North Carolina General Assembly of 2001–02

The North Carolina General Assembly of 2001–02 met during 2001 and 2002 in the State capital of Raleigh, North Carolina. Members of the 2001–02 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]

145th North Carolina General Assembly 2001–02
←1999–2000 2003–04→
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

House

The house leadership was as follows:[2]

House leadership
Speaker Pro Tempore Joe Hackney
North Carolina House officers
Position Name Party
Speaker Jim 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]

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

District Senator Party Residence Counties represented First elected
1st Marc Basnight Democratic Manteo Bertie (part), Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Tyrrell, Washington (part), Beaufort (part), Hyde 1984
2nd Frank Ballance Democratic Warrenton Vance (part), Warren, Halifax (part), Northampton, Bertie (part), Hertford, Gates 1988
3rd Scott Thomas Democratic New Bern Carteret (part), Craven, Pamlico 2000
4th Patrick Ballantine Republican Wilmington Carteret (part), Onslow (part), Pender (part), New Hanover (part) 1994
5th Charles Albertson Democratic Beulaville Sampson (part), Duplin, Pender (part), Onslow (part), Jones (part) 1992
6th R. L. "Bob" Martin Democratic Bethel Wilson (part), Edgecombe (part), Pitt (part), Martin (part), Washington (part) 1984
7th Luther Jordan Democratic Wilmington Lenoir (part), Jones (part), Onslow (part), Pender (part), New Hanover (part) 1992
8th John Kerr Democratic Goldsboro Lenoir (part), Wayne, Greene 1992
9th Edward N. "Ed" Warren Democratic Greenville Lenoir (part), Pitt (part), Martin (part), Beaufort (part) 1990
10th A. B. Swindell Democratic Nashville Edgecombe (part), Wilson (part), Nash, Halifax (part) 2000
11th Allen Wellons Democratic Smithfield Wilson (part), Johnston (part), Franklin, Vance (part) 1996
12th Phil Berger Republican Eden Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Guilford (part) 2000
Virginia Foxx Republican Banner Elk 1994
13th Wib Gulley Democratic Durham Person (part), Granville, Durham, Wake (part) 1992
Jeanne Hopkins Lucas Democratic Durham 1992
14th Brad Miller Democratic Raleigh Wake (part) 1996
Eric Miller Reeves[1] Democratic Raleigh 1996
15th Oscar Harris Democratic Dunn Lee (part), Harnett, Johnston (part), Sampson (part) 1998
16th Eleanor Kinnaird Democratic Carrboro Randolph (part), Moore, Lee (part), Chatham, Orange 1996
Howard Lee Democratic Chapel Hill 1996
17th Aaron Plyler Democratic Monroe Stanly (part), Union, Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland, Hoke (part) 1982
Bill Purcell Democratic Laurinburg 1997↑
18th R. C. Soles Jr. Democratic Tabor City Bladen (part), Columbus, Brunswick, New Hanover (part) 1976
19th Robert G. "Bob" Shaw Republican Greensboro Guilford (part), Davidson (part), Randolph (part) 1984
20th Hamilton Horton Jr. Republican Winston-Salem Forsyth (part) 1994
Linda Garrou Democratic Winston-Salem 1998
21st Hugh Webster Republican Burlington Alamance, Caswell, Person (part) 1994
22nd Fletcher Hartsell Jr. Republican Concord Rowan (part), Cabarrus, Stanly (part) 1990
23rd Cal Cunningham Democratic Lexington Iredell (part), Rowan (part), Davidson County (part) 2000
24th Tony Rand Democratic Fayetteville Cumberland (part) 1994
25th David Hoyle Democratic Dallas Cleveland (part), Lincoln (part), Gaston (part) 1992
26th Austin Allran Republican Hickory Catawba, Lincoln (part) 1986
27th John Garwood Republican North Wilkesboro Mitchell, Avery, Burke (part), Caldwell, Alexander, Wilkes, Yadkin 1996
Kenneth R. "Ken" Moore Republican Lenoir 1996
28th Steve Metcalf Democratic Weaverville Buncombe (part), Madison, Yancey, McDowell, Burke (part) 1998
Charles Newell Carter Democratic Asheville 1998
29th Dan Robinson Democratic Cullowhee Macon (part), Swain, Jackson (part), Haywood (part), Transylvania (part), Henderson (part) 1998
30th David Weinstein Democratic Lumberton Hoke (part), Robeson, Bladen (part), Cumberland (part), Sampson (part) 1996
31st William N. "Bill" Martin Democratic Greensboro Guilford (part) 1982
32nd Kay Hagan Democratic Greensboro Guilford (part) 1998
33rd Charlie Dannelly Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg (part) 1994
34th T. L. "Fountain" Odom Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg (part), Lincoln (part) 1988
35th Bob Rucho Republican Matthews Mecklenburg (part) 1996
36th John Carrington Republican Raleigh Wake (part) 1994
37th Walter Dalton Democratic Rutherfordton Rutherford, Cleveland (part) 1996
38th Stan Bingham Republican Denton Forsyth (part), Davie, Davidson (part), Rowan (part) 2000
39th James Forrester Republican Stanley Gaston (part), Lincoln (part), Iredell (part) 1990
40th Dan Clodfelter Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg (part) 1998
41st Larry Shaw Democratic Fayetteville Cumberland (part) 1996
42nd Bob Carpenter Republican Franklin Graham, Cherokee, Clay, Macon (part), Jackson (part), Haywood (part), Buncombe (part), Transylvania (part), Henderson (part), Polk 1988
  • ↑: Member was first appointed to office.

References
  1. Conservation Council of North Carolina. "2001 Legislative Scorecard" (PDF). Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  2. "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.
  7. "1992 Senate Base Plan #6" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
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