John Bell | |
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Majority Leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
Assumed office August 30, 2016 | |
Leader | Tim Moore |
Preceded by | Mike Hager |
Member of the North CarolinaHouseofRepresentatives from the 10th district | |
Assumed office January 1,2013 | |
Preceded by | Karen Kozel |
Personal details | |
Born | John Richard Bell IV May 18,1979 Mount Olive,North Carolina,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Kelli |
Children | 1 |
Education | University of North Carolina,Wilmington (BA) |
John Richard Bell IV (born May 18,1979) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he has represented the 10th district (including Wayne,Greene,and Johnston counties) in the North Carolina House of Representatives since 2013. [1] [2]
John Richard Bell,IV is the child of John R. "Ricky" Bell,III,and Cindy Ezzell Bell. He has one sister. His father was a highway maintenance engineer for the North Carolina Department of Transportation. [3] Bell graduated from the University of North Carolina,Wilmington,in 2001. [4]
In 2016,Bell was a business development employee for North Carolina Community Federal Credit Union in Goldsboro,North Carolina. [5] He later joined Sentinel Risk Advisors as a client executive. [4]
In January 2016,Bell endorsed Senator Marco Rubio in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries. [6]
Bell was elected by the state House Republican Caucus to the position of state House majority whip in 2014, [7] and to the position of majority leader in 2016. [5] Bell was also chairman of the House Regulatory Reform Committee and the House Select Committee on Wildlife Resources. [5]
In the state House,Bell has been a supporter of restricting wind energy development,taking the position that wind farms are a threat to military bases in North Carolina because they could obstruct low-level military training flights. [8] Bell sponsored legislation in 2013 to increase wind-energy regulation, [8] and in 2019 helped negotiate a bill to require the state to consult military commanders as part of the state permitting process for wind farms. [9]
Bell and other General Assembly Republicans have opposed Democratic Governor Roy Cooper on the issue of expanding Medicaid. Cooper and other Democrats support the expansion of Medicaid,and Republicans oppose it. [10]
Bell introduced legislation in 2019 to allow the sale of beer and wine at North Carolina public universities during athletic games. [11] The bill passed later that year,and seven University of North Carolina System institutions took advantage of the law by opting to allow alcohol sales on game days. [12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Bell (incumbent) | 27,802 | 69.77% | |
Democratic | Carl Martin | 12,047 | 30.23% | |
Total votes | 39,849 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | John Bell (incumbent) | 18,838 | 69.34% | ||
Democratic | Tracy Blackmon | 8,329 | 30.66% | ||
Total votes | 27,167 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | John Bell (incumbent) | 26,440 | 71.55% | ||
Democratic | Evelyn Paul | 10,514 | 28.45% | ||
Total votes | 36,954 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | John Bell (incumbent) | 19,577 | 100% | ||
Total votes | 19,577 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Bell | 3,910 | 50.25% | |
Republican | Stephen LaRoque (incumbent) | 3,871 | 49.75% | |
Total votes | 7,781 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | John Bell | 24,475 | 66.61% | ||
Democratic | Jim Babe Hardison | 12,270 | 33.39% | ||
Total votes | 36,745 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
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