North Carolina General Assembly of 2003–04

146th North Carolina General Assembly 2003–2004

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North Carolina Legislative Building

Overview
Legislative body| North Carolina General Assembly
Jurisdiction| North Carolina, United States
Meeting place| State Legislative Building in Raleigh
Term| 2003–2004
Website| House Senate
North Carolina Senate
Members| 50 senators
President pro tempore| Marc Basnight (Dem)
Majority Leader| Tony Rand (Dem)
Minority Leader| Patrick J. Ballantine (Rep)
Party control| Democratic Party
North Carolina House of Representatives
Members| 120 representatives
Co-Speakers of the House| James B. Black (Dem)
Richard T. Morgan (Rep)
Majority Leader| Joe Hackney (Dem)
Minority Leader| Joe L. Kiser (Rep)
Party control| Democratic-led power share

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

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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

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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

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North Carolina House members 2003–04  District  | Representative  | Party  | Residence  | Counties represented

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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

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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

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

### Senate leaders

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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

* Permanent Democratic Caucus Chair: R. C. Soles Jr.
* Democratic Caucus Secretary: Charles W. Albertson
* Secretary of Republican Caucus: Phil Berger

### Senate members

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District  | Senator  | Party  | Residence  | Counties represented  | First elected

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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

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

## See also

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* List of North Carolina state legislatures

## References

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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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Executive Branch: Governor of North Carolina (List), Lieutenant Governor (since 1868), Cabinets, Council of State, Attorney General

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North Carolina Provincial Congress (1774–1776: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th), 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.
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