Guilford County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census,the population is 541,299,making it the third-most populous county in North Carolina. The county seat,and largest community,is Greensboro. Since 1938,an additional county court has been located in High Point. The county was formed in 1771. Guilford County is included in the Greensboro-High Point,NC Metropolitan Statistical Area,which is also included in the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point,NC Combined Statistical Area.
Elaine Folk Marshall is an American attorney and politician who has served as the North Carolina Secretary of State since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party,she is the first woman to be elected to statewide office in North Carolina. Marshall was also the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the United States Senate seat then held by Republican Richard Burr in the 2010 election. In 2020,Marshall was re-elected to a seventh term as North Carolina Secretary of State with 51.16 percent of the vote.
Alma Shealey Adams is an American politician who represents North Carolina's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. A Democrat,Adams represented the state's 58th House district in Guilford County in the North Carolina General Assembly from her appointment in April 1994 until her election to Congress,succeeded by Ralph C. Johnson. A college administrator and art professor from Greensboro,Adams is known for her many distinctive hats. She won the 2014 special election in North Carolina's 12th congressional district to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mel Watt,becoming the 100th woman serving in the 113th Congress. She won election to a full two-year term at the same time.
Mary Price Harrison is an American attorney and politician from North Carolina. Harrison is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives,having first been elected in 2004. She has represented the 61st District,including constituents in central Guilford County,since 2005.
Marcus Brandon is a politician from Greensboro,North Carolina who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives. A Democrat,he represented the 60th district from January 2011 through the end of 2014. In 2015,Brandon became the executive director of NorthCarolinaCan a nonprofit education policy and advocacy organization.
Joseph Aubrey "John" Faircloth Jr. is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented the 62nd district since 2011. The district covers parts of western Guilford County.
Four justices of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and four judges of the 15-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 4,2014,concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years.
Gladys Ashe Robinson is a health services executive and serves as a Democratic State Senator for the 28th district in the North Carolina General Assembly. She serves as a Deputy Minority Leader and was first elected in 2010.
Amos Lewis Quick III is an American politician. He was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2016. A Democrat,he has represented the 58th district since 2017.
Cecil Antonio Brockman is an American politician from North Carolina. He was first elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2014. A member of the Democratic party,he has represented the 60th district since 2015.
Jonathan "Jon" Yates Hardister is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented the 59th district since 2013. He is currently serving as the Majority Whip for the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Kandie Diane Smith is a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate,representing the 5th district. She was previously a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and interim mayor of Greenville,North Carolina.
Allison Anne Dahle is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Dahle has represented the 11th district since 2019.
Raymond Edward Smith Jr. is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives,who represented the 21st district from 2019 to 2023.
James David Gailliard is an American pastor and politician. He is senior pastor and CEO of Word Tabernacle Church in Rocky Mount,North Carolina,and a Democratic former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Gailliard represented the 25th district from 2019 to 2023. He attended Morehouse College and St. Joseph's University.
Brandon Marcus Lofton is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented the State's 104th district since 2019.
Wesley Ryan Harris is a Co-Chair of the North Carolina Future Caucus under the Millennial Action Project and an economist and Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented the State's 105th district since 2019.
Bride Rose Sweeney is a three-term Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives for Western Cuyahoga County,serving as Ranking Member of the Ohio House Finance Committee and the lead Democratic sponsor of the bipartisan Fair School Funding Plan that became law on July 1,2021. Sweeney is also the only woman on the Ohio Controlling Board,which oversees the release of taxpayer dollars.
Cynthia J. Ball is an American politician and member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. A Democrat,she was first elected in 2016 and then re-elected in 2018 and 2020 to represent the 49th district,representing Wake County.
Kathy Ellen Manning is an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina. She is the U.S. representative from North Carolina's 6th congressional district. The district is in the heart of the Piedmont Triad and includes Greensboro and most of Winston-Salem. She was the nominee for North Carolina's 13th congressional district in the 2018 election,and ran for and won the neighboring 6th in the 2020 election after court-ordered redistricting.
