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{{short description|American politician from North Carolina}}
{{use mdy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Edgar Starnes
| image = EVStarnes.jpg
| office = Majority Leader of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]]
| term_start = January 1, 2013
| term_end = January 1, 2015
| predecessor = [[Paul Stam]]
| successor = [[Mike Hager]]
| office1 = Member of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]]
| term_start1 = January 1, 1997
| term_end1 = January 13, 2015
| predecessor1 = [[George S. Robinson|George Robinson]]
| successor1 = [[George S. Robinson|George Robinson]]
| constituency1 = [[North Carolina's 91st House district|91st]] district (1997–2003)<br>[[North Carolina's 87th House district|87th]] district (2003–2015)
| term_start2 = January 1, 1987
| term_end2 = January 1, 1989
| predecessor2 = [[George S. Robinson|George Robinson]]
| successor2 = [[George S. Robinson|George Robinson]]<br>[[David Flaherty]]
| constituency2 = [[North Carolina's 46th House district|46th]] district
| birth_name = Edgar Vance Starnes
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|9|3}}
| birth_place = [[Granite Falls, North Carolina]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| education = [[Carson-Newman University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| website = {{url|web.archive.org/web/20120907021942/http://edgarstarnes.com|Campaign website}}
}}
'''Edgar Vance Starnes''' (born September 3, 1956)<ref name="Project Vote Smart Bio">[http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/10369/edgar-starnes Project Vote Smart Biography]</ref> is a North Carolina politician and an investor in [[real estate]]. He served as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]] for a total of approximately 20 years, from 1987 to 1988 and from 1997 through January 2015.<ref>[http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/robinson-back-to-raleigh/article_138070e8-a889-11e4-b161-1f5b581656f2.html Hickory Daily Record]</ref> He then resigned to become legislative liaison for [[North Carolina State Treasurer]] [[Janet Cowell]].<ref>[http://www.wral.com/starnes-steps-down-for-liaison-job-/14349827/ WRAL.com]</ref> At the time of his resignation, Starnes represented the state's eighty-seventh [[North Carolina House of Representatives|House]] district ([[Caldwell County, North Carolina|Caldwell County]]).

==North Carolina House of Representatives==

He was elected House [[Majority Leader]] by his colleagues in December 2012, for the legislative session beginning in January 2013.<ref>[http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/house_gop_chooses_leaders News & Observer: House GOP chooses leaders] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130130052550/http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/house_gop_chooses_leaders |date=2013-01-30 }}</ref> After the 2014 election, in which he was re-elected to the House without opposition, Starnes chose not to seek a second term as Majority Leader because he was already discussing the position with the State Treasurer's office.<ref>[http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/state/ap/nc-rep-edgar-starnes-leaving-house-to-work-for-cowell/article_7ff63606-b316-5f02-917d-9c1228fe3876.html Hickory Daily Record] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20150118001719/http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/state/ap/nc-rep-edgar-starnes-leaving-house-to-work-for-cowell/article_7ff63606-b316-5f02-917d-9c1228fe3876.html |date=2015-01-18 }}</ref>

===Nullification resolution===
In April 2013, Starnes and ten Republican colleagues introduced House Bill 494, a resolution in the Assembly which repudiates any federal court power in ruling on any Constitutional topic in North Carolina, a legally discredited theory known to historians of the antebellum U.S. as [[Nullification (U.S. Constitution)|nullification]].

"The Constitution of the United States does not grant the federal government and does not grant the federal courts the power to determine what is or is not constitutional; therefore, by virtue of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the power to determine constitutionality and the proper interpretation and proper application of the Constitution is reserved to the states and to the people," the resolution asserts, continuing, "Each state in the union is sovereign and may independently determine how that state may make laws respecting an establishment of religion".<ref>[http://www.wral.com/proposal-would-allow-state-religion-in-north-carolina/12296876/ Leslie, Laura. "Proposal would allow state religion in North Carolina" @NCCapitol, WRAL.com; April 3, 2013]</ref>

===Electoral history===
====2014====
{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 87th district general election, 2014<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/04/2014&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1007] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Edgar Starnes (incumbent)
| votes = 16,148
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 16,148
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

====2012====
{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 87th district Republican primary election, 2012<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=05/08/2012&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1078] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Edgar Starnes (incumbent)
| votes = 8,472
| percentage = 70.07%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Jordon Greene
| votes = 3,619
| percentage = 29.93%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 12,091
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 87th district general election, 2012<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/06/2012&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1274] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Edgar Starnes (incumbent)
| votes = 25,757
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 25,757
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

====2010====
{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 87th district general election, 2010<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/02/2010&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1270] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Edgar Starnes (incumbent)
| votes = 14,295
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 14,295
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

====2008====
{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 87th district general election, 2008<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/04/2008&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1277] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Edgar Starnes (incumbent)
| votes = 15,444
| percentage = 52.76%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = John A. Forlines Jr.
| votes = 11,487
| percentage = 39.24%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| candidate = Timothy J. "T. J." Rohr
| votes = 2,342
| percentage = 8.00%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 29,273
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

====2006====
{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 87th district general election, 2006<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/07/2006&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=240] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Edgar Starnes (incumbent)
| votes = 11,548
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 11,548
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

====2004====
{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 87th district general election, 2004<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/02/2004&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=251] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Edgar Starnes (incumbent)
| votes = 15,519
| percentage = 59.84%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Woody Tucker
| votes = 10,415
| percentage = 40.16%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 25,934
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

====2002====
{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 87th district general election, 2002<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/05/2002&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=259] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Edgar Starnes (incumbent)
| votes = 11,813
| percentage = 51.48%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = [[T. Raymond Warren|Ray Warren]]
| votes = 11,132
| percentage = 48.52%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 22,945
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

====2000====
{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 91st district general election, 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=781777|title=NC State House 091|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=September 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Edgar Starnes (incumbent)
| votes = 15,050
| percentage = 85.98%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| candidate = Joe Young
| votes = 2,454
| percentage = 14.02%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 17,504
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&nUserID=91 Edgar V. Starnes]" (North Carolina General Assembly Official Site)

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{{s-bef|before=[[Paul Stam]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=Majority Leader of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]]|years=2013–2015}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Mike Hager]]}}
{{s-end}}

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[[Category:1956 births]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly]]
[[Category:21st-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Granite Falls, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Republican Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives]]

Edgar V. Starnes - Revision history

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