title: Trudi Walend
text: # Trudi Walend
  
  Trudi Walend (born June 25, 1943) was a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives who represented the 113th district (and the preceding 68th district) (including constituents in Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties) from her election in 1998 until her retirement in 2009. She was then appointed to the seat again in 2012 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rep. David Guice. When she ran for a new full term, she was defeated by a narrow margin in the May 2012 Republican primary.
  
  A businessperson in Brevard, North Carolina, Walend at one time held the position of House Republican Whip.
  
  ## Committee assignments
  
  ### 2012-2013 session
  
  * Appropriations
  * Appropriations - Justice and Public Safety
  * Judiciary (Vice Chair)
  * Agriculture
  * Government
  * State Personnel
  
  ## Electoral history
  
  ### 2012
  
  North Carolina House of Representatives 113th district Republican Primary election, 2012 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Chris Whitmire | 6,448 | 51.11% |
  | | Republican | Trudi Walend (incumbent) | 6,169 | 48.89% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 12,617 | 100% |
  
  ### 2006
  
  North Carolina House of Representatives 113th district general election, 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Trudi Walend (incumbent) | 19,026 | 100% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 19,026 | 100% |
  | | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
  
  ### 2004
  
  North Carolina House of Representatives 113th district general election, 2004 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Trudi Walend (incumbent) | 24,016 | 100% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,016 | 100% |
  | | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
  
  ### 2002
  
  North Carolina House of Representatives 113th district general election, 2002 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Trudi Walend (incumbent) | 17,472 | 83.96% |
  | | Libertarian | Jean Marlowe | 3,338 | 16.04% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 20,810 | 100% |
  | | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
  
  ### 2000
  
  North Carolina House of Representatives 68th district Republican primary election, 2000 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Trudi Walend (incumbent) | 3,809 | 78.59% |
  | | Republican | Horace Jarrett | 1,038 | 21.42% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,847 | 100% |
  
  North Carolina House of Representatives 68th district general election, 2000 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Trudi Walend (incumbent) | 21,456 | 100% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 21,456 | 100% |
  | | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
  