# Jason Saine

Jason Ray Saine is a former Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, having represented the 97th district (based in Lincoln County) from 2011 to 2024. A public relations and social media manager from Lincolnton he was re-elected to the seat in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020. He resigned from the North Carolina House in August 2024.

## Committee assignments
### 2023–2024 session

* Appropriations (Senior Chair)
* Appropriations - Information Technology (Vice Chair)
* Commerce
* Energy and Public Utilities
* Ethics
* Judiciary I
* Redistricting (Vice Chair)
* Rules, Calendar, and Operations

### 2021–2022 session

* Appropriations (Senior Chair)
* Appropriations - Information Technology
* Energy and Public Utilities
* Ethics
* Judiciary I
* Redistricting (Vice Chair)
* Rules, Calendar, and Operations
* Alcoholic Beverage Control

### 2019–2020 session

* Appropriations (Senior Chair)
* Appropriations - Information Technology
* Energy and Public Utilities
* Ethics
* Redistricting
* Rules, Calendar, and Operations
* Alcoholic Beverage Control

### 2017–2018 session

* Appropriations (Vice Chair)
* Appropriations - Information Technology
* Rules, Calendar, and Operations
* Finance (Chair)
* Education (K-12)
* Alcoholic Beverage Control

### 2015–2016 session

* Appropriations (Vice Chair)
* Appropriations - Information Technology (Chair)
* Rules, Calendar, and Operations
* Finance (Senior Chair)
* Elections
* Health
* Judiciary II
* Commerce and Job Development
* Alcoholic Beverage Control

### 2013–2014 session

* Appropriations (Vice Chair)
* Rules, Calendar, and Operations
* Education
* Elections
* Judiciary
* Transportation
* Commerce and Job Development (Vice Chair)
* Alcoholic Beverage Control

## Electoral history
### 2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 97th district general election, 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jason Saine (incumbent) | 28,875 | 100% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 28,875 | 100% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 97th district general election, 2020 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jason Saine (incumbent) | 35,988 | 74.13% |
| | Democratic | Greg McBryde | 12,558 | 25.87% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 48,546 | 100% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 97th district Republican primary election, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jason Saine (incumbent) | 6,927 | 83.07% |
| | Republican | Nic Haag | 1,412 | 16.93% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 8,339 | 100% |
North Carolina House of Representatives 97th district general election, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jason Saine (incumbent) | 22,122 | 70.51% |
| | Democratic | Natalie Robertson | 9,252 | 29.49% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 31,374 | 100% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 97th district general election, 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jason Saine (incumbent) | 31,390 | 100% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 31,390 | 100% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 97th district general election, 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jason Saine (incumbent) | 16,604 | 70.65% |
| | Democratic | Rosemary B. Hubbard | 6,898 | 29.35% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 23,502 | 100% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 97th district Republican primary election, 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jason Saine (incumbent) | 5,982 | 51.57% |
| | Republican | Jim Klein | 4,003 | 34.51% |
| | Republican | Charles E. Newman | 1,615 | 13.92% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,600 | 100% |
North Carolina House of Representatives 97th district general election, 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jason Saine (incumbent) | 26,690 | 100% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 26,690 | 100% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |