic Katie Tomberlin 10,394 28.68%
Total votes 36,244 100%
Republican hold

2019

North Carolina's 3rd congressional district special election, 2019[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Greg Murphy 9,530 22.51%
Republican Joan Perry 6,536 15.44%
Republican Phil Shepard 5,101 12.05%
Republican Michael Speciale 4,022 9.50%
Republican Phil Law 3,690 8.72%
Republican Eric Rouse 3,258 7.70%
Republican Jeff Moore 2,280 5.39%
Republican Francis De Luca 1,670 3.95%
Republican Celeste Cairns 1,467 3.47%
Republican Chimer Davis Clark Jr. 1,092 2.58%
Republican Michele Nix 915 2.16%
Republican Graham Boyd 897 2.12%
Republican Paul Beaumont 805 1.90%
Republican Mike Payment 537 1.27%
Republican Don Cox 251 0.59%
Republican Kevin Baiko 171 0.40%
Republican Gary Ceres 108 0.26%
Total votes 42,330 100%

References

  1. ^ "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "Celeste Cairns". Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "Representative Celeste C. Cairns - Biography - North Carolina General Assembly". www.ncleg.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  4. ^ "Committees - North Carolina General Assembly". www.ncleg.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  5. ^ [1] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  6. ^ [2] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  7. ^ [3] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
North Carolina House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 13th district
2023–Present 		Incumbent