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North Carolina House Of Representatives
The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate, President pro-tem in the North Carolina Senate. Representatives serve two-year terms. The qualifications to be a member of the House are found in the Constitution of North Carolina, state Constitution: "Each Representative, at the time of his election, shall be a qualified voter of the State, and shall have resided in the district for which he is chosen for one year immediately preceding his election." Elsewhere, the constitution specifies that qualified voters that are 21 are eligible for candidacy except if otherwise disqualified by the constitution, and that no elected officials may Strong atheism, deny the existence of God, although the latter provision is no lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina Democratic Party
The North Carolina Democratic Party (NCDP) is the North Carolina affiliate of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. It is headquartered in the historic Goodwin House, located in Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh. The party controls the governorship and 4 other non-judicial statewide elected offices, as well as 4 of the state's 14 United States House of Representatives, U.S. House seats. Since the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act, North Carolina Democrats have advocated for increasing the state's minimum wage. History The Second Party System emerged from a divide in the Democratic-Republican Party in 1828. They split off into two groups, the Democrats, led by Andrew Jackson, and the Whig Party (United States), Whigs. In North Carolina, people from the west and northeast supported the Whigs mainly for their policies on education and internal improvements. Meanwhile, eastern North Carolina was dominated by wealthy planters who tended to oppose activist gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 North Carolina House Of Representatives Election
The 2024 North Carolina House of Representatives election were held on November 5, 2024, to elect all 120 members to North Carolina's North Carolina House of Representatives, House of Representatives. The election coincided with 2024 North Carolina elections, elections for other offices, including for the 2024 United States presidential election in North Carolina, U.S. President, 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, U.S. House of Representatives, 2024 North Carolina Council of State elections, Council of State, and 2024 North Carolina Senate election, state senate. The Partisan primary, primary election was held on March 5, 2024. Ahead of the election, districts were redrawn and passed the General Assembly in House Bill 898. Democrats gained one seat, effectively breaking the Republicans’ supermajority. Despite winning a majority of the votes cast, the Democratic Party only won 49 of the 120 seats up for election, although this was likely s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina General Assembly
The North Carolina General Assembly is the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Government of North Carolina, state government of North Carolina. The legislature consists of two chambers: the North Carolina Senate, Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives, House of Representatives. Vested with the state's legislative power by the Constitution of North Carolina, the General Assembly meets in the North Carolina State Legislative Building in Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh. The House of Representatives has 120 members, while the Senate has 50 members. All represent districts and are elected to serve two year-terms. There are no term limits for either chamber. Together, the bodies write the state laws of North Carolina—known as the ''General Statutes'' and create the state's biennial budget. Most legislation is subject to the potential Veto power in the United States#In state government, veto of the governor, though such a veto can be overruled with a three-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina Senate
The North Carolina Senate is the Upper house, upper chamber of the North Carolina General Assembly, which along with the North Carolina House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprises the state legislature of North Carolina. The Senate has 50 members, and the term of office for each senator is two years. The Senate's prerogatives and powers are similar to those of the other house, the House of Representatives. Its members do, however, represent districts that are larger than those of their colleagues in the House. The president of the Senate is the lieutenant governor of North Carolina, but the lieutenant governor has very limited powers and only votes to break a tie. Before the office of lieutenant governor was created in 1868, the Senate was presided over by a "speaker." After the 1988 election of James Carson Gardner, the first Republican lieutenant governor since Reconstruction era of the United States, Reconstruction, Democrats in control of the Senate shifted most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amos Quick
Amos Lewis Quick III (born August 14, 1968) is an American politician. He was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, who holds powers si ... in 2016. A Democrat, he has represented the 58th district (including constituents in Guilford County) since 2017. Electoral history 2020 2018 2016 Committee assignments 2021-2022 session *Appropriations *Appropriations - Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources *Environment *Pensions and Retirement *Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House *State Government 2019-2020 session *Appropriations *Appropriations - Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources *Environment *Pensions and Retirement *Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House *State and Local Gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloristine Brown
Gloristine Brown is an American politician and member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for the 8th district, which includes Pitt County. A Democrat, she was first elected in 2022 in the 2022 North Carolina House of Representatives election with 13,116 votes against republican opponent Charles Vincent. She has also been the mayor of Bethel, North Carolina since 2014, and been part of the Bethel Town Board since 1999. Brown is also vice chairwoman of Pitt Community College Pitt Community College (PCC) is a public community college in Winterville, North Carolina in Pitt County. The college is part of the North Carolina Community College System. It has an enrollment of over 7,000 undergraduate students with a total ...’s Board of Trustees. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Gloristine Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives Women state legislators in No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ya Liu
Guangya Liu is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who has represented the 21st district (including portions of western Wake County Wake County, officially the County of Wake, is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,129,410, making it North Carolina's most populous county. From July 2005 to July 2006, Wake Count ...) since 2023. Liu previously served on the Cary Town Council from 2019 to 2023. Electoral history 2022 2019 Committee assignments 2023-2024 session *Appropriations *Appropriations - Health and Human Services *Banking *Families, Children, and Aging Policy *Health References {{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Ya Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Cary, North Carolina North Carolina lawyers 21st-century American women politicians Asian-American state legislators in North Carolina Democratic Party members of the North Carolina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Ball
Cynthia J. Ball is an American politician and member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. A Democrat, she was first elected in 2016 and then re-elected in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024 to represent the 49th district, representing Wake County. Life and career Ball was born in Franklin County, North Carolina. She earned a BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an MBA at Virginia Commonwealth University. She works as a professional mediator. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in the state (after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte) ..., and is married to David Aspnes, a physics professor at North Carolina State University. Committee assignments 2023–2024 session *Appropriations *Appropriations - Health and Human Services *Education - K-12 *Elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Gillespie
Karl Ellis Gillespie is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives who has represented the 120th district (including all of Cherokee, Clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, ). Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impuriti ..., Graham, and Macon counties) since 2021. Gillespie previously served on the Macon County board of commissioners from 2016 to 2020. Electoral history Committee assignments 2021-2022 session *Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs (Vice chair) *Agriculture *Wildlife Resources Committee (Vice chair) *Appropriations *Appropriations - Education References External linksCampaign Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Gillespie, Karl Living people People from Franklin, North Carolina 1962 births County commissioners in North Carolina Republican Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Tyson
John Steven "Steve" Tyson is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and currently serves as the Deputy Majority Leader. He has represented the 3rd district (including parts of Craven County) since 2021. Tyson previously served in the United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of th ... from 1973 to 1976. Electoral history Committee assignments 2021-2022 session *Commerce (Vice Chair) *Education - Community Colleges *Finance (Vice Chair) *Health *Insurance *Transportation References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Tyson, Steve Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Republican Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives 21st-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Moore (North Carolina Politician)
Timothy Keith Moore (born October 2, 1970) is an American attorney and politician who has been the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 14th congressional district since 2025. He previously served as speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2015 to 2025. A Republican, Moore represented the 111th State House District, which includes Cleveland County. Moore was first elected to the state House in 2002. Early life and education Moore was born on October 2, 1970, in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, in the western part of the state. He attended Kings Mountain High School, and as a teenager, Moore worked at the state General Assembly as a page, later interning for a state senator.Jim MorrillTim Moore set to jump from small town to big stage of N.C. House speaker, ''News & Observer'' (January 10, 2015). Moore first attended Campbell College, where he joined the College Republicans. After two years he transferred to University of North Carolina, where he comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
