North Carolina General Assembly of 2003–04

The North Carolina General Assembly of 2003–04 was the 145th session of the North Carolina General General Assembly. The assembly is a bicameral body including a House of Representatives and Senate. They both met in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2003 and 2004. Members of this North Carolina General Assembly were elected on November 5, 2002. The 2002 legislative elections were conducted under an interim redistricting map following the 2000 census; a more permanent redistricting map was passed in November 2003 for use through 2010.[1][2][3]

146th North Carolina General Assembly 2003–2004
←2001–2002 2005–2006→
North Carolina Legislative Building
Overview
Legislative bodyNorth Carolina General Assembly
JurisdictionNorth Carolina, United States
Meeting placeState Legislative Building in Raleigh
Term2003–2004
WebsiteHouse Senate
North Carolina Senate
Members50 senators
President pro temporeMarc Basnight (Dem)
Majority LeaderTony Rand (Dem)
Minority LeaderPatrick J. Ballantine (Rep)
Party controlDemocratic Party
North Carolina House of Representatives
Members120 representatives
Co-Speakers of the HouseJames B. Black (Dem)
Richard T. Morgan (Rep)
Majority LeaderJoe Hackney (Dem)
Minority LeaderJoe L. Kiser (Rep)
Party controlDemocratic-led power share

House of Representatives

The North Carolina State House, during the 2003–04 session, consisted of 60 Democrats and 60 Republicans; consequently, Democratic and Republican co-speakers shared leadership of the body. The representatives included 29 women, 18 African Americans, one Native American, and one Hispanic and Latino American.[4]

Note: Rep. Michael P. Decker changed party affiliation September 16, 2003. Rep. Alex Warner changed party affiliation August 20, 2004.

House leaders
North Carolina House officers
Position Name Party
Co-Speaker James B. Black Democratic
Co-Speaker Richard T. Morgan Republican
Majority Leader Joe Hackney Democratic
Majority Whips Beverly M. Earle Democratic
R. Phillip Haire Democratic
Marian N. McLawhorn Democratic
Paul Miller Democratic
Minority Leader Joe L. Kiser Republican
Minority Whip Trudi Walend Republican
Deputy Minority Whip Carolyn H. Justice Republican
Freshman Leaders Rick Glazier Democratic
John I. Sauls Republican
  • Permanent Democratic Caucus Chair: Edd Nye (22nd district)

