North Carolina General Assembly of 2019–20

154th North Carolina General Assembly 2019–20
154th North Carolina General Assembly 2019–20
	North Carolina Legislative Building
Overview
Legislative body	North Carolina General Assembly
Jurisdiction	North Carolina, United States
Meeting place	North Carolina State Legislative Building
Term	2019–20
Website	www.ncleg.net
North Carolina Senate
Members	50 senators
President pro tempore of the Senate	Phil Berger
Majority Leader	Harry Brown
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	Darren Jackson

The North Carolina General Assembly 2019–20 session was the state legislature that first convened in January 2019 and concluded in December 2020. Members of the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives were elected in November 2018.

House of Representatives

The House of Representatives leadership and members are listed below.^[1]^[2]

House leadership

North Carolina House officers
Position	Name	Party
Speaker Pro Tempore	Sarah Stevens	Republican
Majority Leader	John R. Bell IV^[3]	Republican
Deputy Majority Leader	Brenden H. Jones	Republican
Majority Whip	Jon Hardister	Republican
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

House members

The following table shows the district, party, counties represented, and date first elected of members of the House of Representatives.^[1]

District	Representative	Party	Residence	Counties represented	First elected
1st	Ed Goodwin	Republican	Edenton	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington	2018
2nd	Larry Yarborough	Republican	Roxboro	Granville, Person	2014
3rd	Michael Speciale	Republican	New Bern	Craven	2012
4th	Jimmy Dixon	Republican	Mount Olive	Duplin, Onslow	2010
5th	Howard Hunter III	Democratic	Ahoskie	Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank	2014
6th	Bobby Hanig	Republican	Powells Point	Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico	2018
7th	Lisa Stone Barnes	Republican	Spring Hope	Franklin, Nash	2018
8th	Kandie Smith	Democratic	Greenville	Pitt	2018
9th	Greg Murphy^[a]	Republican	Greenville	Pitt	2015↑
9th	Perrin Jones^[b]	Republican	Greenville	Pitt	2019↑
10th	John Bell	Republican	Goldsboro	Greene, Johnston, Wayne	2012
11th	Allison Dahle	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake	2018
12th	Chris Humphrey	Republican	La Grange	Lenoir, Pitt	2018
13th	Pat McElraft	Republican	Emerald Isle	Carteret, Jones	2006
14th	George Cleveland	Republican	Jacksonville	Onslow	2004
15th	Phil Shepard	Republican	Jacksonville	Onslow	2010
16th	Carson Smith	Republican	Hampstead	Columbus, Pender	2018
17th	Frank Iler	Republican	Shallotte	Brunswick	2009↑
18th	Deb Butler	Democratic	Wilmington	Brunswick, New Hanover	2017↑
19th	Ted Davis Jr.	Republican	Wilmington	New Hanover	2012↑
20th	Holly Grange	Republican	Wilmington	New Hanover	2016↑
21st	Raymond Smith Jr.	Democratic	Goldsboro	Sampson, Wayne	2018
22nd	William Brisson	Republican	Dublin	Bladen, Sampson	2006
23rd	Shelly Willingham	Democratic	Rocky Mount	Edgecombe, Martin	2014
24th	Jean Farmer-Butterfield	Democratic	Wilson	Wilson	2002
25th	James Gailliard	Democratic	Rocky Mount	Nash	2018
26th	Donna McDowell White	Republican	Clayton	Johnston	2016
27th	Michael Wray	Democratic	Gaston	Halifax, Northampton	2004
28th	Larry Strickland	Republican	Pine Level	Harnett, Johnston	2016
29th	MaryAnn Black^[c]	Democratic	Durham	Durham	2017↑
29th	Vernetta Alston^[d]	Democratic	Durham	Durham	2020↑
30th	Marcia Morey	Democratic	Durham	Durham	2017↑
31st	Zack Forde-Hawkins	Democratic	Durham	Durham	2018
32nd	Terry Garrison	Democratic	Henderson	Granville, Vance, Warren	2016
33rd	Rosa Gill	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake	2009↑
34th	Grier Martin	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake	2013↑ (2005–2012)
35th	Terence Everitt	Democratic	Wake Forest	Wake	2018
36th	Julie von Haefen	Democratic	Apex	Wake	2018
37th	Sydney Batch	Democratic	Apex	Wake	2018
38th	Yvonne Lewis Holley	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake	2012
39th	Darren Jackson	Democratic	Wendell	Wake	2009↑
40th	Joe John	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake	2016
41st	Gale Adcock	Democratic	Cary	Wake	2014
42nd	Marvin Lucas	Democratic	Spring Lake	Cumberland	2000
43rd	Elmer Floyd	Democratic	Fayetteville	Cumberland	2008
44th	Billy Richardson	Democratic	Fayetteville	Cumberland	2015↑ (1993-1996)
45th	John Szoka	Republican	Fayetteville	Cumberland	2012
46th	Brenden Jones	Republican	Tabor City	Columbus, Robeson	2016
47th	Charles Graham	Democratic	Lumberton	Robeson	2010
48th	Garland Pierce	Democratic	Wagram	Hoke, Scotland	2004
49th	Cynthia Ball	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake	2016
50th	Graig Meyer	Democratic	Hillsborough	Caswell, Orange	2013↑
51st	John Sauls	Republican	Sanford	Harnett, Lee	2016
