The North Carolina General Assembly is the bicameral legislature of the state government of North Carolina. The legislature consists of two chambers:the Senate and the House of Representatives. The General Assembly meets in the North Carolina State Legislative Building in Raleigh.
John Irwin Sauls II is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. A pastor from Sanford,North Carolina and former Lee County Commissioner,he has represented the 51st district since 2017. When Sauls returned to the NC House in 2017,he held the position of Republican Freshman Chair. He has been elected to the NC House a total of 5 times,most recently in 2022.
Robert Charles Soles Jr. was a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate,representing the 8th district from 1977 to 2011. His district included Brunswick,Columbus and Pender counties. From 1969 to 1976,Soles served in the North Carolina House of Representatives. Republican Bill Rabon now holds the seat that Soles held for over three decades;it had not been held by a Republican since 1869.
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.
Walter H. Dalton is an American attorney and politician who served as the 33rd Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party,he served six terms in the state senate before his election to the office of lieutenant governor in 2008.
Joe Sam Queen is a North American Democratic Party politician and architect from North Carolina. He has served in both the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives.
The lieutenant governor of North Carolina is the second-highest elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is the only elected official to have powers in both the legislative and executive branches of state government. A member of the North Carolina Council of State,the lieutenant governor serves a four-year term with a two consecutive term limit. The current lieutenant governor is Mark Robinson,a Republican,who has held the office since 2021. The Constitution of North Carolina designates the lieutenant governor the ex officio president of the State Senate and a member of the State Board of Education. They are also required to serve as acting governor of the state in the event of the governor's absence,and assume the governorship in the event it becomes vacant.
Angela R. Bryant is an American Democratic politician who currently serves as a member of the North Carolina Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission. From 2007 through 2018,she served in the North Carolina General Assembly.
Peter Samuel Brunstetter is a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly who represented the state’s 31st Senate district,including constituents in Forsyth County and Yadkin County,North Carolina. He resigned from the legislature,effective Dec. 15,2013,to become executive vice president and chief legal officer for Winston-Salem-based Novant Health. He served with Novant Health until November 2018. He served as the Chief Operating Officer of the University of North Carolina System,headquartered in Chapel Hill,NC,from January 2019 to July 2020.
Jonathan C. Jordan is a North Carolina politician and attorney who served as the legislator for the 93rd district of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. During his first term,Jordan served as the Deputy Majority Whip of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He was elected to office in the 2010 election defeating Cullie Tarleton by fewer than 800 votes. He defeated Tarleton again in 2012 and was reelected in 2014 and 2016,before losing in the 2018 midterm election to Watauga County Democrat Ray Russell,a professor who won with the help of students on the campus of Appalachian State University. Jordan resides in Ashe County,North Carolina and has two children in the public schools. He is an attorney by profession.
Ralph E. Hise,Jr. is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he represents District 47 in the North Carolina Senate. Hise joined the Senate in 2011 after winning election on November 2,2010. He is from Spruce Pine,North Carolina.
Thomas Cowart Goolsby is a former Republican North Carolina State Senator representing New Hanover County.
The 2014 North Carolina Senate elections selected members to serve in the North Carolina Senate for a two-year term commencing in January 2015. Going into the election,the Senate had 33 Republican and 17 Democratic members,which constituted a two-thirds super-majority for the Republican Party. Following the election,the Senate had 34 Republican and 16 Democratic members.
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.
Cannabis in North Carolina is illegal for any use except for very limited medical usage,though decriminalized for possession of 0.5 ounces or less for individuals with three or fewer misdemeanor convictions.
Trudy Wade is an American politician who served in the North Carolina Senate from the 27th district from 2013 to 2019. She represented the state's twenty-seventh Senate district,which consists of Guilford County,North Carolina
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.
Destin C. Hall is an American attorney and politician who has served in the North Carolina House of Representatives,representing the 87th district since 2017.
Brian Austin Farkas is an American politician and State Representative who served District 9 in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
North Carolina's 8th Senate district is one of 50 districts in the North Carolina Senate. It has been represented by Republican Bill Rabon since 2011.
