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 North Carolina Senate.
North Carolina House of Representatives | |
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North Carolina General Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | None |
History | |
New session started | January 9, 2019 |
Leadership | |
Speaker pro Tempore | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
Structure | |
Seats | 120 |
Political groups | Majority
Minority
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Length of term | 2 years |
Salary | $13,951/year + per diem |
Elections | |
Last election | November 6, 2018 (120 seats) |
Next election | November 3, 2020 (120 seats) |
Redistricting | Legislative control, no gubernatorial veto |
Meeting place | |
House of Representatives chamber North Carolina Legislative Building Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | |
Website | |
www | |
Constitution | |
Constitution of North Carolina |
In the 2019-2020 session, the Republican Party holds a 65–55 majority over the Democratic Party, compared to a 75-45 Republican majority in the 2017-2018 session.
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 qualified voters that are 21 are eligible for candidacy except if otherwise disqualified by the constitution, and that no elected officials may deny the existence of God, although the latter provision is no longer enforced.
Prior to the Constitution of 1868, the lower house of the North Carolina Legislature was known as the North Carolina House of Commons.
Partisan composition
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | |||
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Republican | Democratic | Ind | Vacant | ||
End of 2015–16 legislature | 74 | 45 | 1 | 120 | 0 |
Beginning of previous (2017–18) legislature | 74 | 46 | 0 | 120 | 0 |
End of previous (2017–18) legislature | 75 | 45 | |||
Beginning of current (2019–20) legislature | 65 | 55 | 0 | 120 | 0 |
June 27, 2019[1] | 64 | 119 | 1 | ||
July 5, 2019[2] | 65 | 120 | 0 | ||
Latest voting share | 54.2% | 45.8% |
Officers (2019-2020 Session)
North Carolina House[3] Officers | ||
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Position | Name | Party |
Speaker | Tim Moore | Republican |
Speaker Pro Tempore | Sarah Stevens | Republican |
Majority Leader | John R. Bell IV[4] | Republican |
Deputy Majority Leader | Brenden Jones | Republican |
Majority Whip | Jon Hardister | Republican |
Minority Leader | Darren Jackson | Democratic |
Deputy Minority Leader | Robert T. Reives II | Democratic |
Minority Whips | Cynthia Ball | Democratic |
Garland E. Pierce | Democratic | |
Deb Butler | Democratic | |
Carla Cunningham | Democratic | |
Amos Quick | Democratic | |
Members (2019-2020 Session)
District | Representative | Party | Counties Represented | First elected |
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1 | Ed Goodwin | Republican | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington | 2018 |
2 | Larry Yarborough | Republican | Granville, Person | 2014 |
3 | Michael Speciale | Republican | Craven | 2012 |
4 | Jimmy Dixon | Republican | Duplin, Onslow | 2010 |
5 | Howard J. Hunter III | Democratic | Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank | 2014 |
6 | Bobby Hanig | Republican | Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico | 2018 |
7 | Lisa Stone Barnes | Republican | Franklin, Nash | 2018 |
8 | Kandie Smith | Democratic | Pitt | 2018 |
9 | Perrin Jones | Republican | Pitt | 2019↑ |
10 | John R. Bell IV | 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 G. 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 | Brunswick, New Hanover | 2017↑ |
19 | Ted Davis Jr. | Republican | New Hanover | 2012↑ |
20 | Holly Grange | Republican | New Hanover | 2016↑ |
21 | Raymond Smith Jr. | Democratic | Sampson, Wayne | 2018 |
22 | William Brisson | Republican | Bladen, Sampson | 2006 |
23 | Shelly Willingham | Democratic | Edgecombe, Martin | 2014 |
24 | Jean Farmer-Butterfield | Democratic | Wilson | 2002 |
25 | James Gailliard | Democratic | Nash | 2018 |
26 | Donna McDowell White | Republican | Johnston | 2016 |
27 | Michael H. Wray | Democratic | Halifax, Northampton | 2004 |
28 | Larry C. 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 | Sydney Batch | Democratic | Wake | 2018 |
38 | Yvonne Lewis Holley | Democratic | Wake | 2012 |
39 | Darren Jackson | Democratic | Wake | 2009↑ |