52nd	James L. Boles Jr.	Republican	Whispering Pines	Moore	2008
53rd	David Lewis^[e]	Republican	Dunn	Harnett	2002
53rd	Howard Penny Jr.^[f]	Republican	Coats	Harnett	2020↑
54th	Robert Reives	Democratic	Goldston	Chatham, Durham	2014↑
55th	Mark Brody	Republican	Monroe	Anson, Union	2012
56th	Verla Insko	Democratic	Chapel Hill	Orange	1996
57th	Ashton Clemmons	Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford	2018
58th	Amos Quick	Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford	2016
59th	Jon Hardister	Republican	Whitsett	Guilford	2012
60th	Cecil Brockman	Democratic	High Point	Guilford	2014
61st	Pricey Harrison	Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford	2004
62nd	John Faircloth	Republican	High Point	Guilford	2010
63rd	Stephen Ross	Republican	Burlington	Alamance	2012
64th	Dennis Riddell	Republican	Snow Camp	Alamance	2012
65th	Jerry Carter	Republican	Reidsville	Rockingham	2018
66th	Ken Goodman^[g]	Democratic	Rockingham	Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly	2010
66th	Scott Brewer^[h]	Democratic	Rockingham	Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly	2019↑
67th	Wayne Sasser	Republican	Albemarle	Cabarrus, Stanly	2018
68th	Craig Horn	Republican	Weddington	Union	2010
69th	Dean Arp	Republican	Monroe	Union	2012
70th	Pat Hurley	Republican	Asheboro	Randolph	2006
71st	Evelyn Terry	Democratic	Winston-Salem	Forsyth	2012
72nd	Derwin Montgomery	Democratic	Winston-Salem	Forsyth	2018↑
73rd	Lee Zachary	Republican	Yadkinville	Forsyth, Yadkin	2014
74th	Debra Conrad^[i]	Republican	Winston-Salem	Forsyth	2012
74th	Wes Schollander^[j]	Republican	Winston-Salem	Forsyth	2020↑
75th	Donny Lambeth	Republican	Winston-Salem	Forsyth	2012
76th	Harry Warren	Republican	Salisbury	Rowan	2016
77th	Julia C. Howard	Republican	Mocksville	Davie, Rowan	1988
78th	Allen McNeill	Republican	Asheboro	Moore, Randolph	2012↑
79th	Keith Kidwell	Republican	Chocowinity	Beaufort, Craven	2018
80th	Steve Jarvis	Republican	Lexington	Davidson	2018
81st	Larry Potts	Republican	Lexington	Davidson	2016
82nd	Larry Pittman	Republican	Concord	Cabarrus, Rowan	2011↑
83rd	Linda Johnson^[k]	Republican	Kannapolis	Cabarrus	2000
83rd	Kristin Baker^[l]	Republican	Concord	Cabarrus	2020↑
84th	Rena Turner^[m]	Republican	Olin	Iredell	2012
84th	Jeffrey McNeely^[n]	Republican	Stony Point	Iredell	2019↑
85th	Josh Dobson	Republican	Nebo	Avery, McDowell, Mitchell	2013↑
86th	Hugh Blackwell	Republican	Valdese	Burke	2008
87th	Destin Hall	Republican	Granite Falls	Caldwell	2016
88th	Mary Belk	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	2016
89th	Mitchell Setzer	Republican	Catawba	Catawba	1998
90th	Sarah Stevens	Republican	Mount Airy	Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes	2008
91st	Kyle Hall	Republican	King	Rockingham, Stokes, Surry	2016
92nd	Chaz Beasley	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	2016
93rd	Carl Ray Russell	Democratic	Boone	Ashe, Watauga	2018
94th	Jeffrey Elmore	Republican	North Wilkesboro	Alleghany, Wilkes	2012
95th	John Fraley	Republican	Troutman	Iredell	2014
96th	Jay Adams	Republican	Hickory	Catawba	2014
97th	Jason Saine	Republican	Lincolnton	Lincoln	2011↑
98th	Christy Clark	Democratic	Huntersville	Mecklenburg	2018
99th	Nasif Majeed	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	2018
100th	John Autry	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	2016
101st	Carolyn Logan	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	2018
102nd	Becky Carney	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	2002
103rd	Rachel Hunt	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	2018
104th	Brandon Lofton	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	2018
105th	Wesley Harris	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	2018
106th	Carla Cunningham	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	2012
107th	Kelly Alexander	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	2008
108th	John Torbett	Republican	Stanley	Gaston	2010
109th	Dana Bumgardner	Republican	Gastonia	Gaston	2012
110th	Kelly Hastings	Republican	Cherryville	Cleveland, Gaston	2010
111th	Tim Moore	Republican	Kings Mountain	Cleveland	2002
112th	David Rogers	Republican	Rutherfordton	Burke, Rutherford	2016↑
113th	Cody Henson^[o]	Republican	Brevard	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	2016
113th	Jake Johnson^[p]	Republican	Saluda	Henderson, Polk, Transylvania	2019↑
114th	Susan Fisher	Democratic	Asheville	Buncombe	2004↑
115th	John Ager	Democratic	Fairview	Buncombe	2014
116th	Brian Turner	Democratic	Asheville	Buncombe	2014
117th	Chuck McGrady	Republican	Hendersonville	Henderson	2010
118th	Michele Presnell	Republican	Burnsville	Haywood, Madison, Yancey	2012
119th	Joe Sam Queen	Democratic	Waynesville	Haywood, Jackson, Swain	2018 (2013–2016)
120th	Kevin Corbin	Republican	Franklin	Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon	2016

↑: Member was first appointed to office.

Senate

The North Carolina Senate leadership and members are listed below.^[4]^[5]

Senate leadership

North Carolina Senate officers
Position	Name	Party
President Pro Tempore	Phil Berger	Republican
Deputy President Pro Tempore	Ralph Hise	Republican
Majority Leader	Harry Brown	Republican
Majority Whip	Jerry W. Tillman	Republican
Majority Whip	Rick Gunn	Republican
Joint Majority Caucus Leader	Norman W. Sanderson	Republican
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:^[5]

District	Senator	Party	Residence	Counties represented	First elected
1st	Bob Steinburg	Republican	Edenton	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington	2018
2nd	Norman W. Sanderson	Republican	Minnesott Beach	Carteret, Craven, Pamlico	2012
3rd	Erica Smith	Democratic	Henrico	Beaufort, Bertie, Martin, Northampton, Vance, Warren	2014
4th	Toby Fitch^[6]	Democratic	Wilson	Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson	2018↑
5th	Don Davis	Democratic	Greenville	Greene, Pitt	2012
6th	Harry Brown	Republican	Jacksonville	Jones, Onslow	2004
7th	Louis Pate	Republican	Mount Olive	Lenoir, Wayne	2012
7th	Jim Perry	Republican	Kinston	Lenoir, Wayne	2019↑
8th	Bill Rabon	Republican	Winnabow	Bladen, Brunswick, New Hanover (part), Pender	2010
9th	Harper Peterson	Democratic	Wilmington	New Hanover (part)	2018
10th	Brent Jackson	Republican	Autryville	Duplin, Johnston (part), Samson	2010
11th	Rick Horner	Republican	Bailey	Johnston (part), Nash	2016
12th	Jim Burgin	Republican	Angier	Harnett, Johnston (part), Lee	2018
13th	Danny Britt	Republican	Lumberton	Columbus, Robeson	2016
14th	Dan Blue	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2009↑
15th	Jay Chaudhuri	Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	2016↑
16th	Wiley Nickel	Democratic	Cary	Wake (part)	2018
17th	Sam Searcy	Democratic	Holly Springs	Wake (part)	2018
18th	John Alexander	Republican	Raleigh	Franklin, Wake (part)	2014
19th	Kirk deViere	Democratic	Fayetteville	Cumberland (part)	2018
20th	Floyd McKissick Jr.	Democratic	Durham	Durham (part)	2007↑
	Mickey Michaux	Democratic	Durham		2020↑
	Natalie Murdock	Democratic	Durham		2020↑
21st	Ben Clark	Democratic	Raeford	Cumberland (part), Hoke	2012
22nd	Mike Woodard	Democratic	Durham	Durham (part), Granville, Person	2012
23rd	Valerie Foushee	Democratic	Hillsborough	Chatham, Orange	2013↑
24th	Rick Gunn	Republican	Burlington	Alamance, Guilford (part)	2010
25th	Tom McInnis	Republican	Ellerbe	Anson, Moore, Richmond, Scotland	2014
26th	Jerry W. Tillman	Republican	Archdale	Guilford (part), Randolph	2002
26th	Dave Craven	Republican	Asheboro	Guilford (part), Randolph	2020↑
27th	Michael Garrett	Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford (part)	2018
28th	Gladys Robinson	Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford (part)	2010
29th	Eddie Gallimore	Republican	Thomasville	Davidson, Montgomery	2018
30th	Phil Berger	Republican	Eden	Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry (part)	2000
31st	Joyce Krawiec	Republican	Kernersville	Davie, Forsyth (part)	2014↑
32nd	Paul A. Lowe Jr.	Democratic	Winston-Salem	Forsyth (part)	2015↑
33rd	Carl Ford	Republican	China Grove	Rowan, Stanly	2018
34th	Vickie Sawyer	Republican	Mooresville	Iredell, Yadkin	2018↑
35th	Todd Johnson	Republican	Monroe	Union (part)	2018
36th	Paul Newton	Republican	Concord	Cabarrus, Union (part)	2016
37th	Jeff Jackson	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2014↑
38th	Mujtaba Mohammed	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2018
39th	Dan Bishop	Republican	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2016
39th	Rob Bryan	Republican	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2019↑
40th	Joyce Waddell	Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	2014
41st	Natasha Marcus	Democratic	Davidson	Mecklenburg (part)	2018
42nd	Andy Wells	Republican	Hickory	Alexander, Catawba	2014
42nd	Dean Proctor	Republican	Hickory	Alexander, Catawba	2020↑
43rd	Kathy Harrington	Republican	Gastonia	Gaston (part)	2010
44th	Ted Alexander	Republican	Shelby	Cleveland, Gaston (part)	2018
45th	Deanna Ballard	Republican	Blowing Rock	Alleghany, Ashe, Surry (part) Watauga, Wilkes	2016↑
46th	Warren Daniel	Republican	Morganton	Avery, Burke, Caldwell	2010
47th	Ralph Hise	Republican	Spruce Pine	Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Yancey	2010
48th	Chuck Edwards	Republican	Flat Rock	Buncombe (part), Henderson, Transylvania	2016↑
49th	Terry Van Duyn	Democratic	Asheville	Buncombe (part)	2014↑
50th	Jim Davis	Republican	Franklin	Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain	2010

