Celste Cairns
# Celste Cairns

Celeste Coppage Cairns is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives who has represented the 13th district (including all of Carteret County, as well as parts of Craven County) since 2023.

## Committee assignments

### 2023-2024 session

* Appropriations
* Appropriations - Agriculture and Economic Resources
* Banking
* Energy and Public Utilities
* Marine Resources and Aquaculture
* Military and Veterans Affairs

## Electoral history

### 2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 13th District Republican primary election, 2022 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Celeste Cairns | 6,271 | 54.88% |
| | Republican | Pete Benton | 3,984 | 34.86% |
| | Republican | Eden Gordon Hill | 1,172 | 10.26% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,427 | 100% |

North Carolina House of Representatives 13th district general election, 2022 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Celeste Cairns | 25,850 | 71.32% |
| | Democratic | Katie Tomberlin | 10,394 | 28.68% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 36,244 | 100% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2019

North Carolina's 3rd congressional district special election, 2019 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Republican | Greg Murphy | 9,530 | 22.51% |
| | Republican | Joan Perry | 6,536 | 15.44% |
| | Republican | Phil Shepard | 5,101 | 12.05% |
| | Republican | Michael Speciale | 4,022 | 9.50% |
| | Republican | Phil Law | 3,690 | 8.72% |
| | Republican | Eric Rouse | 3,258 | 7.70% |
| | Republican | Jeff Moore | 2,280 | 5.39% |
| | Republican | Francis De Luca | 1,670 | 3.95% |
| | Republican | Celeste Cairns | 1,467 | 3.47% |
| | Republican | Chimer Davis Clark Jr. | 1,092 | 2.58% |
| | Republican | Michele Nix | 915 | 2.16% |
| | Republican | Graham Boyd | 897 | 2.12% |
| | Republican | Paul Beaumont | 805 | 1.90% |
| | Republican | Mike Payment | 537 | 1.27% |
| | Republican | Don Cox | 251 | 0.59% |
| | Republican | Kevin Baiko | 171 | 0.40% |
| | Republican | Gary Ceres | 108 | 0.26% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 42,330 | 100% |