40 | Joe John | Democratic | Wake | 2016 |
41 | Gale Adcock | Democratic | Wake | 2014 |
42 | Marvin W. Lucas | Democratic | Cumberland | 2000 |
43 | Elmer Floyd | Democratic | Cumberland | 2008 |
44 | William O. Richardson | Democratic | Cumberland | 2015↑ (1993-1996) |
45 | John Szoka | Republican | Cumberland | 2012 |
46 | Brenden Jones | Republican | Columbus, Robeson | 2016 |
47 | Charles Graham | Democratic | Robeson | 2010 |
48 | Garland E. Pierce | Democratic | Hoke, Scotland | 2004 |
49 | Cynthia Ball | Democratic | Wake | 2016 |
50 | Graig R. Meyer | Democratic | Caswell, Orange | 2013↑ |
51 | John I. Sauls | Republican | Harnett, Lee | 2016 |
52 | James L. Boles Jr. | Republican | Moore | 2008 |
53 | David R. Lewis | Republican | Harnett | 2002 |
54 | Robert T. Reives II | Democratic | Chatham, Durham | 2014↑ |
55 | Mark Brody | Republican | Anson, Union | 2012 |
56 | Verla C. 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 | Stephen M. Ross | Republican | Alamance | 2012 |
64 | Dennis Riddell | Republican | Alamance | 2012 |
65 | Jerry Carter | Republican | Rockingham | 2018 |
66 | Scott Brewer | Democratic | Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 2019↑ |
67 | Wayne Sasser | Republican | Cabarrus, Stanly | 2018 |
68 | D. Craig Horn | Republican | Union | 2010 |
69 | Dean Arp | Republican | Union | 2012 |
70 | Pat Hurley | Republican | Randolph | 2006 |
71 | Evelyn Terry | Democratic | Forsyth | 2012 |
72 | Derwin Montgomery | Democratic | Forsyth | 2018↑ |
73 | Lee Zachary | Republican | Forsyth, Yadkin | 2014 |
74 | Debra Conrad | Republican | Forsyth | 2012 |
75 | Donny Lambeth | Republican | Forsyth | 2012 |
76 | Harry J. Warren | Republican | Rowan | 2016 |
77 | Julia C. Howard | Republican | Davie, Rowan | 1988 |
78 | Allen McNeill | Republican | Moore, Randolph | 2012↑ |
79 | Keith Kidwell | Republican | Beaufort, Craven | 2018 |
80 | Steve Jarvis | Republican | Davidson | 2018 |
81 | Larry Potts | Republican | Davidson | 2016 |
82 | Kristin Baker[5] | Republican | Cabarrus | 2020↑ |
83 | Larry Pittman | Republican | Cabarrus, Rowan | 2011↑ |
84 | Jeffrey McNeely | Republican | Iredell | 2019↑ |
85 | Josh Dobson | Republican | Avery, McDowell, Mitchell | 2013↑ |
86 | Hugh Blackwell | Republican | Burke | 2008 |
87 | Destin Hall | Republican | Caldwell | 2016 |
88 | Mary Gardner Belk | Democratic | Mecklenburg | 2016 |
89 | Mitchell S. Setzer | Republican | Catawba | 1998 |
90 | Sarah Stevens | Republican | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 2008 |
91 | Kyle Hall | Republican | Rockingham, Stokes, Surry | 2016 |
92 | Chaz Beasley | Democratic | Mecklenburg | 2016 |
93 | Carl Ray Russell | Democratic | Ashe, Watauga | 2018 |
94 | Jeffrey Elmore | Republican | Alleghany, Wilkes | 2012 |
95 | John A. Fraley | Republican | Iredell | 2014 |
96 | Jay Adams | Republican | Catawba | 2014 |
97 | Jason Saine | Republican | Lincoln | 2011↑ |
98 | Christy Clark | Democratic | Mecklenburg | 2018 |
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 | Dana Bumgardner | Republican | Gaston | 2012 |
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 C. Fisher | Democratic | Buncombe | 2004↑ |
115 | John Ager | Democratic | Buncombe | 2014 |
116 | Brian Turner | Democratic | Buncombe | 2014 |
117 | Chuck McGrady | Republican | Henderson | 2010 |
118 | Michele D. Presnell | Republican | Haywood, Madison, Yancey | 2012 |
119 | Joe Sam Queen | Democratic | Haywood, Jackson, Swain | 2018 (2013-2016) |
120 | Kevin Corbin | Republican | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon | 2016 |
- ↑: Member was first appointed to office.
Past composition of the House of Representatives
See also
References
- Republican Rena Turner (District 84) resigned to spend more time with family. Suggs, Megan (June 17, 2019). "Rep. Rena Turner: 'It's been a joy for me to serve, but it's time for me to leave'". Statesville Record & Landmark. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- Republican Jeffrey McNeely was appointed to District 84. Suggs, Megan (June 28, 2019). "Iredell GOP nominates county commissioner to take seat in state House of Representatives". Moresville Tribune. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- House Leadership
- Press, Associated. "Rep. John Bell elected North Carolina House majority leader". Retrieved March 16, 2018.
- Independent Tribune