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

Notes

^ Resigned September 17, 2019.
^ Appointed October 1, 2019.
^ Died March 25, 2020.
^ Appointed April 13, 2020.
^ Resigned August 20, 2020.
^ Appointed September 17, 2020.
^ Resigned May 1, 2019.
^ Appointed May 1, 2019.
^ Resigned July 31, 2020.
^ Appointed August 17, 2020.
^ Died February 18, 2020.
^ Appointed March 19, 2020.
^ Resigned June 27, 2019.
^ Appointed July 5, 2019.
^ Resigned July 24, 2019.
^ Appointed August 6, 2019.

References

^ ^a ^b "North Carolina General Assembly House of Representatives". NCLeg.gov. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
^ "House Leadership". North Carolina General Assembly.gov. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
^ "Rep. John Bell elected North Carolina House majority leader". witn.com. Associated Press. August 31, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
^ "North Carolina Senate Leadership". North Carolina General Assembly.org. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Senate Members List". North Carolina General Assembly.gov. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
^ "Dems pick Fitch to fill Senate seat". Rockymounttelegram.com. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

External links

Official website

[4] Resigned September 17, 2019.

[5] Appointed October 1, 2019.

[6] Died March 25, 2020.

[7] Appointed April 13, 2020.

[8] Resigned August 20, 2020.

[9] Appointed September 17, 2020.

[10] Resigned May 1, 2019.

[11] Appointed May 1, 2019.

[12] Resigned July 31, 2020.

[13] Appointed August 17, 2020.

[14] Died February 18, 2020.

[15] Appointed March 19, 2020.

[16] Resigned June 27, 2019.

[17] Appointed July 5, 2019.

[18] Resigned July 24, 2019.

[19] Appointed August 6, 2019.

[House-1] "North Carolina General Assembly House of Representatives". NCLeg.gov. Retrieved September 30, 2019.

[HouseLeaders-2] "House Leadership". North Carolina General Assembly.gov. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

[3] "Rep. John Bell elected North Carolina House majority leader". witn.com. Associated Press. August 31, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

[20] "North Carolina Senate Leadership". North Carolina General Assembly.org. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

[Senate-21] "Senate Members List". North Carolina General Assembly.gov. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

[22] "Dems pick Fitch to fill Senate seat". Rockymounttelegram.com. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

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Other	Executive Branch: Governor of North Carolina (List), Lieutenant Governor (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.