Jake Hunter Johnson

Jake Hunter Johnson is the incumbent Republican representative for North Carolina's House District 113 and is seeking re-election in the 2026 general election on November 3 ⁴.

Editorial note — same-name confusion. A different Jake Johnson - a Minnesota high-school teacher running for the U.S. House in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District - shares this candidate's name and generates substantial, unrelated search results and news coverage. That person is not the candidate profiled here. Jake Hunter Johnson is a North Carolina real-estate agent and former Polk County commissioner from Saluda, NC ⁸.

Background and education

Johnson was born and raised on a farm in Saluda, Polk County, North Carolina, on May 15, 1994. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science with a minor in economics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2016 ⁸.

Career

Johnson works as a real-estate agent with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices in Hendersonville, North Carolina ⁸.

Office history

He won a seat on the Polk County Board of Commissioners at age 22 (from December 5, 2016) and later served as its chairman, before resigning to join the state legislature ⁸. In August 2019 Johnson was appointed to the North Carolina House to fill the unexpired term of Cody Henson, and was subsequently elected to full terms in 2020, 2022, and 2024 ⁸⁷.

Legislative record and accomplishments

He was appointed House Deputy Majority Whip for the 2025-2026 session and represents District 113, covering Henderson, McDowell, Polk, and Rutherford counties ⁷. During the 2023-2024 session he served as Vice Chair of the Appropriations Committee, Chair of the Appropriations on Information Technology Committee, and Vice Chair of the Commerce Committee, with additional seats on Banking, Education-K-12, and Wildlife Resources ³. He won the March 3, 2026 Republican primary against Michael Hager with 61.0% of the vote (7,341 to 4,685), per North Carolina State Board of Elections precinct-level results ⁹³.

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