North Carolina House of Representatives

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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 House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the state senate. Joe Hackney (D-Orange) is the current Speaker.

In 2005-2006, the Democratic Party held a 63-57 majority over the Republican Party in the House. Based on the results of the November 2006 election, the House has a 68-52 Democratic majority in the 2007-2008 session.

The qualifications to be a member of the House are found in the 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 no elected official shall be under twenty-one years of age, and that no elected officials may deny the existence of God, although the latter provision is not enforced because it violates the no religious test clause of the United States Constitution.

Prior to the Constitution of 1868, the lower house of the North Carolina Legislature was known as the North Carolina House of Commons.

Contents 1 Composition of the House 1.1 2009-2010 Officers 1.2 Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Composition of the House

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature	68	52	120	0
Begin	68	52	120	0
Latest voting share	56.7%	43.3%

[edit] 2009-2010 Officers

Position	Name	Party
Speaker of the House	Joe Hackney	Democratic
Speaker pro tempore	William L. Wainwright	Democratic
Majority Leader	Hugh Holliman	Democratic
Majority Whips	Larry M. Bell	Democratic
	Jean Farmer-Butterfield	Democratic
	Bruce Goforth	Democratic
	Larry Hall	Democratic
	Deborah K. Ross	Democratic
Minority Leader	Paul Stam	Republican
Minority Whip	Thom Tillis	Republican
Deputy Minority Whips	Carolyn H. Justice	Republican
	Fred Steen II	Republican
	Nelson Dollar	Republican

