Robert Rucho | |
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Member of the North Carolina Senate | |
In office June 9, 2008 –January 1, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Robert Pittenger |
Succeeded by | Dan Bishop |
Constituency | 39th district |
In office January 1,1997 –January 1,2005 | |
Preceded by | Jerry Blackmon |
Succeeded by | Robert Pittenger |
Constituency | 35th district (1997–2003) 39th district (2003–2005) |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Anthony Rucho December 8,1948 Worcester,Massachusetts,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Residence(s) | Raleigh,North Carolina,U.S. |
Alma mater | Northeastern University University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
Occupation | Dentist |
Robert Anthony Rucho (born December 8,1948),a dentist from Matthews,North Carolina,is a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's thirty-ninth Senate district,including parts of Mecklenburg County. [1]
Rucho served as co-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee until his abrupt resignation in June 2013 in a dispute with Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger over tax reform policy. [2] Berger never accepted the resignation and the next month,Rucho resumed his chairmanship. [3]
Rucho gained much criticism,including from within his own party,after he tweeted "Justice Robert's pen &Obamacare has done more damage to the USA then [sic] the swords of the Nazis,Soviets &terrorists combined" on December 15,2013. [4] [5]
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