Ray Pickett
Ray Pickett (Republican Party) is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 93. He assumed office on January 1, 2021. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Pickett (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 93. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Ray Pickett lives in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Pickett's career experience includes co-managing the Blowing Rock Inn. He served as the president of the Rotary Club of Blowing Rock.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Pickett was assigned to the following committees:
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee, Vice Chair
- Appropriations Committee
- Appropriations on Capital Committee
- Education - Universities Committee, Chair
- Environment Committee
- Local Government Committee
- House Transportation Committee
- UNC BOG Nominations Committee
2021-2022
Pickett was assigned to the following committees:
- Education - Universities Committee, Vice chair
- Families, Children, and Aging Policy Committee
- House Transportation Committee, Vice chair
- Appropriations Committee
- Appropriations on Capital Committee
Sponsored legislation
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 93
Incumbent Ray Pickett defeated Ben Massey in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 93 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ray Pickett (R) | 56.8 | 28,752 |
 | Ben Massey (D) | 43.2 | 21,841 | |
| Total votes: 50,593 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Ben Massey advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 93.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ray Pickett advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 93.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Pickett in this election.
Pledges
Pickett signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 93
Incumbent Ray Pickett defeated Ben Massey in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 93 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ray Pickett (R) | 58.4 | 21,613 |
| Ben Massey (D) | 41.6 | 15,396 | |
| Total votes: 37,009 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Ben Massey advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 93.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ray Pickett advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 93.
Campaign finance
2020
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 93
Ray Pickett defeated incumbent Ray Russell in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 93 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ray Pickett (R) | 53.0 | 24,680 |
 | Ray Russell (D) | 47.0 | 21,875 | |
| Total votes: 46,555 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 93
Incumbent Ray Russell defeated Turner Doolittle in the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 93 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ray Russell | 88.1 | 9,950 |
 | Turner Doolittle | 11.9 | 1,346 | |
| Total votes: 11,296 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Ray Pickett advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 93.
Campaign finance
2019
See also: City elections in Blowing Rock, North Carolina (2019)
General election
General election for Blowing Rock Town Council (2 seats)
David Harwood and incumbent Albert Yount defeated Ray Pickett and incumbent Jim Steele in the general election for Blowing Rock Town Council on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David Harwood (Nonpartisan) | 36.1 | 308 | |
| ✔ | Albert Yount (Nonpartisan) | 25.2 | 215 | |
| Ray Pickett (Nonpartisan) | 19.6 | 167 | |
| Jim Steele (Nonpartisan) | 18.3 | 156 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 853 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ray Pickett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Ray Pickett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Ray Pickett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ray Pickett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
Scorecards
A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.
Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.
Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of North Carolina scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.
2024
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2024, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2024, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from April 24 to December 13.
|
2023
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2023, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2023, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 11 to October 25.
|
2022
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2022, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2022, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from May 18 to July 1.
|
2021
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2021, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2021, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 13 to December 30.
|
See also
2024 Elections
External links
|
Candidate North Carolina House of Representatives District 93 |
Officeholder North Carolina House of Representatives District 93 |
Personal |
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ray Russell (D) |
North Carolina House of Representatives District 93 2021-Present |
Succeeded by - |