[edit] Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives

District	Representative	Party	Residence
1	Bill Owens	Democratic	Elizabeth City
2	Timothy Spear	Democratic	Creswell
3	Alice Graham Underhill	Democratic	New Bern
4	Russell Tucker	Democratic	Pink Hill
5	Annie Mobley	Democratic	Ahoskie
6	Arthur Williams	Democratic	Washington
7	Angela Bryant	Democratic	Rocky Mount
8	Edith Warren	Democratic	Farmville
9	Marian McLawhorn	Democratic	Grifton
10	R. Van Braxton	Democratic	Kinston
11	Efton Sager	Republican	Goldsboro
12	William L. Wainwright	Democratic	Havelock
13	Pat McElraft	Republican	Emerald Isle
14	George Cleveland	Republican	Jacksonville
15	W. Robert Grady	Republican	Jacksonville
16	Carolyn H. Justice	Republican	Hampstead
17	Bonner Stiller	Republican	Oak Island
18	Sandra Spaulding Hughes	Democratic	Wilmington
19	Daniel McComas	Republican	Wilmington
20	Dewey Hill	Democratic	Whiteville
21	Larry Bell	Democratic	Clinton
22	William Brisson	Democratic	Dublin
23	Joe Tolson	Democratic	Pinetops
24	Jean Farmer-Butterfield	Democratic	Wilson
25	Randy Stewart	Democratic	Rocky Mount
26	N. Leo Daughtry	Republican	Smithfield
27	Michael Wray	Democratic	Gaston
28	James Langdon, Jr.	Republican	Angier
29	Larry D. Hall	Democratic	Durham
30	Paul Luebke	Democratic	Durham
31	Henry Michaux, Jr.	Democratic	Durham
32	James Crawford, Jr.	Democratic	Oxford
33	Dan Blue	Democratic	Raleigh
34	Grier Martin	Democratic	Raleigh
35	Jennifer Weiss	Democratic	Raleigh
36	Nelson Dollar	Republican	Cary
37	Paul Stam	Republican	Apex
38	Deborah K. Ross	Democratic	Raleigh
39	Darren Jackson [1]	Democratic	Raleigh
40	Marilyn Avila	Republican	Raleigh
41	Ty Harrell	Democratic	Raleigh
42	Marvin Lucas	Democratic	Spring Lake
43	Elmer Floyd	Democratic	Fayetteville
44	Margaret Highsmith Dickson	Democratic	Fayetteville
45	Rick Glazier	Democratic	Fayetteville
46	Douglas Yongue	Democratic	Laurinburg
47	Ronnie Sutton	Democratic	Pembroke
48	Garland Pierce	Democratic	Wagram
49	Lucy Allen	Democratic	Louisburg
50	Bill Faison	Democratic	Durham
51	Jimmy Love	Democratic	Sanford
52	James Boles, Jr.	Republican	Southern Pines
53	David Lewis	Republican	Dunn
54	Joe Hackney	Democratic	Chapel Hill
55	W. A. Wilkins	Democratic	Roxboro
56	Verla Insko	Democratic	Chapel Hill
57	Pricey Harrington	Democratic	Greensboro
58	Alma Adams	Democratic	Greensboro
59	Maggie Jeffus	Democratic	Greensboro
60	Earl Jones	Democratic	Greensboro
61	Laura Wiley	Republican	High Point
62	John Blust	Republican	Greensboro
63	Alice Bordsen	Democratic	Mebane
64	Dan Ingle	Republican	Burlington
65	Nelson Cole	Republican	Reidsville
66	Melanie Wade Goodwin	Democratic	Hamlet
67	Justin Burr	Republican	Albemarle
68	Curtis Blackwood	Republican	Matthews
69	Pryor Gibson	Democratic	Wadesboro
70	Pat Hurley	Republican	Asheboro
71	Larry Womble	Democratic	Winston-Salem
72	Earline Parmon	Democratic	Winston-Salem
73	Larry Brown	Democratic	Kernersville
74	Dale Folwell	Democratic	Winston-Salem
75	William "Bill" McGee	Republican	Clemmons
76	Fred Steen II	Republican	Landis
77	Lorene Coats	Democratic	Salisbury
78	Harold J. Brubaker	Republican	Asheboro
79	Julia Howard	Republican	Mocksville
80	Jerry Dockham	Republican	Denton
81	Hugh Holliman	Democratic	Lexington
82	Jeff Barnhart	Republican	Concord
83	Linda Johnson	Republican	Kannapolis
84	Phillip Frye	Republican	Spruce Pine
85	Mitch Gillespie	Republican	Marion
86	Hugh Blackwell	Republican	Valdese
87	Edgar Starnes	Republican	Hickory
88	Ray Warren	Democratic	Hiddenite
89	Mitchell Setzer	Republican	Catawba
90	Sarah Stevens	Republican	Mt. Airy
91	Bryan Holloway	Republican	King
92	Darrell McCormick	Republican	Winston-Salem
93	Cullie Tarleton	Republican	Blowing Rock
94	Shirley Randleman	Republican	Wilkesboro
95	Grey Mills	Republican	Mooresville
96	Mark Hilton	Republican	Conover
97	Johnathan Rhyne, Jr.	Republican	Lincolnton
98	Thom Tillis	Republican	Cornelius
99	Nick Mackey	Democratic	Charlotte
100	Tricia Anne Cotham	Democratic	Charlotte
101	Beverly Earle	Democratic	Charlotte
102	Becky Carney	Democratic	Charlotte
103	Jim Gulley	Republican	Matthews
104	Ruth Samuelson	Republican	Charlotte
105	Ric Killian	Republican	Raleigh
106	Martha Alexander	Democratic	Charlotte
107	Kelly Alexander	Democratic	Charlotte
108	Will Neumann	Republican	IBelmont
109	William Current	Democratic	Gastonia
110	Pearl Burris-Floyd	Republican	Dallas
111	Tim Moore	Republican	Shelby
112	Bob England, M.D.	Democratic	Ellenboro
113	W. David Guice	Republican	Bevard
114	Susan Davis	Democratic	Asheville
115	Bruce Goforth	Democratic	Asheville
116	Jane Whilden	Democratic	Asheville
117	Carolyn Justus	Republican	Raleigh
118	Ray Rapp	Democratic	Mars Hill
119	R. Phillip Haire	Democratic	Sylva
120	Roger West	Republican	Marble

[edit] See also

• North Carolina Senate

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official House site
• Project Vote Smart - State House of North Carolina

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