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North Carolina House of Representatives
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.
In the 2013–2014 session (based on the results of the 2012 elections), the Republican Party holds a 77–43 majority over the Democratic Party, up from a 68-52 Republican majority in the 2011-2012 session. In the 2007–2008 and 2009–2010 sessions, Democrats held a 68–52 majority.
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.
Prior to the Constitution of 1868, the lower house of the North Carolina Legislature was known as the North Carolina House of Commons.
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The Independent Weekly
March 31, 2018
The PAC also chose incumbents for state and federal offices, with the exception of North Carolina House of Representatives District 31, where longtime representative Mickey Michaux is not seeking reelection. For that seat, the PAC is endorsing Zach Hawkins, 2nd Vice Chair of the Durham CountyÃâà...
Greensboro News & Record
March 30, 2018
Newcomer Jerry Carter, who has been endorsed by the retiring Bert Jones, also shared his conservative beliefs prior to his November bout to fill the 65th District seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives. Keynote Kim Coley, the second vice chair of the Wake County GOP, “reinforced the troops”Ãâà...
Duke Chronicle
March 12, 2018
One proposal is to arm school faculty, an idea endorsed by President Donald Trump, Republican Tim Moore, speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives and many Republican state officials. “We have to get over this useless hysteria about guns and allow school personnel to have a chance toÃâà...
WBTV
March 9, 2018
A challenge has been filed against Brandon Lofton, a candidate for North Carolina House of Representatives, alleging he registered to vote using an address where he had not yet established a residence. The challenge was filed on March 2 by Robert Diamond, a Mecklenburg County Republican whoÃâà...
NewNowNext
March 8, 2018
LGBT candidates are throwing their hat in the rings in record numbers, including some dark horses: Peter Boykin is president of Gays for Trump and co-owner of MAGA One Radio, and now a candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives. “I want to ensure people of all walks of life are treatedÃâà...
North State Journal
March 7, 2018
My Future NC will bring together top North Carolina thought leaders from the education, business, philanthropy, faith-based, and nonprofit communities and ex officio representatives from the North Carolina House of Representatives, Senate, and Governor's office to discuss state education and trainingÃâà...
News & Observer
March 5, 2018
Tim Moore, a Republican, is the speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives and a lawyer from Cleveland County in Western North Carolina. He also co-owns a company called Southeast Land Holdings that in 2013 bought an abandoned chicken processing plant in Chatham County,Ãâà...
Spring Hope Enterprise
March 4, 2018
In what is shaping up to be a closely watched ticket for the North Carolina House of Representatives, Lisa Stone Barnes, a native of Southern Nash County and current Nash County Commissioner for District Four, added her name to the list of candidates for House District Seven. District Seven was one ofÃâà...
On Top Magazine
February 28, 2018
Quick was first elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2015. “I've been telling people that in order to make change in the GOP and make sure we are making America great again we have to get involved,” Boykin told Triad City Beat. “It's important that we get involved in midterms whenÃâà...
High Country Press
February 28, 2018
By default at the state level, Brandon Anderson will represent the democrats for North Carolina State Senate against whichever candidate wins the republican primary, while Ray Russell is the democrats' default candidate in the race for North Carolina House of Representatives. Last but not least, SteveÃâà...
WSOC Charlotte
February 28, 2018
MARSHVILLE, NC - He went from being an ex-convict to the Mayor of Marshville. Now, Mayor Franklin Deese is running for a seat in North Carolina's House of Representatives. Tuesday, he filed to run in District 55. He told Channel 9 he believes he can make positive changes in education and in providingÃâà...
Mountain Xpress (blog)
February 27, 2018
ASHEVILLE — Citing education and criminal justice reform as his two top legislative priorities, lifelong Buncombe County resident Nathan West announced today that he has filed as a candidate for North Carolina House of Representatives' District 115, which comprises the eastern third of BuncombeÃâà...
News & Observer (blog)
February 18, 2018
On April 4, 1968, Henry “Mickey” Michaux Jr. was driving down Fayetteville Street in Durham on the way to his parents' house, listening to the radio. He heard the words he later realized he had feared all along: Martin Luther King Jr. had been shot. Like much of the country, he grappled with shock and grief.
News & Observer
February 13, 2018
In January, the North Carolina House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would give extra money to the state's environmental regulators to address a chemical called GenX. But Senate leadership didn't allow an immediate vote on it. The Senate then made several major changes, passed theÃâà...
ChicagoNow (blog)
February 5, 2018
A former Karl Rove staffer in President Bush's 2000 election, Mr. McHenry went on to serve a single term in the North Carolina House of Representatives before being elected to Congress, where he serves on the House Finance Committee. Congressman McHenry is a party soldier. His partisan posturingÃâà...
North Carolina News Network
December 31, 1999
Forty percent of these North Carolinians say they prefer the Democratic Party's candidate in their local race for North Carolina House of Representatives, and 35 percent say they would vote Republican if the election was today with 21 percent undecided. Finally, 40 percent of the same respondents say theyÃâà...
Coastal Review Online
December 31, 1999
He also served in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1898. The site is one of the homes, churches and businesses on the African-American Heritage Tour in New Bern, which was a popular town for both slaves and freed blacks during Colonial times and over the years grew into a communityÃâà...
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