Donnie Loftis (born September 7, 1956) is an American politician who has served in the North Carolina House of Representatives since November 2021.

He resigned the latter position on May 4, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina, and posting on his personal Facebook page that Gov.

[4] After Rep. Bumgardner died in office on October 2, 2021, from liver cancer,[5] the county Republican Party convened to recommend a candidate to replace him.

The governor, Roy Cooper, was then required to appoint this candidate to the North Carolina House of Representatives within seven days.

[8] Bobbie Richardson, chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, said in a statement that "today marks a new low for General Assembly Republicans, because instead of condemning those actions and rejecting the rhetoric that incites violence, they are welcoming a Capitol insurrection participant with open arms".