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 Legislative Building in Raleigh,North Carolina,United States.
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.
Robert Burren Morgan was an American politician. He was a Democratic United States Senator from the state of North Carolina,a position that he filled for a single term from 1975 until 1981.
Roy Asberry Cooper III is an American attorney and politician serving as the 75th governor of North Carolina since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 49th attorney general of North Carolina from 2001 to 2016. He also served in the North Carolina General Assembly in both the House of Representatives (1987–1991) and Senate (1991–2001).
Alexander Outlaw Anderson was an American attorney who represented Tennessee in the United States Senate,and later served in the California State Senate,and on the California Supreme Court.
Rufus Lige Edmisten is an American attorney who served as North Carolina Secretary of State,Attorney General,and was the Democratic nominee for Governor in 1984. He is currently a lawyer in private practice.
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.
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.
David Grier Martin III is an American politician and attorney serving as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly,representing the state's 34th district. His district includes the northern part of Raleigh in Wake County.
The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) is the affiliate of the Republican Party in North Carolina. Michael Whatley has been the chair since 2019.
Cheri Lynn Beasley is an American attorney and jurist who served as the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 2019 to 2020. Beasley had previously served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and as a district court judge in Cumberland County,North Carolina.
The 2010 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 2,2010. The filing deadline for the primaries was February 26;the primaries were held on May 4,with a Democratic primary runoff held on June 22. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Richard Burr won re-election to a second term. Burr is the first incumbent to win re-election for this seat since Sam Ervin's last re-election in 1968. Burr's 54.8% also represented the highest vote share a North Carolina Republican received since the state began directly electing its Senators.
Joshua Stein is an American lawyer and politician who serves as the 50th and current Attorney General of North Carolina,a position he has held since 2017. A Democrat,Stein previously served as a member of the North Carolina Senate representing District 16,located Wake County.
James Arthur Pope is an American businessman,attorney and former government official. Pope is the owner,chairman and CEO of Variety Wholesalers,a group of 370 retail stores in 16 states. He is also the president and chairman of the John William Pope Foundation.
The 2016 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held November 8,2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of North Carolina,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held March 15.
The 2016 North Carolina election was held on November 8,2016,to elect the Attorney General of North Carolina,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Erica Danette Smith is an American engineer and politician who represented District 3 in the North Carolina Senate from 2015 to 2021. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2020. She finished second in the Democratic primaries on March 3,2020. She is currently a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2022.
The 2020 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 3,2020,to elect the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held on March 3,2020.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina were held on November 3,2020,to elect the 13 U.S. Representatives from the state of North Carolina,one from each of the state's 13 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
