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Brian Echevarria
Image of Brian Echevarria
North Carolina House of Representatives District 82
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

0

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$13,951/year

Per diem

$104/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Personal
Birthplace
Miami, Fla.
Religion
Christian
Profession
Financial Advisor
Contact

Brian Echevarria (Republican Party) is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 82. He assumed office on January 1, 2025. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Echevarria (Republican Party) ran for election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 82. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Brian Echevarria was born in Miami, Florida. His career experience includes working as a financial advisor, local business owner, and building contractor.[1]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 82

Brian Echevarria defeated Sabrina Berry in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 82 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Brian Echevarria
Brian Echevarria (R)
 
54.3
 
26,965
Image of Sabrina Berry
Sabrina Berry (D)
 
45.7
 
22,649

Total votes: 49,614
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Sabrina Berry advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 82.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 82

Brian Echevarria defeated incumbent Kevin Crutchfield in the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 82 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Brian Echevarria
Brian Echevarria
 
50.9
 
4,626
Image of Kevin Crutchfield
Kevin Crutchfield Candidate Connection
 
49.1
 
4,459

Total votes: 9,085
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Echevarria in this election.

Pledges

Echevarria signed the following pledges.

  • U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 73

Diamond Staton-Williams defeated Brian Echevarria in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 73 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Diamond Staton-Williams
Diamond Staton-Williams (D)
 
51.1
 
14,108
Image of Brian Echevarria
Brian Echevarria (R) Candidate Connection
 
48.9
 
13,479

Total votes: 27,587
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Diamond Staton-Williams advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 73.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 73

Brian Echevarria defeated Catherine Whiteford and Parish Moffitt in the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 73 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Brian Echevarria
Brian Echevarria Candidate Connection
 
57.4
 
3,116
Image of Catherine Whiteford
Catherine Whiteford
 
22.5
 
1,224
Image of Parish Moffitt
Parish Moffitt
 
20.1
 
1,090

Total votes: 5,430
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Campaign finance


Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Candidate Connection

Brian Echevarria completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Echevarria's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am a husband, a father, a son, and a grandson. I moved to Harrisburg and became a part of the community more than 16 years ago; I am a financial advisor, building contractor, small business owner, and friend. Our lives together have brought us to this moment. In 10 years, what do we want life to be like? We pray for our children to have better opportunities than we had. Our public schools can be safe, have private school quality, and our children can be prepared to use the opportunities we hope for. We want them to experience the miracle of free enterprise, the chance to open a thriving small business, and to make decisions about the people they meet based on the content of their character. What happened to that dream? As we look towards our retirements, we envision our aging parents doing well. In 10 years, on a beautiful Carolina night, we hope to walk safely, holding hands with the person we love without fear. North Carolina can be the best state to live, work, prosper, and raise a family if we work together.
I am passionate about everything that affects the family. Whether the issue is finances, education, or safety, I understand that family is our story, which must be accounted for to have a good government.
Respectful, kind, and adversarial. There are different branches of government for accountability.
Our legislature being bicameral is fine the way it is. The concentration of power and decision-making allows for legislation to pass more seamlessly but also permits hasty tyrannical decisions of which the people of North Carolina want none. We need a house and senate to challenge one another and make the legislation that passes more holistic for residents.
Previous experience in government or politics can be positive or negative. It depends on the individual, what they have accomplished in office, what motivates them, and who influences them—no district in our nation hopes for a hand-picked party line representative without personal convictions and backbone. It is inappropriate for someone to treat serving in local offices as a stepping stone. They end up doing nothing and being ineffective for the latter part of their service in office for fear of messing up their next big break. Most Americans believe that career politicians are significantly to blame for many of our ills. When a person walks into a room, everything they are and have experienced is with them; if they are a good representative, it will arise from the cumulative of their life, not the comparatively wee hours as a politician or government employee.
Yes. Building relationships with other legislators allows for trust, understanding of what is essential to one another and their constituents, and goodwill for negotiating.
The one permitted by the North Carolina Constitution.
I am open to whatever God has for me and available to help meet the needs of my community. However, I am not interested in any other office.
Yes. No one has a complete picture by themselves. It takes multiple perspectives in favor of and against to come up with the best solutions. With this approach, the best upsides with the least risk can be obtained, and agreements can be reached. It is also essential that people involved in compromise understand the opposite perspective; we must know what all parties consider to be a win. If that win does not violate faith and conviction, it can be accommodated in many cases. Well-rounded individuals tend to have a true north for their decisions. In good faith, we must be interested enough to know what that is.

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Campaign finance summary


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Brian Echevarria campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* North Carolina House of Representatives District 82Won general$220,956 $159,899
2022North Carolina House of Representatives District 73Lost general$856,349 $760,587
Grand total$1,077,304 $920,486
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 6, 2022

Political offices
Preceded by
Kristin Baker (R)
North Carolina House of Representatives District 82
2025-Present
Succeeded by
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