North Carolina State University is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh,North Carolina,United States. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system,it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The university forms one of the corners of the Research Triangle together with Duke University in Durham and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very high research activity".
James Baxter Hunt Jr. is an American politician and retired attorney who was the 69th and 71st governor of North Carolina. He is the longest-serving governor in the state's history.
Deborah Ross is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district since 2021. Her district is based in Raleigh. A member of the Democratic Party,Ross served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2003 to 2013,representing the state's 38th and then 34th House district,including much of northern Raleigh and surrounding suburbs in Wake County.
Alma Shealey Adams is an American politician who represents North Carolina's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. A Democrat,Adams represented the state's 58th House district in Guilford County in the North Carolina General Assembly from her appointment in April 1994 until her election to Congress,succeeded by Ralph C. Johnson.
In U.S. politics,an independent Democrat is an individual who loosely identifies with the ideals of the Democratic Party but chooses not to be a formal member of the party or is denied the Democratic nomination in a caucus or primary election. Independent Democrat is not a political party. Several elected officials,including members of Congress,have identified as independent Democrats.
Hugh Allen Blackwell is an American politician in Burke County,North Carolina. Blackwell is a member in the North Carolina House of Representatives,District 86,which covers half of Burke County. A Harvard Law School graduate,Hugh Blackwell is a partner in a law practice based in Valdese. Blackwell is a board of trustees member for Western Piedmont Community College in Morganton. He also served as a member on the Burke County School Board before pursuing a political career in state government.
Jonathan C. Jordan is a North Carolina politician and attorney who served as the legislator for the 93rd district of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. During his first term,Jordan served as the Deputy Majority Whip of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He was elected to office in the 2010 election defeating Cullie Tarleton by fewer than 800 votes. He defeated Tarleton again in 2012 and was reelected in 2014 and 2016,before losing in the 2018 midterm election to Watauga County Democrat Ray Russell,a professor who won with the help of students on the campus of Appalachian State University. Jordan resides in Ashe County,North Carolina and has two children in the public schools. He is an attorney by profession.
Ronald Joseph Rabin is a Republican state senator in the state of North Carolina,representing the 12th district,encompassing Harnett,Johnston,Lee Counties. Rabin was born in Rochester,New York in 1932. He attended high school there and then went on to attend the University of Southern Mississippi where he was in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. He also attended the University of Alabama,where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. He was later commissioned into the Army as a second lieutenant of infantry. He is a business consultant in the aerospace and defense industries,having served previously in the United States Army as a Colonel for 24 years. He was elected to the North Carolina Senate on November 5,2012,having defeated Democrat Brad Salmon.
Bert Jones was a politician in the North Carolina General Assembly.
William Cook is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he served as member of the North Carolina General Assembly from 2011 to 2019.
Jeffrey Lynn Collins is a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly. He represented the 25th district from 2011 until 2019.
Larry Graham Pittman is a former Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He represented the 83rd district from 2011 to 2023.
Michele D. Presnell is a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly from Yancey County. She represented the 118th district in the North Carolina House from 2013 until 2021.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina were held on November 6,2018,electing the thirteen U.S. representatives from the State of North Carolina,one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,as well as elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
James Michael Clampitt is an American politician. He was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2016 and 2020. Before his election in 2016,he ran unsuccessfully for office for Swain County Board of Commissioners in both 2006 and 2010,and the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2012 and 2014. A Republican,he serves the 119th district,covering portions of Haywood,Jackson,and Swain counties. He was a captain in the Charlotte Fire Department from 1977 to 2004. He is a resident of Bryson City.
George Wilmarth "Wiley" Nickel III is an American attorney and Democratic politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district since 2023.
Rachel H. Hunt is an American politician. She is a member of the North Carolina State Senate and the lieutenant governor-elect of North Carolina. A Democrat,Hunt was elected in November 2022 to represent the 42nd district based in Mecklenburg County. Before that,Hunt served two terms in the North Carolina House,twice beating Republican Bill Brawley. When she is sworn in on January 1,2025,Hunt will become the first Democrat elected to the lieutenant governor’s office since Walter Dalton in 2012,The first child of a previous lieutenant governor to hold the same position since Jim Hunt in 1973 and the second female lieutenant governor of North Carolina,after Bev Perdue.
Anita Earls is an American civil rights attorney who has served as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court since 2019. She previously served as the executive director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice,as well as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice during the Clinton administration. On November 6,2018,Earls defeated Republican incumbent Justice Barbara Jackson in a three-candidate election to win a seat on the state's highest court.
Kathy Ellen Manning is an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina,presently representing the state's 6th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party,her district is in the heart of the Piedmont Triad and includes Greensboro and most of Winston-Salem. She was the nominee for North Carolina's 13th congressional district in the 2018 election,and ran for and won the neighboring 6th in the 2020 election after court-ordered redistricting.
The North Carolina Council of State elections of 2024 were held on November 5,2024,to select the ten officers of the North Carolina Council of State. These elections coincided with the presidential election,elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the North Carolina General Assembly and top state courts. Primary elections took place on March 5,2024,for offices for which more than one candidate filed per party.
