# Cynthia Ball

Cynthia J. Ball is an American politician and member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. A Democrat, she was first elected in 2016 and then re-elected in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024 to represent the 49th district, representing Wake County.

## Life and career

Ball was born in Franklin County, North Carolina. She earned a BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an MBA at Virginia Commonwealth University. She works as a professional mediator. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is married to David Aspnes, a physics professor at North Carolina State University.

## Committee assignments
### 2023–2024 session

* Appropriations
* Appropriations - Health and Human Services
* Education - K-12
* Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
* Health
* Local Government - Land Use, Planning and Development

### 2021–2022 session

* Appropriations
* Appropriations - Education
* Education - K-12
* Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
* Health
* Local Government - Land Use, Planning and Development

### 2019–2020 session

* Appropriations
* Appropriations - Education
* Education - K-12
* Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
* Health
* Commerce

### 2017–2018 session

* Appropriations
* Appropriations - Education
* Health
* Insurance
* State and Local Government II
* State Personnel

## Electoral history
### 2024

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Cynthia Ball (incumbent) | 32,814 | 100% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 32,814 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Cynthia Ball (incumbent) | 22,519 | 67.77% |
| | Republican | David Robertson | 9,764 | 29.38% |
| | Libertarian | Michael Oakes | 946 | 2.85% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 33,229 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2020 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Cynthia Ball (incumbent) | 37,807 | 65.05% |
| | Republican | David Robertson | 17,564 | 30.22% |
| | Libertarian | Dee Watson | 2,752 | 4.73% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 58,123 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Cynthia Ball (incumbent) | 27,538 | 66.27% |
| | Republican | David Robertson | 12,929 | 31.11% |
| | Libertarian | Jonathan Horst | 1,086 | 2.61% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 41,553 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Cynthia Ball | 26,975 | 48.67% |
| | Republican | Gary Pendleton (incumbent) | 26,155 | 47.19% |
| | Libertarian | David Ulmer | 2,299 | 4.15% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 55,429 | 100% |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |