North Carolina General Assembly of 2007–2008

Members of the North Carolina General Assembly, 2007–2008 session were elected in November 2006. This legislature first convened in January 2007.

In addition to its regular sessions, the legislature met in special session in March 2008 to consider expelling Rep. Thomas E. Wright.^[1]

State House of Representatives

The North Carolina state House of Representatives, during the 2007–2008 session, consisted of 68 Democrats and 52 Republicans.

Leaders

North Carolina House Officers
Position	Name	Party
Speaker	Joe Hackney	Democratic
Speaker pro tempore	William L. Wainwright	Democratic
Majority Leader	L. Hugh Holliman	Democratic
Majority Whips	Larry M. Bell	Democratic
	Jean Farmer-Butterfield	Democratic
	Deborah K. Ross	Democratic
	Bruce Goforth	Democratic
	Larry Hall	Democratic
Minority Leader	Paul Stam	Republican
Minority Whip	William C. McGee	Republican
Deputy Minority Whip	Carolyn H. Justice	Republican
Freshman Leaders	Larry D. Hall	Democratic
	Ric Killian	Republican

• Clerk (appointed by the house): Denise Weeks

Members

• District 1: William C. Owens, Jr. (Dem) – Camden, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank
• District 2: Timothy L. Spear (Dem) – Chowan, Dare, Gates, Perquimans, Tyrrell
• District 3: Alice Graham Underhill (Dem) – Craven, Pamlico
• District 4: Russell E. Tucker (Dem) – Craven, Martin, Pitt
• District 5: Howard J. Hunter, Jr. (Dem), Died, Replaced by Annie Mobley (Dem) – Bertie, Hertford, Northampton
• District 6: Arthur J. Williams (Dem) – Beaufort, Hyde, Washington
• District 7: Edward Jones (Dem), Appointed to Senate, Replaced by Angela Bryant (Dem) – Halifax, Nash
• District 8: Edith D. Warren (Dem) – Greene, Martin, Pitt
• District 9: Marian N. McLawhorn (Dem) – Pitt
• District 10: Van Braxton (Dem) – Duplin, Lenoir
• District 11: Louis M. Pate, Jr. (Rep) – Wayne
• District 12: William L. Wainwright (Dem) – Craven, Jones, Lenoir
• District 13: Pat McElraft (Rep) – Carteret, Onslow
• District 14: George G. Cleveland (Rep) – Onslow
• District 15: W. Robert Grady (Rep) – Onslow
• District 16: Carolyn H. Justice (Rep) – New Hanover, Pender
• District 17: Bonner L. Stiller (Rep) – Brunswick, New Hanover
• District 18: Thomas E. Wright (Dem), Expelled on March 20, 2008, replaced by Sandra Spaulding Hughes (Dem) – Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover
• District 19: Daniel F. McComas (Rep) – New Hanover
• District 20: Dewey L. Hill (Dem) – Brunswick, Columbus
• District 21: Larry M. Bell (Dem) – Duplin, Sampson, Wayne
• District 22: William Brisson (Dem) – Bladen, Sampson
• District 23: Joe P. Tolson (Dem) – Edgecombe, Wilson
• District 24: Jean Farmer-Butterfield (Dem) – Edgecombe, Wilson
• District 25: William G. Daughtridge, Jr. (Rep) – Nash
• District 26: N. Leo Daughtry (Rep) – Johnston, Wayne
• District 27: Michael H. Wray (Dem) – Granville, Vance, Warren
• District 28: James H. Langdon, Jr. (Rep) – Johnston
• District 29: Larry D. Hall (Dem) – Durham
• District 30: Paul Luebke (Dem) – Durham
• District 31: Henry M. Michaux, Jr. (Dem) – Durham
• District 32: James W. Crawford, Jr. (Dem) – Durham, Granville, Vance
• District 33: Daniel T. Blue, Jr. (Dem) – Wake
• District 34: Grier Martin (Dem) – Wake
• District 35: Jennifer Weiss (Dem) – Wake
• District 36: Nelson Dollar (Rep) – Wake
• District 37: Paul Stam (Rep) – Wake
• District 38: Deborah K. Ross (Dem) – Wake
• District 39: Linda Coleman (Dem) – Wake
• District 40: Marilyn Avila (Rep) – Wake
• District 41: Ty Harrell (Dem) – Wake
• District 42: Marvin W. Lucas (Dem) – Cumberland,
• District 43: Mary E. McAllister (Dem) – Cumberland
• District 44: Margaret H. Dickson (Dem) – Cumberland
• District 45: Rick Glazier (Dem) – Cumberland
• District 46: Douglas Y. Yongue (Dem) – Hoke, Robeson, Scotland
• District 47: Ronnie N. Sutton (Dem) – Hoke, Robeson
• District 48: Garland E. Pierce (Dem) – Hoke, Robeson, Scotland
• District 49: Lucy T. Allen (Dem) – Franklin, Halifax, Nash
• District 50: Bill Faison (Dem) – Caswell', Orange
