Pryor A. Gibson III
# Pryor A. Gibson III

Pryor Allan Gibson III is a government official in North Carolina. He served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives representing the state's sixty-ninth House district, including constituents in Anson, Montgomery and Union counties. A businessman from Wadesboro, North Carolina, Gibson was serving in his eighth term in the state House when, in 2011, he announced he would resign to become Gov. Bev Perdue's senior adviser for governmental affairs.

In 2020, he was appointed as Assistant Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Commerce to lead its Division of Employment Security.

## Electoral history

### 2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 69th district general election, 2010 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Pryor Gibson (incumbent) | 10,302 | 60.20% |
| | Republican | John L. Barker | 6,810 | 39.80% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 17,112 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 69th district general election, 2008 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Pryor Gibson (incumbent) | 18,489 | 65.71% |
| | Republican | John L. Barker | 9,648 | 34.29% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 28,137 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 69th district general election, 2006 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Pryor Gibson (incumbent) | 8,616 | 66.66% |
| | Republican | Jim H. Bention Sr. | 4,309 | 33.34% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 12,925 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 69th district Democratic primary election, 2004 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Pryor Gibson (incumbent) | 4,224 | 65.13% |
| | Democratic | Ken Honeycutt | 2,261 | 34.87% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,485 | 100% |

North Carolina House of Representatives 69th district general election, 2004 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Pryor Gibson (incumbent) | 14,139 | 63.44% |
| | Republican | Hilda L. Morton | 8,147 | 36.56% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 22,286 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 69th district general election, 2002 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Pryor Gibson (incumbent) | 11,749 | 64.75% |
| | Republican | Frank D. Hill | 6,064 | 33.42% |
| | Libertarian | Alan Light | 332 | 1.83% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 18,145 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd district general election, 2000 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | Pryor Gibson (incumbent) | 14,621 | 100% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 14,621 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |
