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.
Beverly Miller Earle is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives,having represented the 101st district,including constituents in Mecklenburg County from 1995 to 2019. A retiree from Charlotte,North Carolina,Earle served twelve terms in the state House.
James Monroe Gulley was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 103rd House district,including constituents in Mecklenburg County. From Matthews,North Carolina,Gulley served seven terms in the state House.
Martha Bedell Alexander is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly. She represented the state's one hundred sixth House district that included constituents in Mecklenburg county. A homemaker from Charlotte,North Carolina,Alexander served ten terms in the NC House from 1993 to 2013. After redistricting,she lost re-election to her seat in 2012.
Fern H. Shubert is a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's thirty-fifth Senate district,including constituents in Mecklenburg and Union counties. An accountant from Marshville,North Carolina,Shubert served in the State House from 1994 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2002. She served in the State Senate from 2002 to 2004,where she was the Republican whip.
Robert Miller Pittenger is a businessman and American politician who was the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 9th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. The district included several outer portions of Charlotte as well as many of that city's southern and eastern suburbs. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Chris Cole is a Libertarian Party activist in North Carolina. He has run unsuccessfully for a number of local,state,and federal offices. In 2008,it was thought that his candidacy might act as a spoiler in what was expected to be a close U.S. Senate race.
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 1st congressional district from 2004 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he was first elected in a special election after the resignation of Frank Ballance.
North Carolina's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in south-central North Carolina. The district's current boundaries were redrawn in February 2016 after a U.S. District Court overturned the existing boundaries because of politically directed gerrymandering that suppressed minority representation. The new congressional district consists of Union,Chatham,Anson,Richmond,Scotland,and Robeson counties;a southeast portion of Mecklenburg County;and parts of Cumberland,Moore and Bladen counties.
The North Carolina Democratic Party (NCDP) is the North Carolina affiliate of the Democratic Party. It is headquartered in the historic Goodwin House,located in Raleigh.
North Carolina's 12th congressional district is a congressional district located in the northern and eastern portions of Charlotte as well as surrounding areas in Mecklenburg County and Cabarrus County represented by Democrat Alma Adams. Prior to the 2016 elections,it was a gerrymandered district located in central North Carolina that comprised portions of Charlotte,Winston-Salem,Greensboro,Lexington,Salisbury,Concord,and High Point.
Ruth Culbertson Samuelson was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly,representing the 104th district in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2007 to 2015. From 2000 to 2004,Samuelson served as a member of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners,representing the Fifth District. In 2004,she ran for an At-Large seat on the Board of Commissioners,but lost in a tight general election race.
Patricia Ann Cotham is an American politician,lobbyist and former schoolteacher. She is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 112th district,based in Mecklenburg County.
Jeffrey Neale Jackson is an American politician,attorney,military officer,and North Carolina attorney general-elect serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 14th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented the 37th district in the North Carolina Senate from 2014 to 2022.
William M. Brawley is a Republican former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He represented the 103rd district.
James Daniel Bishop is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 8th congressional district since 2019,when the district was numbered “9”. As a Republican,his district includes south-central Mecklenburg,Union,Anson,Richmond,Scotland,Robeson,Hoke,and southern Moore Counties. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2015 to 2017 and the Mecklenburg County Commission from 2005 to 2009. He served in the North Carolina State Senate from 2017 to 2019.
Rachel H. Hunt is an American politician. She is a member of the North Carolina State Senate and the lieutenant governor-elect of North Carolina. A Democrat,Hunt was elected in November 2022 to represent the 42nd district based in Mecklenburg County. Before that,Hunt served two terms in the North Carolina House,twice beating Republican Bill Brawley. When she is sworn in on January 1,2025,Hunt will become the first Democrat elected to the lieutenant governor’s office since Walter Dalton in 2012,The first child of a previous lieutenant governor to hold the same position since Jim Hunt in 1973 and the second female lieutenant governor of North Carolina,after Bev Perdue.
A special election was held on September 10,2019,to fill the vacancy in North Carolina's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for the remainder of the 116th United States Congress. The seat had been vacant since the opening of the 116th Congress,following the refusal of the North Carolina State Board of Elections to certify the results of the November 2018 election in the district due to allegations of electoral fraud. Because of the allegations,the race received substantial national attention.
An election was held on November 8,2022,to elect all 120 members to North Carolina's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices,including the U.S Senate,U.S. House of Representatives,and state senate. The primary election was originally going to be held on March 8,2022,with a run-off in June 2022;however,the North Carolina Supreme Court delayed the primary until May 17,2022,pending challenges over the State's districts and paused candidate filing. Prior to this pause,several candidates had already filed to run. The elections would be held under new districts passed by the General Assembly in House Bill 976 to account for population changes following the 2020 census. The maps were later overturned by the North Carolina Supreme Court,who ordered the legislature to draw new maps. The North Carolina General Assembly later redrew the maps which were upheld by the Wake County Superior Court and the North Carolina Supreme Court. Candidate filing resumed on February 24,2022,and concluded on March 4,2022.
North Carolina's 102nd House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Becky Carney since 2003.
