Jean Rouse Preston served for 20 years in the North Carolina General Assembly,including seven terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives and three in the North Carolina Senate. She retired in 2012 when she was the Joint Republican Caucus Leader and Senator representing the state's second district,including constituents in Carteret county. She also served as co-chair of the Education/Higher Education and the Appropriations Education/Higher Education Committees. She was a retired educator from Emerald Isle,North Carolina. Preston died in 2013 at age 77.
Eleanor Gates 'Ellie' Kinnaird is a North Carolina politician who served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 23rd Senate district from January 1997 until her resignation in 2013. Her district included constituents in Orange and Chatham counties.
The Tennessee Senate is the upper house of the U.S. state of Tennessee's state legislature,which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly.
Robert M. "Bob" Gordon is an American politician serving as a commissioner of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. Prior to being commissioner,Gordon was a Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from January 8,2008 to April 4,2018 representing the 38th Legislative District. He also served in the General Assembly from 2004 to 2008.
The Kentucky General Assembly,also called the Kentucky Legislature,is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It comprises the Kentucky Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Nelida "Nellie" Pou is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2012,representing the 35th Legislative District. She previously represented the 35th district in the General Assembly. When Pou was sworn into the Assembly on January 29,1997,to succeed Bill Pascrell,she became the first woman and the first Hispanic to represent the 35th district.
Samuel D. Thompson is an American politician and scientist who served in the New Jersey Senate from 2012 to 2024,representing the 12th Legislative district. Prior to redistricting in 2011,he served in the General Assembly from 1998 to 2012,representing the 13th district.
Michael H. Wray is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Wray has represented the 27th district since 2005. Wray is also a small business owner in Gaston,North Carolina.
David Grier Martin III is an American politician and attorney serving as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly,representing the state's 34th district. His district includes the northern part of Raleigh in Wake County.
Jerry Petrowski is an American politician and a former ginseng,dairy and beef farmer. He is a former Republican member of the Wisconsin State Senate,representing the 29th Senate District from 2012-2023,and a former State Representative,representing the 86th Assembly District from 1999 to 2012.
Patricia Earlene McElraft is a former Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She represented the 13th district from 2007 to 2023. She is currently one of the Deputy Majority Whips. McElraft announced in December 2021 that she would not run for reelection in 2022.
Neal K. Hunt is an American real estate businessman and politician who served as a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing constituents in Wake County in the fifteenth district of the North Carolina Senate. He was first elected to the Senate in 2004. He previously served two terms in an at-large seat on the Raleigh City Council.
David Cheston Rouzer is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Previously he was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly,representing Johnston County and Wayne County in the 12th district of the North Carolina Senate.
Michael E. Hastings is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate from the 19th Legislative District. The district includes all or parts of Lockport,New Lenox,Mokena,Orland Park,Tinley Park,Frankfort,Frankfort Square,Homer Glen,Joliet,Richton Park,Matteson,Olympia Fields,Country Club Hills,Hazel Crest,and Oak Forest.
Katrina Frye Shealy is an American politician,and a member of the South Carolina State Senate. She is a Republican but was elected as a petition candidate from District 23 in Lexington County. At the time of her election in 2012,she was the only woman in the South Carolina Senate but as of May 2023,she is now one of six women currently serving in the South Carolina State Senate.
Graig R. Meyer is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate. He has represented the 23rd district since 2023. He previously served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives,where he was elected to the 50th district seat 4 times. In 2022,Meyer announced his candidacy for District 23 of the North Carolina Senate,that district includes all of Caswell,Orange and Person counties,and was elected to that seat in November 2022.
Theodore Garmon "Wes" Westmoreland,II is a printer,entrepreneur,businessman and former state senator. Westmoreland was appointed to the North Carolina Senate by Governor Beverly Perdue to fill the unexpired term of North Carolina Senator Debbie Clary in 2012. He is the second great grandson of John Franklin Westmoreland,also a printer,who also served in the North Carolina Senate 26th District from 1895 through 1896. Westmoreland is the founder and president of Westmoreland Printers,Inc. based in Shelby,North Carolina. He is a founding board member of Pinnacle Classical Academy,a college preparatory charter school in Cleveland County.
Kirk Joseph deViere is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina State Senate,having representing the 19th district from 2019 to 2023. He was first elected in the 2018 elections,defeating incumbent state senator Wesley Meredith and won re-election in the 2020 elections. deViere previously served on the Fayetteville,North Carolina city council from 2015 to 2017.
Victoria Burgess Sawyer is a Republican member of the North Carolina Senate. She represents the Senate's 37th district which includes Iredell and Mecklenburg Counties. Sawyer was previously appointed to serve in the Senate for District 34. Prior to that,she served in Senate District 44 from August 2,2018 to January 2019.
Benjamin Luther Watson is an American politician who has served in the Georgia State Senate from the 1st District since he was elected in 2014. He previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2010 to 2014. Watson is an active member of the Republican Party,and he has served on various legislative committees. Since 2019,he has chaired the State Senate's Health and Human Services committee.
