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.<ref name='Scorecard'/><ref name="HouseDocs">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="SenateDocs">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Manual">Template:Cite book</ref>

House

The house leadership was as follows:<ref name="HouseDocs" />

House leadership

Speaker Pro Tempore Joe Hackney

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:<ref name='Scorecard'/><ref name="HouseDocs" />

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

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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:<ref name="Senate">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

District	Senator	Party	Residence	Counties represented	First elected
1st	Marc Basnight	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Manteo	Bertie (part), Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Tyrrell, Washington (part), Beaufort (part), Hyde	1984
2nd	Frank Ballance	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Warrenton	Vance (part), Warren, Halifax (part), Northampton, Bertie (part), Hertford, Gates	1988
3rd	Scott Thomas	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	New Bern	Carteret (part), Craven, Pamlico	2000
4th	Patrick J. Ballantine	Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican	Wilmington	Carteret (part), Onslow (part), Pender (part), New Hanover (part)	1994
5th	Charles W. Albertson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Beulaville	Sampson (part), Duplin, Pender (part), Onslow (part), Jones (part)	1992
6th	R. L. "Bob" Martin	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Bethel	Wilson (part), Edgecombe (part), Pitt (part), Martin (part), Washington (part)	1984
7th	Luther Jordan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Wilmington	Lenoir (part), Jones (part), Onslow (part), Pender (part), New Hanover (part)	1992
8th	John H. Kerr III	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Goldsboro	Lenoir (part), Wayne, Greene	1992
9th	Edward N. "Ed" Warren	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Greenville	Lenoir (part), Pitt (part), Martin (part), Beaufort (part)	1990
10th	A. B. Swindell	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Nashville	Edgecombe (part), Wilson (part), Nash, Halifax (part)	2000
11th	Allen Wellons	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Smithfield	Wilson (part), Johnston (part), Franklin, Vance (part)	1996
12th	Phil Berger	Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican	Eden	Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Guilford (part)	2000
	Virginia Foxx	Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican	Banner Elk		1994
13th	Wib Gulley	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Durham	Person (part), Granville, Durham, Wake (part)	1992
	Jeanne Hopkins Lucas	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Durham		1992
14th	Brad Miller	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Raleigh	Wake (part)	1996
	Eric Miller Reeves<ref name='Scorecard'>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Raleigh		1996
15th	Oscar Harris	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Dunn	Lee (part), Harnett, Johnston (part), Sampson (part)	1998
16th	Eleanor Kinnaird	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Carrboro	Randolph (part), Moore, Lee (part), Chatham, Orange	1996
	Howard Lee	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Chapel Hill		1996
17th	Aaron W. Plyler	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Monroe	Stanly (part), Union, Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland, Hoke (part)	1982
	William R. Purcell	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Laurinburg		1997↑
18th	R. C. Soles Jr.	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Tabor City	Bladen (part), Columbus, Brunswick, New Hanover (part)	1976
19th	Robert G. "Bob" Shaw	Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican	Greensboro	Guilford (part), Davidson (part), Randolph (part)	1984
20th	Hamilton C. Horton Jr.	Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican	Winston-Salem	Forsyth (part)	1994
	Linda Garrou	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Winston-Salem		1998
21st	Hugh Webster	Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican	Burlington	Alamance, Caswell, Person (part)	1994
22nd	Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr.	Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican	Concord	Rowan (part), Cabarrus, Stanly (part)	1990
23rd	Cal Cunningham	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Lexington	Iredell (part), Rowan (part), Davidson County (part)	2000
24th	Tony Rand	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Fayetteville	Cumberland (part)	1994
25th	David W. Hoyle	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Dallas	Cleveland (part), Lincoln (part), Gaston (part)	1992
26th	Austin M. Allran	Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican	Hickory	Catawba, Lincoln (part)	1986
27th	John A. Garwood	Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican	Template:Nowrap	Mitchell, Avery, Burke (part), Caldwell, Alexander, Wilkes, Yadkin	1996
	Template:Nowrap	Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican	Lenoir		1996
28th	Steve Metcalf	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Weaverville	Buncombe (part), Madison, Yancey, McDowell, Burke (part)	1998
	Charles Newell Carter	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Asheville		1998
29th	Dan Robinson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Cullowhee	Macon (part), Swain, Jackson (part), Haywood (part), Transylvania (part), Henderson (part)	1998
30th	David F. Weinstein	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Lumberton	Hoke (part), Robeson, Bladen (part), Cumberland (part), Sampson (part)	1996
31st	William N. "Bill" Martin	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford (part)	1982
32nd	Kay Hagan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Greensboro	Guilford (part)	1998
33rd	Charlie Dannelly	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	1994
34th	T. L. "Fountain" Odom	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part), Lincoln (part)	1988
35th	Bob Rucho	Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican	Matthews	Mecklenburg (part)	1996
36th	John H. Carrington	Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican	Raleigh	Wake (part)	1994
37th	Walter H. Dalton	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Rutherfordton	Rutherford, Cleveland (part)	1996
38th	Stan Bingham	Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican	Denton	Forsyth (part), Davie, Davidson (part), Rowan (part)	2000
39th	James Forrester	Template:Party shading/Republican|Republican	Stanley	Gaston (part), Lincoln (part), Iredell (part)	1990
40th	Dan Clodfelter	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Charlotte	Mecklenburg (part)	1998
41st	Larry Shaw	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Democratic	Fayetteville	Cumberland (part)	1996
42nd	Robert C. Carpenter	Template:Party shading/Republican|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.

See also

• List of North Carolina state legislatures