Richmond County is a county located on the central southern border of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its county seat is Rockingham. The county was formed in 1779 from a portion of Anson County and named in honor of Charles Lennox,3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox. As of the 2020 census,the population was 42,946.
Larry Moseley Bell Sr. is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-first House district,including Sampson and Wayne counties. A retired school superintendent from Clinton,North Carolina,Bell started his first term in the State House in 2001. During a portion of his time in the legislature,he served as the majority whip. He did not run for re-election in 2018.
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.
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 1st congressional district from 2004 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he was first elected in a special election after the resignation of Frank Ballance.
Patrick Lloyd McCrory is an American politician,businessman,and radio host who served as the 74th governor of North Carolina from 2013 to 2017. McCrory is the only Republican elected as governor of North Carolina in the 21st century. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as the 53rd mayor of Charlotte from 1995 to 2009.
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.
Garland Edward Pierce is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives,who has represented the state's 48th district since 2005. Pierce is African-American. During the 2016 legislative session,Pierce was one of 11 Democrats to vote in favor of House Bill 2,the controversial "Bathroom Bill". He was reelected in 2020.
Kenneth Upchurch is an American politician and Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Kentucky's 52nd House district since February 2013. He had previously held the seat from 1999 to 2010. His district includes McCreary and Wayne counties as well as part of Pulaski County.
Jeffrey Neale Jackson is an American politician,attorney,military officer,and North Carolina attorney general-elect serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 14th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented the 37th district in the North Carolina Senate from 2014 to 2022.
Bradley Mark Walker is an American politician and pastor who served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 6th congressional district from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he was elected to head the Republican Study Committee in 2017 and vice chair of the House Republican Conference in 2019.
Elmer Floyd is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He represented the 43rd district from 2009 until 2021. Floyd is African-American.
Charles Vinson Graham Jr. is an American politician who served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 47th district. Graham,a member of the state-recognized Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina,was the only Native American who was serving in the General Assembly until the election of his successor Jarrod Lowery.
James Daniel Bishop is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 8th congressional district since 2019,when the district was numbered “9”. As a Republican,his district includes south-central Mecklenburg,Union,Anson,Richmond,Scotland,Robeson,Hoke,and southern Moore Counties. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2015 to 2017 and the Mecklenburg County Commission from 2005 to 2009. He served in the North Carolina State Senate from 2017 to 2019.
The Public Facilities Privacy &Security Act,commonly known as House Bill 2 or HB2,was a North Carolina statute passed in March 2016 and signed into law by Governor Pat McCrory. The bill amended state law to preempt any anti-discrimination ordinances passed by local communities and,controversially,compelled schools and state and local government facilities containing single-gender bathrooms to only allow people of the corresponding sex as listed on their birth certificate to use them;it also gave the state exclusive rights to determine the minimum wage.
Robert Otho Hanig is an American politician who is a member of the North Carolina Senate,representing District 3. He was appointed by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper to serve the remainder of Senator Bob Steinburg's term representing District 1 following Sen. Steinburg's resignation to seek the Republican nomination in Senate District 2. Hanig was first elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives after defeating incumbent Beverly Boswell in the primary election for House District 6 Hanig is an Army veteran and owns The Pool Guy Aquatic Services.
Lydia E. Lavelle is an American academic and politician. She was the mayor of Carrboro,North Carolina,from 2013 to 2021,and is a professor of law at North Carolina Central University. She was first elected mayor in 2013,after serving on the Board of Aldermen of Carrboro for six years from 2007 to 2013. When she was elected,she became the first openly-lesbian mayor in North Carolina. She served on the board of the North Carolina Metropolitan Mayors Coalition and on the North Carolina Commission on Inclusion,to which she was appointed in 2018. As a law professor,she has researched the effects of anti-discrimination laws on LGBT people.
Scott Brewer is a former North Carolina District Court judge who also served as a North Carolina House of Representatives member. He was appointed to the legislature on May 1,2019,to complete the unexpired term of Ken Goodman,who accepted an appointment from Governor Roy Cooper to serve on the state Industrial Commission. Brewer represented House District 66 from 2019 until 2021. In 2020 Brewer ran for re-election to a full term,but he was defeated by Republican Ben Moss.
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.
Raymond Wallace Goodman was an American law enforcement officer and businessman who served as Sheriff of Richmond County,North Carolina from 1950 until 1994,making him the longest serving sheriff in North Carolina history. Born in the county to a textile worker,he dropped out high school to work in a mill and as a deliveryman before undertaking brief service with the United States Navy. Upon returning to Richmond County,Goodman began working at a store in Rockingham,which he eventually bought out and renamed R. W. Goodman Company. He expanded his holdings over the following years,growing his store and acquiring a textile mill.
Brian Austin Farkas is an American politician and State Representative who served District 9 in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
