Stephen Michael Metcalf is an American

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and former politician. He was a

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member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's forty-ninth Senate district, including constituents in

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county. A management consultant from Asheville, North Carolina, earned degrees from

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and the

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in political science. He served in the

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as a chaplain's assistant, and was the first county manager of

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. Metcalf served in the administration of Governor

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as deputy secretary of governmental operations and deputy secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation before being elected to the state legislature in 1998. Metcalf was re-elected to the State Senate twice, and served as chair of the Senate Education Committee. During his time in office, Metcalf accepted a job as director of local government relations at

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. Metcalf resigned his Senate seat effective 2 February 2004; he had previously declined to run for a fourth term in the legislature. Representative

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was appointed by Governor

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to fill Metcalf's seat. Metcalf now owns a government relations firm in North Carolina called the Policy Group.

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