House members
North Carolina House members 2003–04
District Representative Party Residence Counties represented
1st William C. Owens Jr. Democratic Elizabeth City Camden , Currituck , Gates , Pasquotank
2nd William T. Culpepper III Democratic Edenton Chowan , Dare , Gates , Perquimans , Tyrrell
3rd Michael A. Gorman Republican Trent Woods Craven , Pamlico
4th Charles Elliott Johnson Democratic Greenville Craven , Martin , Pitt
5th Howard J. Hunter Jr. Democratic Ahoskie Bertie , Hertford , Northampton
6th Arthur J. Williams Democratic Washington Beaufort , Hyde , Washington
7th John D. Hall Democratic Scotland Neck Halifax , Nash
8th Edith D. Warren Democratic Farmville Greene , Martin , Pitt
9th Marian N. McLawhorn Democratic Grifton Pitt
10th Stephen A. LaRoque Republican Kinston Duplin , Lenoir
11th Louis M. Pate Jr. Republican Mount Olive Wayne
12th William L. Wainwright Democratic Havelock Craven , Jones , Lenoir
13th Jean R. Preston Republican Emerald Isle Carteret , Onslow
14th Keith P. Williams Republican Hubert Onslow
15th W. Robert Grady Republican Jacksonville Onslow
16th Carolyn Justice Republican Hampstead New Hanover , Pender
17th Bonner L. Stiller Republican Oak Island Brunswick , New Hanover
18th Thomas E. Wright Democratic Wilmington Brunswick , Columbus , New Hanover
19th Danny McComas Republican Wilmington New Hanover
20th Dewey Hill Democratic Whiteville Brunswick
21st Larry Bell Democratic Clinton Duplin , Sampson , Wayne
22nd Edd Nye Democratic Elizabethtown Bladen , Sampson
23rd Joe Tolson Democratic Pinetops Edgecombe , Wilson
24th Jean Farmer-Butterfield Democratic Wilson Edgecombe , Wilson
25th William G. Daughtridge Jr. Republican Rocky Mount Nash
26th Billy J. Creech Republican Clayton Johnston , Wayne
27th Stanley H. Fox Democratic Oxford Granville , Vance , Warren
28th Leo Daughtry Republican Smithfield Johnston
29th Paul Miller Democratic Durham Durham
30th Paul Luebke Democratic Durham Durham
31st Mickey Michaux Democratic Durham Durham
32nd Jim Crawford Democratic Oxford Durham , Granville , Vance
33rd Bernard Allen Democratic Raleigh Wake
34th Don Munford Republican Raleigh Wake
35th Jennifer Weiss Democratic Cary Wake
36th David Miner Republican Wake
37th Paul Stam Republican Apex Wake
38th Deborah Ross Democratic Raleigh Wake
39th Sam Ellis Republican Raleigh Wake
40th Rick Eddins Republican Raleigh Wake
41st Margaret Dickson Democratic Fayetteville Cumberland , Harnett
42nd Marvin Lucas Democratic Spring Lake Cumberland , Harnett
43rd Mary McAllister Democratic Fayetteville Cumberland
44th Rick Glazier Democratic Fayetteville Cumberland
45th Alex Warner[H 1] Democratic Hope Mills Cumberland
46th Douglas Yongue Democratic Laurinburg Hoke , Robeson , Scotland
47th Ronnie Sutton Democratic Pembroke Hoke , Robeson
48th Donald Bonner Democratic Rowland Hoke , Robeson , Scotland
49th Lucy Allen Democratic Louisburg Franklin , Halifax , Warren
50th Russell Capps Republican Raleigh Wake
51st John Sauls Republican Sanford Harnett , Lee , Moore
52nd Richard Morgan Republican Pinehurst Moore
53rd David Lewis Republican Dunn Harnett
54th Joe Hackney Democratic Chapel Hill Chatham , Orange
55th Gordon Allen Democratic Roxboro Orange , Person
56th Verla Insko Democratic Chapel Hill Orange
57th Joanne Bowie Republican Greensboro Guilford
58th Alma Adams Democratic Greensboro Guilford
