North Carolina General Assembly of 2021–22

155th North Carolina General Assembly 2021–2022
155th North Carolina General Assembly 2021–2022
	North Carolina Legislative Building
Overview
Legislative body	North Carolina General Assembly
Jurisdiction	North Carolina, United States
Meeting place	North Carolina State Legislative Building
Term	2021–2022
Website	www.ncleg.net
North Carolina Senate
Members	50 Senators
President pro tempore of the Senate	Phil Berger
Majority Leader	Kathy Harrington
Minority Leader	Dan Blue
Party control	Republican Party
North Carolina House of Representatives
Members	120 Representatives
Speaker of the House	Tim Moore
Majority Leader	John R. Bell, IV
Minority Leader	Robert T. Reives II

The North Carolina General Assembly 2021–2022 session was the state legislature that first convened in January 2021 and will conclude in December 2022. Members of the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives were elected in November 2020.

House of Representatives[]

The House of Representatives leadership and members are listed below.

House Leadership[]

North Carolina House Officers
Position	Name	Party
Speaker	Tim Moore	Republican
Speaker Pro Tempore	Sarah Stevens	Republican
Majority Leader	John R. Bell, IV	Republican
Deputy Majority Leader	Brenden Jones	Republican
Majority Whip	Jon Hardister	Republican
Minority Leader	Robert Reives	Democratic
Deputy Minority Leader	Gale Adcock	Democratic
Minority Whips	Cynthia Ball	Democratic
	Garland E. Pierce	Democratic
	Deb Butler	Democratic
	Carla Cunningham	Democratic
	Amos Quick	Democratic

House Members[]

Speaker Tim Moore

Minority Leader Robert T. Reives II

The following table shows the district, party, counties represented, and date first elected of members of the House of Representatives.^[3]

