---
type: Person
title: "Howard Penny"
description: "NC House District 53 — NC State House of Representatives District 53"
role: "NC House District 53"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "NC"
district: "NC State House of Representatives District 53"
represents: "us/states/nc/districts/house/53"
tenure:
  start: "2020-09-08"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "5b7feac1-d3fa-49ee-9331-7eb7ac9a3d25"
  office: "129b9e10-6e08-4003-81d0-1bacb6f71eb8"
  tenure: "52700a5d-97d3-4857-871d-da1a7e7ea420"
  jurisdiction: "3f1417b2-fda2-417c-97fe-44849a410b18"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, nc]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Howard Penny

Current NC House District 53 (NC State House of Representatives District 53).

Represents [NC State House of Representatives District 53](/us/states/nc/districts/house/53.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).