{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Reece Pyrtle | image = Reece Pyrtle.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2021 | image_size = | state1 = North Carolina | state_house1 = North Carolina | district1 = 65th | term_start1 = August 11, 2021 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = Jerry Carter | successor1 = | office2 = Member of the Rockingham County <br> Board of Commissioners | term_start2 = December 5, 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockinghamcountync.gov/files/documents/BoardofCommissionersAgenda1025050532112916.pdf|title=Rockingham County Board of Commissioners Agenda|accessdate=2021-09-09}}</ref> | term_end2 = August 11, 2021 | predecessor2 = Zane Cardwell <br> H. Keith Duncan | successor2 = Don Powell | birth_name = Armor Reece Pyrtle Jr. | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = Republican | relations = | children = | alma_mater = Appalachian State University (BS) | occupation = | website = {{URL|https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/787|Official website}} }}
'''Armor Reece Pyrtle Jr.''' is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives who has represented the 65th district (including parts of Rockingham County) since 2021. He was appointed in August 2021 to the fill the vacancy left by Jerry Carter, who died in office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://greensboro.com/community/rockingham_now/news/rockingham-county-commissioner-pyrtle-tapped-to-fill-carters-legislative-seat/article_fcb035da-f9dd-11eb-a007-07f08f214e08.html|title=Rockingham County Commissioner Pyrtle tapped to fill Carter's legislative seat|last=Spear|first=Susie|date=2021-08-11|accessdate=2021-08-17|website=Rockingham Now|publisher=Greensboro New & Record}}</ref> A retired police chief from Eden, North Carolina, Pyrtle previously served on the Rockingham County board of commissioners from 2016 to 2021.
==Electoral history== ===2022=== {{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 65th district Republican primary election, 2022<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=05/17/2022&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1676] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Reece Pyrtle (incumbent) | votes = 5,813 | percentage = 79.86% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Joseph A. Gibson III | votes = 1,466 | percentage = 20.14% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 7,279 | percentage = 100% }} {{Election box end}}
===2020=== {{Election box begin no change|title=Rockingham County Board of Commissioners Republican primary election, 2020<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=03/03/2020&county_id=79&office=LOC&contest=5] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Mark Richardson (incumbent) | votes = 6,108 | percentage = 30.27% }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Kevin Berger (incumbent) | votes = 5,624 | percentage = 27.87% }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Reece Pyrtle (incumbent) | votes = 5,588 | percentage = 27.70% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Jimmy Joyce | votes = 2,856 | percentage = 14.16% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 20,176 | percentage = 100% }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=Rockingham County Board of Commissioners general election, 2020<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/03/2020&county_id=79&office=LOC&contest=1] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Mark Richardson (incumbent) | votes = 28,404 | percentage = 25.12% }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Reece Pyrtle (incumbent) | votes = 28,217 | percentage = 24.95% }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Kevin Berger (incumbent) | votes = 26,664 | percentage = 23.58% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Ann Brady | votes = 16,284 | percentage = 14.40% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Jeff Johnson | votes = 13,510 | percentage = 11.95% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 113,079 | percentage = 100% }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
===2016=== {{Election box begin no change|title=Rockingham County Board of Commissioners Republican primary election, 2016<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=03/15/2016&county_id=79&office=LOC&contest=3] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Kevin Berger | votes = 5,423 | percentage = 20.58% }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Reece Pyrtle | votes = 4,568 | percentage = 17.34% }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Mark Richardson (incumbent) | votes = 4,263 | percentage = 16.18% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Don Powell | votes = 3,889 | percentage = 14.76% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Josh Austin | votes = 3,156 | percentage = 11.98% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Mike Manuel | votes = 2,225 | percentage = 8.44% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Dennis Joyce | votes = 1,942 | percentage = 7.37% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Fred Pedone | votes = 884 | percentage = 3.35% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 26,350 | percentage = 100% }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=Rockingham County Board of Commissioners general election, 2016<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/08/2016&county_id=79&office=LOC&contest=2] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Kevin Berger | votes = 23,176 | percentage = 23.45% }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Reece Pyrtle | votes = 22,808 | percentage = 23.08% }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Mark Richardson (incumbent) | votes = 22,534 | percentage = 22.80% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Donna Lawson Turner | votes = 15,524 | percentage = 15.71% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Forrest Bray | votes = 12,531 | percentage = 12.68% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independent (politician) | candidate = ''Karen Tucker (write-in)'' | votes = 1,883 | percentage = 1.91% }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 383 | percentage = 0.39% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 98,839 | percentage = 100% }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box gain with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) | loser = Democratic Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
==Committee assignments== ===2021-2022 session=== <ref>{{cite web|url=https://legistorm.com/person/bio/407209/A_Reece_Pyrtle_Jr_.html|title=North Carolina State Rep. Reece Pyrtle|accessdate=2021-09-09}}</ref> *Appropriations *Appropriations - Justice & Public Safety *Families, Children, and Aging Policy *Health *Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs *Judiciary 2 *Local Government - Land Use, Planning & Development
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