• District 51: Jimmy L. Love, Sr. (Dem) – Harnett, Lee,
• District 52: Joe Boylan (Rep) – Moore
• District 53: David R. Lewis (Rep) – Harnett
• District 54: Joe Hackney (Dem) – Chatham, Orange, Moore
• District 55: Winkie Wilkins (Dem) – Durham, Person
• District 56: Verla C. Insko (Dem) – Orange
• District 57: Pricey Harrison (Dem) – Guilford
• District 58: Alma S. Adams (Dem) – Guilford
• District 59: Maggie Jeffus (Dem) – Guilford
• District 60: Earl Jones (Dem) – Guilford
• District 61: Laura I. Wiley (Rep) – Guilford
• District 62: John M. Blust (Rep) – Guilford
• District 63: Alice L. Bordsen (Dem) – Alamance
• District 64: Cary D. Allred (Rep) – Alamance
• District 65: E. Nelson Cole (Dem) – Rockingham
• District 66: Melanie Wade Goodwin (Dem) – Montgomery, Richmond
• District 67: David Almond (Rep), Resigned July 12, 2007, ^[2] Replaced by Kenny Furr (Rep) ^[3] – Montgomery, Stanly, Union
• District 68: J. Curtis Blackwood, Jr. (Rep) – Union
• District 69: Pryor A. Gibson, III (Dem) – Anson, Montgomery, Union
• District 70: Pat B. Hurley (Rep) – Randolph
• District 71: Larry W. Womble (Dem) – Forsyth
• District 72: Earline W. Parmon (Dem) – Forsyth
• District 73: Larry R. Brown (Rep) – Forsyth
• District 74: Dale Folwell (Rep) – Forsyth
• District 75: William C. McGee (Rep) – Forsyth
• District 76: Fred F. Steen, II (Rep) – Rowan
• District 77: Lorene T. Coates (Dem) – Rowan
• District 78: Harold J. Brubaker (Rep) – Randolph
• District 79: Julia C. Howard (Rep) – Davidson, Davie, Iredell
• District 80: Jerry C. Dockham (Rep) – Davidson
• District 81: L. Hugh Holliman (Dem) – Davidson
• District 82: Jeff Barnhart (Rep) – Cabarrus
• District 83: Linda P. Johnson (Rep) – Cabarrus
• District 84: Phillip D. Frye (Rep) – Avery, Caldwell, Mitchell
• District 85: Mitch Gillespie (Rep) – Burke, Caldwell, McDowell
• District 86: Walter G. Church, Sr. (Dem) – Burke
• District 87: Edgar V. Starnes (Rep) – Alexander, Caldwell
• District 88: Ray Warren (Dem) – Alexander, Catawba
• District 89: Mitchell S. Setzer (Rep) – Catawba
• District 90: James A. Harrell, III (Dem) – Alleghany, Surry
• District 91: Bryan R. Holloway (Rep) – Stokes, Rockingham
• District 92: George M. Holmes (Rep) – Forsyth, Yadkin
• District 93: Cullie Tarleton (Dem) – Ashe, Watauga
• District 94: R. Tracy Walker (Rep) – Wilkes
• District 95: Karen B. Ray (Rep) – Catawba, Iredell
• District 96: Mark K. Hilton (Rep) – Catawba
• District 97: Joe L. Kiser (Rep) – Lincoln
• District 98: Thom Tillis (Rep) – Mecklenburg
• District 99: Drew P. Saunders (Dem) – Mecklenburg
• District 100: James B. Black (Dem); Resigned, replaced by Tricia Cotham (Dem) – Mecklenburg
• District 101: Beverly M. Earle (Dem) – Mecklenburg
• District 102: Becky Carney (Dem) – Mecklenburg
• District 103: Jim Gulley (Rep) – Mecklenburg
• District 104: Ruth Samuelson (Rep) – Mecklenburg
• District 105: Ric Killian (Rep) – Mecklenburg
• District 106: Martha B. Alexander (Dem) – Mecklenburg
• District 107: W. Pete Cunningham (Dem), resigned December 31, 2007, replaced by Kelly M. Alexander, Jr. (Dem) – Mecklenburg
• District 108: Wil Neumann (Rep) – Gaston
• District 109: William A. Current (Rep) – Gaston
• District 110: Debbie A. Clary (Rep) – Cleveland, Gaston
• District 111: Tim Moore (Rep) – Cleveland
• District 112: Bobby F. England (Dem) – Cleveland, Rutherford
• District 113: Trudi Walend (Rep) – Henderson, Polk, Transylvania
• District 114: Susan C. Fisher (Dem) – Buncombe
• District 115: D. Bruce Goforth (Dem) – Buncombe
• District 116: Charles C. Thomas (Rep) – Buncombe
• District 117: Carolyn K. Justus (Rep) – Henderson, Transylvania
• District 118: Ray Rapp (Dem) – Haywood, Madison, Yancey
• District 119: R. Phillip Haire (Dem) – Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain
• District 120: Roger West (Rep) – Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon

State Senate

The North Carolina state Senate, during the 2007–2008 session, consisted of 31 Democrats and 19 Republicans.

