North Carolina General Assembly of 2001–02

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145th North Carolina General Assembly 2001–2002
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North Carolina Legislative Building
Overview
Legislative bodyNorth Carolina General Assembly
JurisdictionNorth Carolina, United States
Meeting placeState Legislative Building in Raleigh
Term2001–02
North Carolina Senate
Members49 Senators
President of the SenateBev Perdue (Dem.)
President pro temporeMarc Basnight (Dem.)
Party controlDemocratic Party
North Carolina House of Representatives
Members119 Representatives
Speaker of the HouseJames B. Black (Dem.)
Party controlDemocratic Party

The North Carolina General Assembly of 2001–2002 met during 2001 and 2002 in the State capital of Raleigh, North Carolina. Members of the 2001–2002 House and Senate were elected on November 7, 2000. This session of the General Assembly was the last in which some house and senate districts elected multiple representatives to the state legislature.[1][2][3][4]

House[]

The house leadership was as follows:[2]

House leadership[]

Speaker Pro Tempore Joe Hackney
North Carolina House Officers
Position Name Party
Speaker James B. Black Democratic
Speaker pro tempore Joe Hackney Democratic

House members[]

There were 62 Democrats and 58 Republicans in the House. Members represented 98 Districts and included 28 women, 18 African-Americans, one Native-American, and one Hispanic-American. Members are listed below with their District, party affiliation, home town, and counties they represented:[1][2]

