Michele Presnell

Michele Presnell

Republican Party

Prior offices

North Carolina House of Representatives District 118

Successor: Mark Pless

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Michele Presnell (Republican Party) was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 118. She assumed office in 2013. She left office on December 31, 2020.

Presnell (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 118. She won in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Biography

Presnell's professional experience includes owning her own small business.

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Presnell was assigned to the following committees:

• Agriculture Committee
• Appropriations on Transportation Committee, Chair
• Appropriations Committee, Vice Chair
• Regulatory Reform Committee
• House Transportation Committee, Chair
• Wildlife Resources Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Presnell served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Presnell served on the following committees:

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

2020

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020

Michele Presnell did not file to run for re-election.

2018

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 118

Incumbent Michele Presnell defeated Rhonda Schandevel in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 118 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michele Presnell (R)	57.2	19,369
		Rhonda Schandevel (D)	42.8	14,506

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 118

Rhonda Schandevel advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 118 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Rhonda Schandevel

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 118

Incumbent Michele Presnell advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 118 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Michele Presnell

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2016

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016.^[1] The candidate filing deadline was December 21, 2015.^[2]

Incumbent Michele Presnell defeated Rhonda Cole Schandevel in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 118 general election.^[3][4]

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 118 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Michele Presnell Incumbent	55.35%	21,754
	Democratic	Rhonda Cole Schandevel	44.65%	17,549
Total Votes				39,303
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections

Rhonda Cole Schandevel defeated Reese Steen in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 118 Democratic primary.^[5][6]

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 118 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rhonda Cole Schandevel	57.96%	5,988
	Democratic	Reese Steen	42.04%	4,343
Total Votes				10,331

Incumbent Michele Presnell ran unopposed in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 118 Republican primary.^[7][8]

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 118 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Michele Presnell Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 28, 2014. Incumbent Michele Presnell was unopposed in the Republican primary, while Dean Hicks was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Hicks was defeated by Presnell in the general election.^{[9][10][11][12]}

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 118 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Michele Presnell Incumbent	51.3%	13,858
	Democratic	Dean Hicks	48.7%	13,169
Total Votes				27,027

2012

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2012

Presnell won election in the 2012 election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 118. She defeated Ben Keilman and Jesse Sigmon in the Republican primary on May 8, 2012 and defeated incumbent Ray Rapp (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[13][14][15]

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 118 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Michele D. Presnell	51.3%	18,749
	Democratic	Ray Rapp Incumbent	48.7%	17,788
Total Votes				36,537

North Carolina House of Representatives District 118 Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Michele D. Presnell	56.1%	4,214
Ben Keilman	22%	1,652
Jesse Sigmon	21.9%	1,647
Total Votes		7,513

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2020

In 2020, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from April 28 to September 3. The legislature was in recess from July 8 to September 1 and then reconvened September 2 to September 3.

• Civitas Action

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

• National Federation of Independent Business

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

• NC Values Coalition

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills relating to family issues.

• North Carolina League of Conservation Voters

Legislators are scored on their votes on environment and conservation issues.

• The American Conservative Union

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

See also

• North Carolina House of Representatives
• House Committees
• General Assembly of North Carolina
• North Carolina state legislative districts

External links

Suggest a link

• Official campaign website
• Profile from Open States
• Michele Presnell on Facebook
• Michele Presnell on Twitter
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions via Follow the Money

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