Armor Reece Pyrtle Jr. is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives who has represented the 65th district (including parts of Rockingham County) since 2021. He was appointed in August 2021 to the fill the vacancy left by Jerry Carter, who died in office. A retired police chief from Eden, North Carolina, Pyrtle previously served on the Rockingham County board of commissioners from 2016 to 2021.
Electoral history
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Republican | Reece Pyrtle (incumbent) | 5,813 | 79.86% |
| Republican | Joseph A. Gibson III | 1,466 | 20.14% |
| Total votes | 7,279 | 100% |
|---|
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Republican | Mark Richardson (incumbent) | 6,108 | 30.27% |
| Republican | Kevin Berger (incumbent) | 5,624 | 27.87% |
| Republican | Reece Pyrtle (incumbent) | 5,588 | 27.70% |
| Republican | Jimmy Joyce | 2,856 | 14.16% |
| Total votes | 20,176 | 100% |
|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Republican | Mark Richardson (incumbent) | 28,404 | 25.12% |
| Republican | Reece Pyrtle (incumbent) | 28,217 | 24.95% |
| Republican | Kevin Berger (incumbent) | 26,664 | 23.58% |
| Democratic | Ann Brady | 16,284 | 14.40% |
| Democratic | Jeff Johnson | 13,510 | 11.95% |
| Total votes | 113,079 | 100% |
|---|
| Republican hold |
| Republican hold |
| Republican hold |
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Republican | Kevin Berger | 5,423 | 20.58% |
| Republican | Reece Pyrtle | 4,568 | 17.34% |
| Republican | Mark Richardson (incumbent) | 4,263 | 16.18% |
| Republican | Don Powell | 3,889 | 14.76% |
| Republican | Josh Austin | 3,156 | 11.98% |
| Republican | Mike Manuel | 2,225 | 8.44% |
| Republican | Dennis Joyce | 1,942 | 7.37% |
| Republican | Fred Pedone | 884 | 3.35% |
| Total votes | 26,350 | 100% |
|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Republican | Kevin Berger | 23,176 | 23.45% |
| Republican | Reece Pyrtle | 22,808 | 23.08% |
| Republican | Mark Richardson (incumbent) | 22,534 | 22.80% |
| Democratic | Donna Lawson Turner | 15,524 | 15.71% |
| Democratic | Forrest Bray | 12,531 | 12.68% |
| Independent | Karen Tucker (write-in) | 1,883 | 1.91% |
| Write-in | 383 | 0.39% |
| Total votes | 98,839 | 100% |
|---|
| Republican hold |
| Republican hold |
| Republican gain from Democratic |
Committee assignments
2021-2022 session
- Appropriations
- Appropriations - Justice & Public Safety
- Families, Children, and Aging Policy
- Health
- Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs
- Judiciary 2
- Local Government - Land Use, Planning & Development