District Representative Party Residence Counties Represented
1 William C. Owens Jr. Democratic Elizabeth City Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans
2 Democratic Washington Beaufort, Craven (part), Hyde, Pitt (part)
3 Alice Graham Underhill Democratic New Bern Craven (part), Pamlico
4 Ronald L. Smith Democratic Atlantic Beach Carteret, Onslow (part)
Jean R. Preston Republican Emerald Isle
5 Howard J. Hunter Jr. Democratic Winton Bertie (part), Gates, Hertford (part), Northampton
6 Gene Rogers Democratic Williamston Bertie (part), Hertford (part), Martin (Part), Pitt (part), Washington
7 John D. Hall Democratic Scotland Neck Edgecombe (part), Halifax (part), Martin (part), Nash (part)
8 Edith D. Warren Democratic Farmville Edgecombe (part), Greene (part), Martin (part), Pitt (part)
9 Marian N. McLawhorn Democratic Grifton Greene (part), Pitt (part)
10 Russell E. Tucker Democratic Pink Hill Duplin, Jones, Onslow (part)
11 Phil Baddour Democratic Goldsboro Lenoir, Wayne
12 Nurham O. Warwick Democratic Clinton Onslow (part), Pender, Sampson (part)
13 Daniel F. McComas Republican Wilmington New Hanover (part)
14 Dewey L. Hill Democratic Whiteville Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover (part), Robeson (part)
E. David Redwine Democratic Ocean Isle Beach
15 J. Sam Ellis Republican Raleigh Wake (part)
16 Douglas Y. Yongue Democratic Laurinburg Cumberland (part), Hoke, Moore, Robeson (part), Scotland
17 Marvin W. Lucas Democratic Spring Lake Cumberland (part)
Mary E. McAllister Democratic Fayetteville
18 Democratic Fayetteville Cumberland (part)
Mia Morris Republican Fayetteville
19 Leslie Cox Democratic Sanford Harnett, Lee, Sampson (part)
Don Davis Republican Erwin
20 Billy J. Creech Republican Clayton Franklin (part), Johnston, Nash (part)
21 Dan Blue Democratic Raleigh Wake (part)
22 Gordon P. Allen Democratic Roxboro Franklin (part), Granville, Halifax (part), Person, Vance, Warren
James W. Crawford Jr. Democratic Oxford
23 Mickey Michaux Democratic Durham Durham
Paul Luebke Democratic Durham
Paul Miller Democratic Durham
24 Joe Hackney Democratic Chapel Hill Chatham, Orange (part)
Verla C. Insko Democratic Chapel Hill
25 E. Nelson Cole Democratic Reidsville Alamance, Caswell, Orange (part), Rockingham
Cary D. Allred Republican Burlington
Republican Liberty
26 Alma S. Adams Democratic Greensboro Guilford (Part)
27 John M. Blust Republican Greensboro Davidson (Part), Guilford (Part)
28 Democratic Jamestown Guilford (Part)
29 Joanne W. Bowie Republican Guilford County Guilford (Part)
30 Arlie F. Culp Republican Ramseur Chatham (Part), Guilford (Part)
31 Richard T. Morgan Republican Eagle Springs Moore (Part)
32 G. Wayne Goodwin Democratic Rockingham Montgomer (Part), Richmond, Scotland (Part)
33 Pryor A. Gibson III Democratic Troy Anson, Montgomery (Part), Stanly (Part)
34 Fern Shubert Republican Marshville Union (Part)
35 Lorene T. Coates Republican Salisbury Rowan (Part)
36 James B. Black Democratic Matthews Mecklenburg (Part)
37 L. Hugh Holliman Democratic Lexington Davidson (Part)
38 Harold J. Brubaker Republican Asheboro Guilford (Part), Randolph (Part)
39 Lyons Gray Republican Winston-Salem Forsyth (Part)
40 Rex L. Baker Republican King Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga
40 Republican Mt. Airy Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga
40 W. Eugene Wilson Republican Boone Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga
41 George M. Holmes Republican Hamptonville Alexander (Part), Wilkes, Yadkin
41 R. Tracy Walker Republican Wilkesboro
42 W. Franklin Mitchell Republican Olin Iredell (Part)
43 Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Catawba Catawba (Part), Iredell (Part)
44 Democratic Gaston (Part), Lincoln (Part)
45 Mark K. Hilton Republican Conover Catawba (Part), Gaston (Part), Lincoln (Part)
45 Joe L. Kiser Republican Vale
46 Republican Green Mountain Avery, Burke (Part), Caldwell (Part), Catawba (Part), Mitchell
46 Republican Spruce Pine
