Cynthia Ball

American politician from North Carolina
Cynthia Ball
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 49th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2017
Preceded byGary Pendleton
Personal details
BornFranklin County, North Carolina
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseDavid Aspnes
ResidenceRaleigh, North Carolina
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro (BA)
Virginia Commonwealth University (MBA)
OccupationMediator
WebsiteOfficial website

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.

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