Thomas Edward Watson was an American politician,attorney,newspaper editor,and writer from Georgia. In the 1890s Watson championed poor farmers as a leader of the Populist Party,articulating an agrarian political viewpoint while attacking business,bankers,railroads,Democratic President Grover Cleveland,and the Democratic Party. He was the nominee for vice president with Democrat William Jennings Bryan in 1896 on the Populist ticket.
Earline W. Parmon was an American politician. Born in Buffalo,New York,Parmon graduated from Winston-Salem State University. She served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's seventy-second House district,including constituents in Forsyth County. An education consultant from Winston-Salem,North Carolina,Parmon has served five terms in the state House from 2002 to 2013. She announced in 2012 that she would run for a seat in the North Carolina Senate. Parmon served in the North Carolina Senate from 2013 until her resignation in 2015. Parmon also served as Forsyth County,North Carolina commissioner. Parmon died on March 15,2016.
Rebecca Ann "Becky" Carney is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives representing the 102nd district since 2003. Her district includes constituents in Mecklenburg county. Carney is a homemaker from Charlotte,North Carolina.
Thomas Walter Bickett was the 54th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1917 to 1921. He was born in Monroe,North Carolina.
HCA Healthcare,Inc. is an American for-profit operator of health care facilities that was founded in 1968. It is based in Nashville,Tennessee,and,as of May 2020,owned and operated 186 hospitals and approximately 2,400 sites of care,including surgery centers,freestanding emergency rooms,urgent care centers and physician clinics in 20 states and the United Kingdom. As of 2024,HCA Healthcare is ranked #61 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.
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Joseph Nelson Dollar is a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the State's 36th House district. The district includes constituents from the towns of Cary,Apex and Swift Creek in Wake county. In 2006 WRAL reported on Rep. Dollar's first reelection campaign.
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.
Floyd Bixler McKissick Jr. is an American attorney who served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate. He was appointed to the Senate by Governor Mike Easley on April 18,2007 to replace the late Jeanne Hopkins Lucas and was later elected and re-elected in his own right. In 2011,he became Deputy Minority Leader in the Senate and chairman of the North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus. He resigned in 2020 after having been appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper to the state Utilities Commission.
Angela R. Bryant is an American Democratic politician who currently serves as a member of the North Carolina Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission. From 2007 through 2018,she served in the North Carolina General Assembly.
Mary Price Harrison is an American attorney and politician from North Carolina. Harrison is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives,having first been elected in 2004. She has represented the 61st District,including constituents in central Guilford County,since 2005.
In the United States,black conservatism is a political and social movement rooted in African-American communities that aligns largely with the American conservative movement,including the Christian right. Black conservatism emphasizes social conservatism,traditionalism,patriotism,capitalism and free markets. What characterizes a 'black conservative' has changed over time,and proponents do not necessarily share the same political philosophy.
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.
Thomas Otis Murry is an American politician,state prosecutor,attorney,and pharmacist who served as a member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 41st House district in western Wake County between 2011 and 2015. He defeated incumbent Chris Heagarty in the 2010 general election and was defeated by Gale Adcock in the 2014 general election.
Ralph E. Hise,Jr. is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he represents District 47 in the North Carolina Senate. Hise joined the Senate in 2011 after winning election on November 2,2010. He is from Spruce Pine,North Carolina.
William Peter Rabon is a Republican member of the North Carolina State Senate,and a veterinarian. He is the Chairman of the Rules and Operations of the Senate committee,the Select Committee on Nominations,and the Finance Committee.
Joseph Aubrey "John" Faircloth Jr. is a former Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He represented the 62nd district from 2011 to 2024. The district covers parts of western Guilford County.
The 2014 United States Senate election in North Carolina took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of North Carolina,concurrently with 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. The primary took place on May 6,2014.
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.