47 Walter G. Church Sr. Democratic Valdese Burke (Part)
48 Debbie A. Clary Republican Cherryville Cleveland, Gaston (Part), Polk (Part), Rutherford
48 Democratic Earl Cleveland, Gaston (Part), Polk (Part), Rutherford
48 Republican Kings Mountain Cleveland, Gaston (Part), Polk (Part), Rutherford
49 Mitch Gillespie Republican Marion Burke (Part), McDowell, Yancey
50 Larry T. Justus Republican Hendersonville Henderson (Part), Polk (Part)
51 Republican Asheville Buncombe (Part)
51 Martin L. Nesbitt Jr Democratic Asheville Buncombe (Part)
51 Wilma M. Sherrill Republican Asheville Buncombe (Part)
52 Margaret Carpenter Republican Waynesville Graham, Haywood, Jackson (Part), Madison, Swain
52 R. Phillip Haire Democratic Sylva Graham, Haywood, Jackson (Part), Madison, Swain
53 Roger West Republican Marble Cherokee, Clay, Jackson (Part), Macon
54 Drew P. Saunders Democratic Huntersville Mecklenburg (Part)
55 W. Edwin McMahan Republican Charlotte Mecklenburg (Part)
56 Martha B. Alexander Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg (Part)
57 Constance K. Wilson Republican Charlotte Mecklenburg (Part)
58 Ruth M. Easterling Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg (Part)
59 W. Pete Cunningham Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg (Part)
60 Beverly M. Earle Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg (Part)
61 Art Pope Republican Raleigh Wake (Part)
62 David M. Miner Republican Cary Wake (Part)
63 Jennifer Weiss Democratic Cary Durham (Part)
64 Democratic Raleigh Wake (Part)
65 Rick Eddins Republican Raleigh Wake (Part)
66 Larry W. Womble Democratic Winston-Salem Forsyth (Part)
67 Democratic Winston-Salem Forsyth (Part)
68 Trudi Walend Republican Brevard Buncombe (Part), Henderson (Part), Transylvania,
69 Jim Gulley Republican Matthews Mecklenburg (Part)
70 Milton F. Fitch Jr. Democratic Wilson Edgecombe (Part), Nash (Part), Wilson (Part)
71 Joe P. Tolson Democratic Pinetops Edgecombe (Part), Nash (Part), Pitt (Part)Wilson (Part)
72 Republican Rocky Mount Nash (Part), Wilson (Part)
73 P. Wayne Sexton Sr. Republican Stoneville Forsyth (Part), Rockingham (Part)
74 Julia Craven Howard Republican Mocksville Davidson (Part), Davie
75 Alex Warner Democratic Hope Mills Cumberland (Part)
76 Republican Gastonia Gaston (Part), Mecklenburg (Part)
77 Republican Goldsboro Greene (Part), Lenoir (Part), Wayne (Part)
78 Stanley H. Fox Democratic Oxford Granville (Part), Vance (Part), Warrant (Part)
79 William L. Wainwright Democratic Havelock Craven (Part), Jones (Part), Lenoir (Part), Pamlico (Part)
80 W. Robert Grady Republican Jacksonville Onslow (Part)
81 Jeff Barnhart Republican Concord Cabarrus (Part), Union (Part)
82 Bobby H. Barbee Sr. Republican Locust Cabarrus (Part), Stanly (Part), Union (Part)
83 W. Eugene McCombs Republican Faith Rowan (Part)
84 Michael P. Decker Republican Walkertown Forsyth (Part), Guilford (Part)
85 Ronnie N. Sutton Democratic Pembroke Hoke (Part) Robeson (Part)
86 William T. Culpepper III Democratic Edenton Chowan, Dare, Perquimans (Part), Tyrrell, Washington (Part)
87 Donald A. Bonner Democratic Rowland Hoke (Part), Robeson (Part), Scotland (Part)
88 Republican Winston-Salem Forsyth (Part)
89 Democratic High Point Guilford (Part)
89 Maggie M. Jeffus Democratic Greensboro Guilford (Part)
90 Linda P. Johnson Republican Kannapolis Cabarrus (Part)
91 Edgar V. Starnes Republican Granite Falls Alexander (Part), Caldwell (Part), Catawba (Part)
92 J. Russell Capps Republican Raleigh Durham (Part), Wake (Part)
93 John M. Rayfield Republican Belmont Gaston (Part), Mecklenburg (Part)
94 Jerry C. Dockham Republican Denton Davidson (Part), Randolph (Parat)
95 N. Leo Daughtry Republican Smithfield Johnston (Part)
96 Edd Nye Democratic Elizabethtown Bladen, Cumberland (Part), New Hanover (Part), Pender (Part), Sampson (Part)
97 Larry M. Bell Democrat Clinton Duplin (Part), Sampson (Part), Wayne (Part)
98 Thomas E. Wright Democratic Wilmington Brunswick (Part), Columbus (Part), New Hanover (Part), Pender (Part)

