Becky Carney | |
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| Member of the North CarolinaHouseofRepresentatives from the 102nd district | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Ruth Easterling (Redistricting) |
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| Born | December 25,1944 [1] |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Charlotte,North Carolina,U.S. |
Rebecca Ann Carney (born December 25,1944) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives representing the 102nd district since 2003. Her district includes constituents in Mecklenburg county. Carney is a homemaker from Charlotte,North Carolina.
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In 2002,Carney defeated Libertarian Daniel Elmaleh in the general election. [2] She was first elected to the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners in 1996,where she served three terms, [3] and held the position of vice chairman several times.[ citation needed ] Carney had an unsuccessful run for school board in 1995.
During a late night House session on July 2,2012,Carney accidentally cast the decisive vote to override Governor Bev Perdue's veto of Senate Bill 820,which legalized hydraulic fracturing in North Carolina. A longstanding House rule that disallows changing of a vote if the vote changes the outcome of the bill prevented Carney from correcting her electronic vote to reflect her intended position. [4]
