Verla Clemens Insko is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Insko has represented the 56th district since 1997. She is a retired health program administrator from Chapel Hill,North Carolina. Insko also previously served as a member of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education from 1977 to 1985 and on the Orange County Board of Commissioners from 1990 to 1994. She has been noted for her progressive policy positions,such as her support for publicly funded universal health care,and stated in a candidate questionnaire,"I believe in an activist government that provides for the common good and protects the vulnerable". On September 15,2021 Insko announced that she wouldn't seek re-election to the NC House in 2022.
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.
James Thomas "Jim" Broyhill was an American businessman and politician from North Carolina. A member of the Republican Party,he served in both chambers of the United States Congress as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1963 to 1986 and briefly served in the United States Senate in 1986. He represented much of the Foothills region of the state in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1986,and served in the U.S. Senate for nearly four months in 1986. He had a career in the furniture industry before entering politics.
Daniel Terry Blue Jr. is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the North Carolina Senate,representing the state's 14th Senate district,and is the Senate minority leader.
Michael H. Wray is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Wray has represented the 27th district since 2005. Wray is also a small business owner in Gaston,North Carolina.
William Dale Brisson is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented the 22nd district,covering Bladen County and a portion of Sampson County,since 2007. Brisson lives in Bladen County,North Carolina.
The North Carolina United States Senate election of 1978 was held on November 7,1978 as part of the nationwide elections to the Senate. The general election was between the Republican incumbent Jesse Helms and the Democratic nominee John Ingram. Helms won re-election,by a slightly wider margin than in 1972. This was the first Senate election where Republicans were re-elected.
Luke E. Torian is an American politician. Since 2010 he has served in the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 24th district in the Prince William County suburbs of Washington,D.C. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Patricia Earlene McElraft is a former Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She represented the 13th district from 2007 to 2023. She is currently one of the Deputy Majority Whips. McElraft announced in December 2021 that she would not run for reelection in 2022.
The North Carolina Council of State elections of 2012 were held November 6,2012 to select the nine officers of the North Carolina Council of State. This election coincided with the U.S. presidential election,U.S. House elections,the gubernatorial election and the statewide judicial elections. Primary elections were held on May 8,2012;for races in which no candidate received 40 percent of the vote in the primary,runoff elections were held on July 17.
James William "Jimmy" Dixon is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. A farmer from Warsaw,North Carolina,Dixon has represented the 4th district since 2011.
The North Carolina Council of State elections of 2016 were held on November 8,2016,to select the ten officers of the North Carolina Council of State. This elections coincided with the presidential election,elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the Senate and state elections to the General Assembly and judiciary. Primary elections were held March 15.
Rosa U. Gill is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She has represented the 33rd district since her initial appointment in 2009.
Kelly Eugene Hastings is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented the 110th district since 2011.
John Alan Torbett is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented the 108th district since 2011.
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.
Allison Anne Dahle is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Dahle has represented the 11th district since 2019.
Sarah Suzanne Stevens is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She has represented the 90th district since 2009 and has served as speaker pro tempore since 2017.
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.
Kanika Shevon Brown is an American politician. She has been a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for 71st district since 2023. She originally ran in 2020 against then incumbent Evelyn Terry but lost in the Democratic primary. However,in 2022,she ran for the same seat once again and won against two other opponents,one being Evelyn Terry's husband Frederick Terry.