State Senate[]

Leaders[]

Deputy President Pro Tempore Frank Ballance
President of the Senate Beverly Perdue

The Senate leadership included the following:[5]

North Carolina Senate Officers
Position Name Party
Lieutenant Governor / President of the Senate Lieutenant Governor Beverly Eaves Perdue Democratic
President Pro Tem Marc Basnight Democratic
Deputy President Pro Tempore Frank W. Ballance, Jr. Democratic
Majority Leader Tony Rand Democratic
Majority Whip Luther H. Jordan, Jr. Democratic
Minority Leader Patrick Ballantine Republican
Minority Whip James S. Forrester Republican

Members[]

There were 50 senators, including 35 Democrats, 15 Republicans, 45 men, five women, and seven African Americans. There were 42 Districts and some Districts had two Senators (12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 27, and 28). The Senate members included the following:[6]

District Senator Party Home Town
1 Marc Basnight Democratic Raleigh, North Carolina
2 Frank Ballance Democratic Warrenton, North Carolina
3 Scott Thomas Democratic New Bern, North Carolina
4 Patrick J. Ballantine Republican Wilmington, North Carolina
5 Charles W. Albertson Democratic Beulaville, North Carolina
6 Democratic Bethel, North Carolina
7 Luther Jordan Democratic Wilmington, North Carolina
8 John H. Kerr III Democratic Goldsboro, North Carolina
9 Democratic Greenville, North Carolina
10 A. B. Swindell Democratic Nashville, North Carolina
11 Allen H. Wellons Democratic Smithfield, North Carolina
12 Philip E. Berger Republican Eden, North Carolina
12 Virginia Foxx Republican Banner Elk, North Carolina
13 Wib Gulley Democratic Durham, North Carolina
13 Jeanne Hopkins Lucas Democratic Durham, North Carolina
14 Brad Miller Democratic Raleigh, North Carolina
14 Eric Miller Reeves[1] Democratic Raleigh, North Carolina
15 Oscar N. Harris Democratic Dunn, North Carolina
16 Eleanor Kinnaird Democratic Carrboro, North Carolina
16 Howard N. Lee Democratic Chapel Hill, North Carolina
17 Aaron W. Plyler Democratic Monroe, North Carolina
17 William R. Purcell Democratic Laurinburg, North Carolina
18 R. C. Soles Jr. Democratic Tabor City, North Carolina
19 Robert G. Shaw Republican Greensboro, North Carolina
20 Hamilton C. Horton Jr. Republican Winston-Salem, North Carolina
20 Linda Garrou Democratic Winston-Salem, North Carolina
21 Hugh Webster Republican Burlington, North Carolina
22 Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. Republican Concord, North Carolina
23 Cal Cunningham Democratic Lexington, North Carolina
24 Tony Rand Democratic Fayetteville, North Carolina
25 David W. Hoyle Democratic Dallas, North Carolina
26 Austin M. Allran Republican Hickory, North Carolina
27 John A. Garwood Republican North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
27 Republican Lenoir, North Carolina
28 Steve Metcalf Democratic Weaverville, North Carolina
28 Charles Newell Carter Democratic Asheville, North Carolina
29 Dan Robinson Democratic Cullowhee, North Carolina
30 David F. Weinstein Democratic Lumberton, North Carolina
31 Democratic Greensboro, North Carolina
32 Kay Hagan Democratic Guilford County, North Carolina
33 Charlie Smith Dannelly Democratic Charlotte, North Carolina
34 Democratic Charlotte, North Carolina
35 Robert A. Rucho Republican Matthews, North Carolina
36 John H. Carrington Republican Youngsville, North Carolina
37 Walter Dalton Democratic Rutherfordton, North Carolina
38 Stan Bingham Republican Denton, North Carolina
39 James Forrester Republican Stanley, North Carolina
40 Daniel G. Clodfelter Democratic Charlotte, North Carolina
41 Larry Shaw Democratic Fayetteville, North Carolina
42 Robert C. Carpenter Republican Franklin, North Carolina


References[]

  1. ^ a b c Conservation Council of North Carolina. "2001 Legislative Scorecard" (PDF). Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "2001–02 North Carolina House Documents". NCLEG.GOV. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  3. ^ "2001–02 North Carolina Senate Documents". NCLEG.GOV. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  4. ^ Marshall, Elaine F., ed. (2001). North Carolina Manual, 2001–2002. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  5. ^ "Article II, A Guide to the North Carolina Legislature, 2001-2002" (PDF). NCCPPR.ORG. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  6. ^ "North Carolina General Assembly, Senate, 2001–2002". NCLeg.gov. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
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