Leaders

North Carolina Senate Officers
Position	Name	Party
Lieutenant Governor / President of the Senate	Beverly Perdue	Democratic
President Pro Tem	Marc Basnight	Democratic
Deputy President Pro Tempore	Charlie Smith Dannelly	Democratic
Majority Leader	Tony Rand	Democratic
Majority Whip	Katie G. Dorsett	Democratic
Minority Leader	Phil Berger	Republican
Deputy Minority Leader	Tom Apodaca	Republican
Minority Whip	Jerry W. Tillman	Republican

• Clerk (appointed by the Senate): Janet Pruitt

• Permanent Democratic Caucus Chair: R. C. Soles, Jr. (8th district)
• Democratic Caucus Secretary: Charles W. Albertson (10th district)
• Chairman, Republican Policy Committee: Jean Preston (2nd district)

Members

• District 1: Marc Basnight (Dem) – Beaufort, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pasquotank, Tyrrell, Washington
• District 2: Jean R. Preston (Rep) – Carteret, Craven, Pamlico
• District 3: Clark Jenkins (Dem) – Edgecombe, Martin, Pitt
• District 4: Robert Lee Holloman (Dem), Died, Replaced by Edward Jones (Dem) – Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, Bertie, Chowan, Perquimans
• District 5: John H. Kerr III (Dem) – Greene, Pitt, Wayne
• District 6: Harry Brown (Rep) – Jones, Onslow
• District 7: Doug Berger (Dem) – Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren
• District 8: R. C. Soles, Jr. (Dem) – Brunswick, Columbus, Pender
• District 9: Julia Boseman (Dem) – New Hanover
• District 10: Charles W. Albertson (Dem) – Duplin, Harnett, Sampson
• District 11: A. B. Swindell (Dem) – Franklin, Nash, Vance
• District 12: Fred Smith (Rep) – Johnston, Wayne
• District 13: David F. Weinstein (Dem) – Hoke, Robeson
• District 14: Vernon Malone (Dem) – Wake
• District 15: Neal Hunt (Rep) – Wake
• District 16: Janet Cowell (Dem) – Wake
• District 17: Richard Stevens (Rep) – Wake
• District 18: Bob Atwater (Dem) – Durham, Chatham, Lee
• District 19: Tony Rand (Dem) – Bladen, Cumberland
• District 20: Jeanne Hopkins Lucas (Dem), Died March 9, 2007, Replaced by Floyd McKissick, Jr. (Dem) – Durham
• District 21: Larry Shaw (Dem) – Cumberland
• District 22: Harris Blake (Rep) – Harnett, Lee, Moore
• District 23: Eleanor Kinnaird (Dem) – Chatham, Orange, Person
• District 24: Anthony Foriest (Dem) – Alamance, Caswell
• District 25: William R. Purcell (Dem) – Anson, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly
• District 26: Phil Berger (Rep) – Guilford, Rockingham
• District 27: Kay Hagan (Dem) – Guilford
• District 28: Katie G. Dorsett (Dem) – Guilford
• District 29: Jerry W. Tillman (Rep) – Montgomery, Randolph
• District 30: Donald East (Rep) – Stokes, Surry, Yadkin
• District 31: Peter Brunstetter (Rep) – Forsyth
• District 32: Linda Garrou (Dem) – Forsyth
• District 33: Stan Bingham (Rep) – Davidson, Guilford
• District 34: Andrew C. Brock (Rep) – Davie, Rowan, Yadkin
• District 35: W. Edward Goodall (Rep) – Mecklenburg, Union
• District 36: Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. (Rep) – Cabarrus, Rowan
• District 37: Daniel G. Clodfelter (Dem) – Mecklenburg
• District 38: Charlie Smith Dannelly (Dem) – Mecklenburg
• District 39: Robert Pittenger (Rep), resigned, replaced by Robert A. Rucho (Rep) – Mecklenburg
• District 40: Malcolm Graham (Dem) – Mecklenburg
• District 41: James Forrester (Rep) – Alexander, Iredell
• District 42: Austin M. Allran (Rep) – Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln
• District 43: David W. Hoyle (Dem) – Gaston
• District 44: Jim Jacumin (Rep) – Burke, Caldwell
• District 45: Steve Goss (Dem) – Alexander, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes
• District 46: Walter H. Dalton (Dem) – Cleveland, Rutherford
• District 47: Joe Sam Queen (Dem) – Avery, Haywood, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey
• District 48: Tom Apodaca (Rep) – Buncombe, Henderson, Polk
• District 49: Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr. (Dem) – Buncombe
• District 50: John J. Snow, Jr. (Dem) – Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania

See also

• North Carolina General Assembly
• North Carolina General Assembly of 2003-2004
• North Carolina General Assembly of 2005-2006

References

1. ^ http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007e2/ProclamationOfExtraSession.pdf
2. ^ Almond resigns | newsobserver.com projects
3. ^ http://www.charlotte.com/politics/story/228124.html

External links

• NC General Assembly website