- Martin Nesbitt
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Martin L. Nesbitt N.C. Senate Minority Leader Incumbent Assumed office
January 2011Preceded by Philip E. Berger Personal details Nationality United States Political party Democratic Martin Luther Nesbitt, Jr. is the Minority Leader of the North Carolina Senate. He represents the 49th district (Buncombe County). A Democrat and an attorney from Asheville, North Carolina, Nesbitt was elected to eleven terms in the state House before moving to the state senate in 2004.
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Political career
Nesbitt was first appointed to the House in 1979 to fill out the remainder of the term of his mother, Mary Cordell Nesbitt, who held the House seat until her death. Groomed by one of North Carolina's most famous and influential politicians, Liston Ramsey, Nesbitt rose to become an appropriations chairman and top budget writer in the 1990s. Former Speaker of the House Jim Black (who was later incarcerated), found disfavor with Nesbitt after Nesbitt challenged his power in the early 2000s.
In February 2004, Martin Nesbitt was appointed to the North Carolina Senate by Governor Mike Easley to fill the vacant seat left by the resignation of Steve Metcalf. After moving to the Senate, Nesbitt rose to become chairman of the powerful Judiciary I Civil Committee.
Nesbitt was unanimously elected majority leader on November 17, 2009, replacing Tony Rand.[1][2] Prior to his election, he received an endorsement from Senate President Pro Tempore Marc Basnight, a powerful nod in North Carolina politics.[3] After Democrats lost their Senate majority in the 2010 elections, Nesbitt was unanimously elected minority leader for the next legislature.[4]
Committees[5]
- Appropriations/Base Budget
- Commerce
- Finance
- Judiciary I
- Mental Health & Youth Services
- Redistricting
- Rules and Operations of the Senate
- State and Local Government
Education and personal life
Nesbitt earned his bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1970 and his law degree from UNC in 1973.[6] He is married with two grown children.
References
- ^ Asheville Citizen-Times
- ^ News & Observer: Nesbitt: Warrior to majority leader
- ^ News & Observer: Nesbitt gets Basnight nod
- ^ News & Observer: Senate Dems choose Nesbitt
- ^ http://www.ncleg.net/DocumentSites/SenateDocuments/2011-2012%20Session/Senate%20Committee%20Assignments%20by%20Member%202011.pdf
- ^ http://www.freedomspeaks.com/official/52728/north-carolina-(nc)-state-senator-martin-luther-nesbitt-jr-%5Bnc-senate%5D
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