District	Representative	Party	Counties Represented	First elected
1	Ed Goodwin	Republican	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington	2018
2	Larry Yarborough	Republican	Granville, Person	2014
3	Steve Tyson	Republican	Craven	2020
4	Jimmy Dixon	Republican	Duplin, Onslow	2010
5	Howard Hunter III	Democratic	Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank	2014
6	Bobby Hanig	Republican	Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico	2018
7	Matthew Winslow	Republican	Franklin, Nash	2020
8	Kandie Smith	Democratic	Pitt	2018
9	Brian Farkas	Democratic	Pitt	2020
10	John Bell	Republican	Greene, Johnston, Wayne	2012
11	Allison Dahle	Democratic	Wake	2018
12	Chris Humphrey	Republican	Lenoir, Pitt	2018
13	Pat McElraft	Republican	Carteret, Jones	2006
14	George Cleveland	Republican	Onslow	2004
15	Phil Shepard	Republican	Onslow	2010
16	Carson Smith	Republican	Columbus, Pender	2018
17	Frank Iler	Republican	Brunswick	2009↑
18	Deb Butler	Democratic	New Hanover	2017↑
19	Charlie Miller	Republican	Brunswick, New Hanover	2020
20	Ted Davis Jr.	Republican	New Hanover	2012↑
21	Raymond Smith Jr.	Democratic	Sampson, Wayne	2018
22	William Brisson	Republican	Bladen, Sampson	2006
23	Shelly Willingham	Democratic	Edgecombe, Martin	2014
24	Linda Cooper-Suggs	Democratic	Wilson	2020↑
25	James Gailliard	Democratic	Nash	2018
26	Donna McDowell White	Republican	Johnston	2016
27	Michael Wray	Democratic	Halifax, Northampton	2004
28	Larry Strickland	Republican	Harnett, Johnston	2016
29	Vernetta Alston	Democratic	Durham	2020↑
30	Marcia Morey	Democratic	Durham	2017↑
31	Zack Forde-Hawkins	Democratic	Durham	2018
32	Terry Garrison	Democratic	Granville, Vance, Warren	2016
33	Rosa Gill	Democratic	Wake	2009↑
34	Grier Martin	Democratic	Wake	2013↑ (2005–2012)
35	Terence Everitt	Democratic	Wake	2018
36	Julie von Haefen	Democratic	Wake	2018
37	Erin Paré	Republican	Wake	2020
38	Abe Jones	Democratic	Wake	2020
39	James Roberson	Democratic	Wake	2021↑
40	Joe John	Democratic	Wake	2016
41	Gale Adcock	Democratic	Wake	2014
42	Marvin Lucas	Democratic	Cumberland	2000
43	Diane Wheatley	Republican	Cumberland	2020
44	Billy Richardson	Democratic	Cumberland	2015↑ (1993–1997)
45	John Szoka	Republican	Cumberland	2012
46	Brenden Jones	Republican	Columbus, Robeson	2016
47	Charles Graham	Democratic	Robeson	2010
48	Garland Pierce	Democratic	Hoke, Scotland	2004
49	Cynthia Ball	Democratic	Wake	2016
50	Graig Meyer	Democratic	Caswell, Orange	2013↑
51	John Sauls	Republican	Harnett, Lee	2016
52	Jamie Boles	Republican	Moore	2008
53	Howard Penny Jr.	Republican	Harnett	2020↑
54	Robert Reives	Democratic	Chatham, Durham	2014↑
55	Mark Brody	Republican	Anson, Union	2012
56	Verla Insko	Democratic	Orange	1996
57	Ashton Clemmons	Democratic	Guilford	2018
58	Amos Quick	Democratic	Guilford	2016
59	Jon Hardister	Republican	Guilford	2012
60	Cecil Brockman	Democratic	Guilford	2014
61	Pricey Harrison	Democratic	Guilford	2004
62	John Faircloth	Republican	Guilford	2010
63	Ricky Hurtado	Democratic	Alamance	2020
64	Dennis Riddell	Republican	Alamance	2012
65	Reece Pyrtle	Republican	Rockingham	2021↑
66	Ben Moss	Republican	Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly	2020
67	Wayne Sasser	Republican	Cabarrus, Stanly	2018
68	David Willis	Republican	Union	2020
69	Dean Arp	Republican	Union	2012
70	Pat Hurley	Republican	Randolph	2006
71	Evelyn Terry	Democratic	Forsyth	2012
72	Amber Baker	Democratic	Forsyth	2020
73	Lee Zachary	Republican	Forsyth, Yadkin	2014
74	Jeff Zenger	Republican	Forsyth	2020
75	Donny Lambeth	Republican	Forsyth	2012
76	Harry Warren	Republican	Rowan	2010
77	Julia Craven Howard	Republican	Davie, Rowan	1988
78	Allen McNeill	Republican	Moore, Randolph	2012↑
79	Keith Kidwell	Republican	Beaufort, Craven	2018
80	Sam Watford	Republican	Davidson	2020 (2015–2019)
81	Larry Potts	Republican	Davidson	2016
82	Larry Pittman	Republican	Cabarrus, Rowan	2011↑
83	Kristin Baker	Republican	Cabarrus	2020↑
84	Jeffrey McNeely	Republican	Iredell	2019↑
85	Dudley Greene	Republican	Avery, McDowell, Mitchell	2020
86	Hugh Blackwell	Republican	Burke	2008
87	Destin Hall	Republican	Caldwell	2016
88	Mary Belk	Democratic	Mecklenburg	2016
89	Mitchell Setzer	Republican	Catawba	1998
90	Sarah Stevens	Republican	Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes	2008
91	Kyle Hall	Republican	Rockingham, Stokes, Surry	2016
92	Terry Brown	Democratic	Mecklenburg	2020
93	Ray Pickett	Republican	Ashe, Watauga	2020
94	Jeffrey Elmore	Republican	Alleghany, Wilkes	2012
95	Grey Mills	Republican	Iredell	2020 (2009–2013)
96	Jay Adams	Republican	Catawba	2014
97	Jason Saine	Republican	Lincoln	2011↑
98	John Bradford	Republican	Mecklenburg	2020 (2015–2019)
99	Nasif Majeed	Democratic	Mecklenburg	2018
100	John Autry	Democratic	Mecklenburg	2016
101	Carolyn Logan	Democratic	Mecklenburg	2018
102	Becky Carney	Democratic	Mecklenburg	2002
103	Rachel Hunt	Democratic	Mecklenburg	2018
104	Brandon Lofton	Democratic	Mecklenburg	2018
105	Wesley Harris	Democratic	Mecklenburg	2018
106	Carla Cunningham	Democratic	Mecklenburg	2012
107	Kelly Alexander	Democratic	Mecklenburg	2008
108	John Torbett	Republican	Gaston	2010
109	Donnie Loftis	Republican	Gaston	2021↑
110	Kelly Hastings	Republican	Cleveland, Gaston	2010
111	Tim Moore	Republican	Cleveland	2002
112	David Rogers	Republican	Burke, Rutherford	2016↑
113	Jake Johnson	Republican	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	2019↑
114	Susan Fisher	Democratic	Buncombe	2004↑
115	John Ager	Democratic	Buncombe	2014
116	Brian Turner	Democratic	Buncombe	2014
117	Tim Moffitt	Republican	Henderson	2020↑ (2011–2015)
118	Mark Pless	Republican	Haywood, Madison, Yancey	2020
119	Mike Clampitt	Republican	Haywood, Jackson, Swain	2020 (2017–2019)
120	Karl Gillespie	Republican	Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon	2020

