The North Carolina General Assembly of 2003–04 was the 146th 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]
House of Representatives [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Permanent Democratic Caucus Chair: Edd Nye (22nd district) House members [ edit ] 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
^ Rep. Alex Warner changed party affiliation August 20, 2004 ^ Died January 20, 2004. ^ Appointed February 16, 2004. ^ Changed party affiliation September 16, 2003. ^ Appointed to NC Senate, February 6, 2004. ^ Replaced Nesbitt. Senate members [ edit ] The North Carolina State Senate, during the 2003–04 session, consisted of 28 Democrats and 22 Republicans .
Senate leaders [ edit ] Senate members [ edit ] [5] [6]
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. ^ Switched parties during term. ^ Resigned February 2, 2004. ^ Appointed February 6, 2004. References [ edit ]
List of North Carolina state legislatures Senate President pro tempore of the Senate House of Commons House of Representatives Speakers of the House of Representatives (see Note)Other Conventions Provincial Congresses and Constitution North Carolina Provincial Congress (1774–1776:
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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.