Frank Sossamon
Republican · NC
Frank Sossamon is a Republican former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives who represented District 32 (Vance and most of Granville counties) from January 2023 to January 2025, losing his 2024 re-election bid to Democrat Bryan Cohn by 233 votes after a partial hand recount. He was senior pastor of South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church for 36 years, founded the chaplain program at Maria Parham Hospital, and has led local and state Crime Stoppers organizations. He won the March 2026 Republican primary and faces Cohn in a November rematch.
Track record
Healthcare Affordability
· 1 record
Voted for House Bill 76, North Carolina's Medicaid expansion law, on House passage February 15, 2023 (77-41); on the final March 23 concurrence vote that sent expansion to the governor (87-24), he was recorded as not voting.
February 15, 2023For
Source: ncleg.gov · researched July 3, 2026
Social Programs and Welfare
· 1 record
During his 2023-25 House term, brought broadband internet expansion and mental health funding to the Granville-Vance district, work he cited as the basis of his 2026 comeback bid.
June 11, 2026For
Source: wral.com · researched July 3, 2026
Women's Reproductive Rights
· 1 record
Voted to override the governor's veto of Senate Bill 20, enacting North Carolina's 12-week abortion ban, in the party-line 72-48 House vote on May 16, 2023.
May 16, 2023Against
Source: ncleg.gov · researched July 3, 2026
Public Infrastructure
· 2 records
During his 2023-25 House term, brought broadband internet expansion and mental health funding to the Granville-Vance district, work he cited as the basis of his 2026 comeback bid.
June 11, 2026For
Source: wral.com · researched July 3, 2026
Secured a $10 million state appropriation in 2023 for the City of Oxford's Kerr Lake Regional Water System expansion project; the legislature redirected the funds to other districts in 2025, after he had left office.
May 7, 2025For
Source: wunc.org · researched July 3, 2026
General
· 4 records
Served 36 years as senior pastor of South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church, founded the chaplain program at Maria Parham Hospital, and held leadership roles including president of Henderson/Vance County Crime Stoppers and board service with the North Carolina Crime Stoppers Association.
January 21, 2026
Source: hendersondispatch.com · researched July 3, 2026
Received the endorsement of Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina in its first wave of 2026 state legislature endorsements, which cited his freshman-term record and support for educational freedom, regulatory reform, and tax cuts.
December 5, 2025
Source: americansforprosperity.org · researched July 3, 2026
After losing the 2024 House District 32 race by 228 votes, requested a machine recount and a partial hand recount and filed election protests alleging some voters had incomplete registrations; the State Board of Elections dismissed all of the protests in December 2024 and the result stood.
December 11, 2024
Source: wunc.org · researched July 3, 2026
Passed two primary-sponsored bills into law during his 2023-24 term: House Bill 155, revising titling and inspection rules for off-road and low-speed vehicles (Session Law 2024-46, September 9, 2024), and House Bill 30, shortening Granville Board of Education terms (Session Law 2023-2).
September 9, 2024
Source: ncleg.gov · researched July 3, 2026
Elections
- NC House of Representatives District 32 · November 3, 2026 · State House District 32; North Carolina
Profile last researched July 3, 2026.