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State Representative, 108th District

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on North Carolina laws and the state budget in the North Carolina House of Representatives.

Sydnie Hutchinson

Democratic

Paralegal · Stanley

The gist

  • Supports raising the minimum wage and cutting taxes for workers.
  • Supports limiting corporate landlords buying single-family homes.
  • Proposes a universal healthy school lunch program.
  • Opposes partisan gerrymandering by either party.
  • Opposes government restrictions on reproductive healthcare.
More about Sydnie
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  1. Supports raising the minimum wage and cutting taxes for workers.

    The Committee to Elect Sydnie Hutchinson - Focused on the Future

    Campaign website · The Committee to Elect Sydnie Hutchinson · sydniehutchinsonnchouse.com

    “I will work to help lower costs, raise the minimum wage and cut taxes for working families.”
  2. Supports limiting corporate landlords buying single-family homes.

    The Committee to Elect Sydnie Hutchinson - Focused on the Future

    Campaign website · The Committee to Elect Sydnie Hutchinson · sydniehutchinsonnchouse.com

    “We have to stop corporate landlords with large capital from coming in and buying up single family homes and neighborhoods.”
  3. Proposes a universal healthy school lunch program.

    The Committee to Elect Sydnie Hutchinson - Focused on the Future

    Campaign website · The Committee to Elect Sydnie Hutchinson · sydniehutchinsonnchouse.com

    “I will work to establish a universal healthy school lunch system.”
  4. Opposes partisan gerrymandering by either party.

    The Committee to Elect Sydnie Hutchinson - Focused on the Future

    Campaign website · The Committee to Elect Sydnie Hutchinson · sydniehutchinsonnchouse.com

    “I will oppose partisan gerrymandering in any form, regardless of party affiliation.”
  5. Opposes government restrictions on reproductive healthcare.

    The Committee to Elect Sydnie Hutchinson - Focused on the Future

    Campaign website · The Committee to Elect Sydnie Hutchinson · sydniehutchinsonnchouse.com

    “I will prevent government overreach, particularly where it concerns women's reproductive healthcare”
Photo of John A. Torbett
John A. TorbettOfficial portrait — North Carolina General Assembly

John A. Torbett

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative · Stanley

The gist

  • Supports parents choosing where their children attend school.
  • Supports developing all efficient forms of energy production.
  • Supports charging and barring people who enter the country illegally.
  • Sponsored tougher laws on disseminating obscenity to minors, enacted.In office
  • Sponsored parental review processes for library books and curriculum.In office
  • Sponsored penalties for filing fraudulent deeds.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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  1. Supports parents choosing where their children attend school.

    Issues – John Torbett

    Campaign website · John Torbett for NC House · johntorbett.com

    “He believes Parents, not a system, should have the ultimate choice on where their children attend school.”
  2. Supports developing all efficient forms of energy production.

    Issues – John Torbett

    Campaign website · John Torbett for NC House · johntorbett.com

    “we need to explore and safely implement all forms of efficient and effective energy production”
  3. Supports charging and barring people who enter the country illegally.

    Issues – John Torbett

    Campaign website · John Torbett for NC House · johntorbett.com

    “Those entering our country through illegal access should be charged and sentenced and not be allowed to stay or re-enter”
  4. Sponsored tougher laws on disseminating obscenity to minors, enacted.

    Representative John A. Torbett, primary-sponsored bills, 2025-2026 session

    Government record · North Carolina General Assembly · HB 83 · ncleg.gov

    “Revise Laws on Minors/Human Trafficking”
    House Bill 83, "Revise Laws on Minors/Human Trafficking." (2025-2026 session, edition 6)

    Government record · North Carolina General Assembly · ncleg.gov

    “to amend the offense of disseminating obscenity to minors”
  5. Sponsored parental review processes for library books and curriculum.

    Representative John A. Torbett, primary-sponsored bills, 2025-2026 session

    Government record · North Carolina General Assembly · HB 595 · ncleg.gov

    “Parental Rights for Curriculum and Books”
    House Bill 595, "Parental Rights for Curriculum and Books." (2025-2026 session, edition 1)

    Government record · North Carolina General Assembly · ncleg.gov

    “ESTABLISH a process for Selection of library books and health and safety instructional and supplemental materials”
  6. Sponsored penalties for filing fraudulent deeds.

    Representative John A. Torbett, primary-sponsored bills, 2025-2026 session

    Government record · North Carolina General Assembly · HB 235 · ncleg.gov

    “Fraudulent Deeds”
    House Bill 235, "Fraudulent Deeds." (2025-2026 session, edition 1)

    Government record · North Carolina General Assembly · ncleg.gov

    “to penalize the filing of fraudulent deeds and conveyances”

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