59th Maggie Jeffus Democratic Greensboro Guilford
60th Earl Jones Democratic Greensboro Guilford
61st Stephen Wood Republican Guilford
62nd John Blust Republican Greensboro Guilford
63rd Alice Bordsen Democratic Mebane Alamance
64th Cary Allred Republican Burlington Alamance
65th Nelson Cole Democratic Reidsville Rockingham
66th Wayne Sexton Republican Eden Forsyth , Rockingham
67th Arlie Culp Republican Ramseur Randolph
68th Wayne Goodwin Democratic Hamlet Richmond , Stanly
69th Pryor Gibson Democratic Wadesboro Anson , Montgomery , Union
70th Bobby Barbee Republican Locust Stanly , Union
71st Larry Womble Democratic Winston-Salem Forsyth
72nd Earline Parmon Democratic Winston-Salem Forsyth
73rd Curtis Blackwood Republican Matthews Union
74th Linda Johnson Republican Kannapolis Cabarrus
75th Jeff Barnhart Republican Concord Cabarrus
76th Gene McCombs[H 2]
Fred Steen II[H 3]		 Republican Faith
Landis		 Rowan
77th Lorene Coates Democratic Salisbury Rowan
78th Harold Brubaker Republican Asheboro Randolph
79th Julia Craven Howard Republican Mocksville Davidson , Davie , Iredell
80th Jerry Dockham Republican Denton Davidson
81st Hugh Holliman Democratic Lexington Davidson
82nd Gene Wilson Republican Boone Ashe , Watauga
83rd Tracy Walker Republican Wilkesboro Wilkes
84th Phillip Frye Republican Spruce Pine Avery , Caldwell , Mitchell
85th Mitch Gillespie Republican Marion Burke , Caldwell , McDowell
86th Walt Church Democratic Valdese Burke
87th Edgar Starnes Republican Granite Falls Alexander , Caldwell
88th Mark Hilton Republican Conover Catawba
89th Mitchell Setzer Republican Catawba Catawba
90th Jim Harrell Democratic Elkin Alleghany , Surry
91st Rex Baker Republican King Forsyth , Stokes , Surry
92nd George Holmes Republican Hamptonville Forsyth , Yadkin
93rd Bill McGee Republican Clemmons Forsyth
94th Michael Decker[H 4] Republican Walkertown Forsyth
95th Karen Ray Republican Mooresville Catawba , Iredell
96th Frank Mitchell Republican Olin Iredell
97th Joe Kiser Republican Vale Lincoln
98th John Rhodes Republican Huntersville Mecklenburg
99th Drew Saunders Democratic Huntersville Mecklenburg
100th Jim Black Democratic Matthews Mecklenburg
101st Beverly Earle Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg
102nd Becky Carney Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg
103rd Jim Gulley Republican Matthews Mecklenburg
104th Connie Wilson Republican Charlotte Mecklenburg
105th Ed McMahan Republican Charlotte Mecklenburg
106th Martha Alexander Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg
107th Pete Cunningham Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg
108th John Rayfield Republican Gaston
109th Patrick McHenry Republican Cherryville Gaston
110th Debbie Clary Republican Cherryville Cleveland , Gaston
111th Tim Moore Republican Kings Mountain Cleveland
112th Bob England Democratic Ellenboro Cleveland
113th Trudi Walend Republican Brevard Henderson , Polk , Transylvania
114th Martin Nesbitt[H 5]
Susan Fisher[H 6]		 Democratic Asheville
Asheville		 Buncombe
115th Bruce Goforth Democratic Asheville Buncombe
116th Wilma Sherrill Republican Asheville Buncombe
117th Carolyn Justus Republican Hendersonville Henderson , Transylvania
118th Ray Rapp Democratic Mars Hill Haywood , Madison , Yancey
119th Phil Haire Democratic Silva Haywood , Jackson , Macon , Swain
120th Roger West Republican Marble Cherokee , Clay , Graham , Macon

