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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American politician from North Carolina}}<br />
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| name = Ray Rapp<br />
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| state_house=North Carolina<br />
| state=North Carolina<br />
| district = [[North Carolina's 118th House district|118th]]<br />
| term_start = January 1, 2003<br />
| term_end = January 1, 2013<br />
| preceded = [[Margaret Carpenter]] (Redistricting)<br />
| succeeded = [[Michele D. Presnell|Michele Presnell]]<br />
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| office1 = Mayor of [[Mars Hill, North Carolina]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1997<br />
| term_end1 = 2003<br />
| preceded1 = Gordan Randolph<br />
| succeeded1 = John L. Chandler<br />
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|02|11}} <br />
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| spouse = Dorothy Rapp<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of North Carolina]]<br />
| profession = Retired [[College Professor]]<br />
| residence = [[Mars Hill, North Carolina]]<br />
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'''Ray Rapp''' is a former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[North Carolina General Assembly]] representing the state's one hundred eighteenth House district, including constituents in [[Haywood County, North Carolina|Haywood]], [[Madison County, North Carolina|Madison]] and [[Yancey County, North Carolina|Yancey]] counties. He served as Minority Whip.<ref name=rapp>{{cite web | url = http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&nUserID=424 | title = Representative Ray Rapp (Dem) | accessdate = 2010-12-04 | publisher = [[General Assembly of North Carolina]] | archive-date = 2017-05-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170514120227/http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&nUserID=424 | url-status = dead }}</ref> A college administrator from [[Mars Hill, North Carolina]], Rapp servered four terms in the state House. Rapp is a former Mayor of the town of Mars Hill from 1997 to 2003.<ref name=queen>{{cite web | url = http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/11_02/11_06_02/elect_queen_rapp.html | title = Queen, Rapp beat incumbents | accessdate = 2010-12-04 | date = 2002-06-11 | publisher = The Smokey Mountain News | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110209192516/http://smokymountainnews.com/issues/11_02/11_06_02/elect_queen_rapp.html | archivedate = 2011-02-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Town Of Mars Hill North Carolina |url=https://townofmarshill.org/mayors.php |website=townofmarshill.org |access-date=21 January 2024}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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*[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=40885 Project Vote Smart bio page]<br />
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