↑: Member was first appointed to office.

Senate[]

The North Carolina Senate leadership and members are listed below.

Senate leadership[]

President Pro Tempore Phil Berger

Minority Leader Dan Blue

North Carolina Senate Officers
Position	Name	Party
Lieutenant Governor / President of the Senate	Mark Robinson	Republican
President Pro Tempore	Phil Berger	Republican
Deputy President Pro Tempore	Ralph Hise	Republican
Majority Leader	Kathy Harrington	Republican
Majority Whip	Jim Perry	Republican
Joint Majority Caucus Leader	Norman Sanderson	Republican
Minority Leader	Dan Blue	Democratic
Minority Whip	Jay Chaudhuri	Democratic
Minority Caucus Secretary	Ben Clark	Democratic

Members of the Senate[]

The district, party, home residence, counties represented, and date first elected is listed below for the members of the Senate:^[4]

District	Full Name of Senator	Party	Residence	Counties Represented	First elected
1	Bob Steinburg	Republican	Edenton	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington	2018
2	Norman Sanderson	Republican	Minnesott Beach	Carteret, Craven, Pamlico	2012
3	Ernestine Bazemore	Democratic	Aulander^[5]	Beaufort, Bertie, Martin, Northampton, Vance, Warren	2020
4	Toby Fitch	Democratic	Wilson	Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson	2018↑
5	Donald Davis	Democratic	Greenville	Greene, Pitt	2012
6	Michael Lazzara	Republican	Jacksonville	Jones, Onslow	2020
7	Jim Perry	Republican	Kinston	Lenoir, Wayne	2019↑
8	Bill Rabon	Republican	Southport	Bladen, Brunswick, New Hanover (part), Pender	2010
9	Michael Lee	Republican	Wilmington	New Hanover (part)	2020
10	Brent Jackson	Republican	Autryville	Duplin, Johnston (part), Samson	2010
11	Lisa Stone Barnes	Republican	Spring Hope	Johnston (part), Nash	2020
12	Jim Burgin	Republican	Angier	Harnett, Johnston (part), Lee	2018
13	Danny Britt	Republican	Lumberton	Columbus, Robeson	2016
14	Dan Blue	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2009↑
15	Jay Chaudhuri	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2016↑
16	Wiley Nickel	Democratic	Cary	Wake (part)	2018
17	Sydney Batch	Democratic	Apex	Wake (part)	2021↑
18	Sarah Crawford	Democratic	Raleigh	Franklin, Wake (part)	2020
19	Kirk deViere	Democratic	Fayetteville	Cumberland (part)	2018
20	Natalie Murdock	Democratic	Durham	Durham (part)	2020↑
21	Ben Clark	Democratic	Raeford	Cumberland (part), Hoke	2012
22	Mike Woodard	Democratic	Durham	Durham (part), Granville, Person	2012
23	Valerie Foushee	Democratic	Hillsborough	Chatham, Orange	2013↑
24	Amy Galey	Republican	Burlington	Alamance, Guilford (part)	2020
25	Tom McInnis	Republican	Ellerbe	Anson, Moore, Richmond, Scotland	2014
26	Dave Craven	Republican	Asheboro	Guilford (part), Randolph	2020↑
27	Michael Garrett	Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford (part)	2018
28	Gladys Robinson	Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford (part)	2010
29	Steve Jarvis	Republican	Lexington	Davidson, Montgomery	2020
30	Phil Berger	Republican	Eden	Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry (part)	2000
31	Joyce Krawiec	Republican	Kernersville	Davie, Forsyth (part)	2014↑
32	Paul Lowe Jr.	Democratic	Winston-Salem	Forsyth (part)	2015↑
33	Carl Ford	Republican	China Grove	Rowan, Stanly	2018
34	Vickie Sawyer	Republican	Mooresville	Iredell, Yadkin	2018↑
35	Todd Johnson	Republican	Monroe	Union (part)	2018
36	Paul Newton	Republican	Mount Pleasant	Cabarrus, Union (part)	2016
37	Jeff Jackson	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2014↑
38	Mujtaba Mohammed	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2018
39	DeAndrea Salvador	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2020
40	Joyce Waddell	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2014
41	Natasha Marcus	Democratic	Davidson	Mecklenburg (part)	2018
42	Dean Proctor	Republican	Hickory	Alexander, Catawba	2020↑
43	Kathy Harrington	Republican	Gastonia	Gaston (part)	2010
44	Ted Alexander	Republican	Shelby	Cleveland, Gaston (part)	2018
45	Deanna Ballard	Republican	Blowing Rock	Alleghany, Ashe, Surry (part) Watauga, Wilkes	2016↑
46	Warren Daniel	Republican	Morganton	Avery, Burke, Caldwell	2010
47	Ralph Hise	Republican	Spruce Pine	Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Yancey	2010
48	Chuck Edwards	Republican	Flat Rock	Buncombe (part), Henderson, Transylvania	2016↑
49	Julie Mayfield	Democratic	Asheville	Buncombe (part)	2020
50	Kevin Corbin	Republican	Franklin	Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain	2020