Notes
  1. Rep. Alex Warner changed party affiliation August 20, 2004
  2. Died January 20, 2004.
  3. Appointed February 16, 2004.
  4. Changed party affiliation September 16, 2003.
  5. Appointed to NC Senate, February 6, 2004.
  6. Replaced Nesbitt.

Senate members

The North Carolina State Senate, during the 2003–04 session, consisted of 28 Democrats and 22 Republicans.

Senate leaders
North Carolina Senate officers
Position Name Party
President Pro Tem Marc Basnight Democratic
Deputy President Pro Tempore Charlie Smith Dannelly Democratic
Majority Leader Tony Rand Democratic
Majority Whip Jeanne Hopkins Lucas Democratic
Deputy Minority Leader James Forrester Republican
Minority Whip Fern Shubert Republican
Deputy Minority Whip Tom Apodaca Republican

Senate members

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District Senator Party Residence Counties represented First elected
1st Marc Basnight Democratic Manteo Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Beaufort 1984
2nd Scott Thomas Democratic New Bern Carteret, Craven, Pamlico 2000
3rd Clark Jenkins Democratic Tarboro Edgecombe, Pitt (part), Martin, Bertie, Washington, Tyrrell 2002
4th Robert Holloman Democratic Ahoskie Vance (part), Warren, Halifax, Northampton, Hertford, Gates 2002
5th Tony Moore Democratic Winterville Pitt (part), Wilson 2002
Republican[S 1]
6th Cecil Hargett Democratic Richlands Onslow, Jones 2002
7th John Kerr Democratic Goldsboro Wayne (part), Lenoir, Greene 1992
8th R. C. Soles Jr. Democratic Tabor City Columbus, Brunswick, Pender 1976
9th Patrick Ballantine Republican Wilmington New Hanover 1994
Woody White Republican Wilmington 2004↑
10th Charles Albertson Democratic Beulaville Harnett (part), Sampson, Duplin 1992
11th A. B. Swindell Democratic Nashville Vance (part), Franklin, Nash 2000
12th Fred Smith Republican Clayton Johnston, Wayne (part) 2002
13th David Weinstein Democratic Lumberton Robeson, Hoke 1996
14th Vernon Malone Democratic Raleigh Wake (part) 2002
15th John Carrington Republican Raleigh Wake (part) 1994
16th Eric Miller Reeves Democratic Raleigh Wake (part) 1996
17th Richard Stevens Republican Cary Wake (part) 2002
18th Wib Gulley Democratic Durham Granville, Person, Durham (part) 1992
19th Tony Rand Democratic Fayetteville Bladen, Cumberland (part) 1994
20th Jeanne Hopkins Lucas Democratic Durham Durham (part) 1992
21st Larry Shaw Democratic Fayetteville Cumberland (part) 1996
22nd Harris Blake Republican Pinehurst Moore, Lee, Harnett (part) 2002
23rd Eleanor Kinnaird Democratic Carrboro Orange, Chatham 1996
24th Hugh Webster Republican Burlington Alamance, Caswell 1994
25th Bill Purcell Democratic Laurinburg Stanly, Anson, Richmond, Scotland 1997↑
26th Phil Berger Republican Eden Rockingham, Guilford (part) 2000
27th Kay Hagan Democratic Greensboro Guilford (part) 1998
28th Katie Dorsett Democratic Greensboro Guilford (part) 2002
29th Jerry Tillman Republican Archdale Randolph, Montgomery 2002
30th John Garwood Republican North Wilkesboro Stokes, Surry, Wilkes (part) 1994
31st Hamilton C. Horton Jr. Republican Winston-Salem Forsyth (part) 1994
32nd Linda Garrou Democratic Winston-Salem Forsyth (part) 1998
33rd Stan Bingham Republican Denton Davidson, Guilford (part) 2000
34th Andrew Brock Republican Mocksville Rowan (part), Davie, Yadkin 2002
35th Fern Shubert Republican Marshville Union, Mecklenburg (part) 2002
36th Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. Republican Concord Cabarrus, Rowan (part) 1990
37th Dan Clodfelter Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg (part) 1998
38th Charlie Dannelly Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg (part) 1994
39th Bob Rucho Republican Matthews Mecklenburg (part) 1996
40th Robert Pittenger Republican Charlotte Mecklenburg (part) 2002
41st R. B. Sloan Jr. Republican Mooresville Iredell, Alexander 2002
42nd James Forrester Republican Stanley Catawba (part), Lincoln, Gaston (part) 1990
43rd David Hoyle Democratic Dallas Gaston (part) 1992
44th Austin Allran Republican Hickory Burke, Catawba (part) 1986
45th Virginia Foxx Republican Banner Elk Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes (part), Watauga, Caldwell 1994
46th Walter Dalton Democratic Rutherfordton Cleveland, Rutherford 1996
47th Joe Sam Queen Democratic Waynesville Haywood (part), Madison, Yancey, McDowell, Mitchell, Avery 2002
48th Tom Apodaca Republican Hendersonville Buncombe (part), Henderson, Polk 2002
49th Steve Metcalf[S 2] Democratic Asheville Buncombe (part) 1998
Martin Nesbitt[S 3] Democratic Asheville 2004↑
50th Bob Carpenter Republican Franklin Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Macon, Haywood, Swain, Jackson, Transylvania, Haywood (part) 1988
  • ↑: Member was first appointed to office.

Notes
  1. Switched parties during term.
  2. Resigned February 2, 2004.
  3. Appointed February 6, 2004.

References
  1. "Documents for the 2003-2004 Session of the North Carolina House of Representatives". NCLeg.gov. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  2. "Documents for the 2003-2004 Session of the North Carolina Senate". NCLeg.gov. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  3. Marshall, Elaine F. (2003). North Carolina Manual 2003-2004. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  4. "House Demographics" (PDF). Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  5. "Journal of the Senate of the 2003 General Assembly of State of North Carolina First Session 2003". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  6. "Interim Senate Redistricting Plan For N.C. 2002 Elections" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
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