↑: Member was originally appointed to fill the remainder of an unexpired term.

References[]

^ "Business N.C. on Twitter".^{[self-published]}
^ "Rep. Robert Reives to lead N.C. House Democrats in 2021". newsobserver.com. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^ "House Members 2021-2022 Session". NCLeg.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^ ""Senate Members 2021-2022 Session"". NCLeg.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^ "NC State Board of Elections Candidate List 2020" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Business N.C. on Twitter".^{[self-published]}

[newsobserver-2] "Rep. Robert Reives to lead N.C. House Democrats in 2021". newsobserver.com. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[3] "House Members 2021-2022 Session". NCLeg.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[4] ""Senate Members 2021-2022 Session"". NCLeg.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[5] "NC State Board of Elections Candidate List 2020" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

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v t North Carolina General Assemblies by year convened and order
List of North Carolina state legislatures Senate President pro tempore of the Senate House of Commons House of Representatives Speakers of the House of Representatives (see Note)	1 (1777) 2 (1778) 3 (1779) 4 (1780) 5 (1781) 6 (1782) 7 (1783) 8 (Apr 1784) 9 (Oct 1784) 10 (1785) 60 (1835) 61 (1836) 73 (1860) 74 (1862) 78 (1868) 94 (1899) 145 (2001) 146 (2003) 147 (2005) 148 (2007) 149 (2009) 150 (2011) 151 (2013) 152 (2015) 153 (2017) 154 (2019) 155 (2021)
Other	Executive Branch: Governor of North Carolina, List of Governors, Lieutenant Governors (since 1868), Cabinets, Council of State, Attorney General
Conventions	Hillsborough Convention of 1788, Fayetteville Convention of 1789
Provincial Congresses and Constitution	North Carolina Provincial Congress (1774–1776: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th), Constitution of North Carolina (1776, 1835 Convention, 1861 Convention, 1868 redraft, 1875 Convention, Constitution of 1971)
Notes: Prior to the Constitution of 1868: the lower house of the North Carolina Legislature was known as the House of Commons and the leader of the Senate was called the Speaker of the Senate.