North Carolina Republican Party
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The North Carolina Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party
in North Carolina
. Robin Hayes
was elected Chairman of the party on January 15, 2011, to serve the five months left in the unexpired term of Tom Fetzer
.
The elections of 2010 led to Republican control of both houses of the North Carolina General Assembly
for the first time since 1896.
State Legislature
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
in North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
. Robin Hayes
Robin Hayes
Robert Cannon "Robin" Hayes is the current chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party. For five terms from 1999 to 2009, he represented North Carolina's 8th congressional district in the House of Representatives.-Early life:...
was elected Chairman of the party on January 15, 2011, to serve the five months left in the unexpired term of Tom Fetzer
Tom Fetzer
Thomas Harrison Fetzer served three two-year terms as Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina from December 1993 to December 1999...
.
The elections of 2010 led to Republican control of both houses of the North Carolina General Assembly
North Carolina General Assembly
The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The General Assembly drafts and legislates the state laws of North Carolina, also known as the General Statutes...
for the first time since 1896.
Current elected officials
The North Carolina Republican Party controls two of the ten statewide offices and holds a majority in both the North Carolina House of Representatives and the North Carolina Senate. Republicans also hold one of the state's U.S. Senate seats and 6 of the state's 13 U.S. House seatsU.S. House of Representatives
- Renee EllmersRenee EllmersRenee Jacisin Ellmers is the U.S. Representative for . She is a member of the Republican Party. Ellmers defeated seven-term Democratic incumbent Bob Etheridge by 1,489 votes, confirmed after a recount....
, 2nd districtNorth Carolina's 2nd congressional districtNorth Carolina's 2nd congressional district is located in the central and eastern parts of the state. Today, the district, which is represented by Republican Rep... - Walter B. Jones, Jr., 3rd districtNorth Carolina's 3rd congressional districtNorth Carolina's 3rd congressional district is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. It covers the Outer Banks and the counties adjacent to the Pamlico Sound. It also spikes inwards through Duplin, Wayne, Wilson, Nash, Craven, Carteret and Pitt counties.The district is represented by...
- Virginia FoxxVirginia FoxxVirginia Foxx is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. She is a member of the Republican Party. The district takes in much of the northwestern portion of the state and a portion of Winston-Salem....
, 5th districtNorth Carolina's 5th congressional districtNorth Carolina's 5th congressional district covers the northwestern corner of North Carolina from the Appalachian Mountains to the Piedmont Triad. The district includes Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Davie, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yadkin counties and parts of Forsyth, Iredell, and... - Howard CobleHoward CobleJohn Howard Coble is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1985. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and pre-political career:Coble was born in Greensboro, North Carolina...
, 6th districtNorth Carolina's 6th congressional districtNorth Carolina's 6th congressional district is located in the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina. The 6th District comprises all of Moore and Randolph counties and portions of Alamance, Davidson, Guilford, and Rowan counties.... - Sue Wilkins MyrickSue Wilkins MyrickSue Wilkins Myrick is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. She is a member of the Republican Party. She is the first Republican woman to represent North Carolina in Congress.-Early political career:...
, 9th districtNorth Carolina's 9th congressional districtThe 9th Congressional District of North Carolina is a Congressional district in south-central North Carolina. Currently, the district includes more than half of Mecklenburg County, two-thirds of Union County and almost all of Gaston County.... - Patrick T. McHenryPatrick T. McHenryPatrick Timothy McHenry is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for a single term...
, 10th districtNorth Carolina's 10th congressional districtThe 10th Congressional District of North Carolina is a Congressional district in central and western North Carolina. It currently includes all of Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln and Mitchell counties, along with parts of Gaston, Iredell and Rutherford counties.The district is...
Statewide offices
- Commissioner of AgricultureNorth Carolina Commissioner of AgricultureThe Commissioner of Agriculture is the head of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, as well as chairman of the state Board of Agriculture. As an executive officer elected statewide, the commissioner is also a member of the North Carolina Council of State.Leonidas L....
: Steve TroxlerSteve TroxlerSteve Troxler is a tobacco farmer and the Republican Commissioner of Agriculture for the U.S. state of North Carolina, sworn in February 8, 2005 after an extended election dispute following the November 2004 statewide election.... - Commissioner of LaborNorth Carolina Commissioner of LaborThe Commissioner of Labor of North Carolina is the head of the state's Department of Labor.The Constitution of North Carolina provides for the election by the people every four years of a Commissioner of Labor whose term of office runs concurrently with that of the governor...
: Cherie Berry
State LegislatureNorth Carolina General AssemblyThe North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The General Assembly drafts and legislates the state laws of North Carolina, also known as the General Statutes...
- President Pro Tem of the SenatePresident Pro Tempore of the North Carolina SenateThe President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate is the highest-ranking officer of one house of the North Carolina General Assembly. The President of the Senate is the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, but the President Pro-Tem actually holds most of the power and presides in the...
: Phil Berger- Senate Majority Leader: Harry Brown
- Speaker of the HouseSpeaker of the North Carolina House of RepresentativesThe Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives is the presiding officer of one of the houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The Speaker is elected by the members of the house when they convene for their regular session in January of each odd-numbered year...
: Thom TillisThom TillisThomas Roland "Thom" Tillis is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Mecklenburg County and Speaker of the House....
- House Majority Leader: Paul StamPaul StamPaul B. "Skip" Stam, Jr. is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 37th House district, including constituents in Wake County. An attorney from Apex, North Carolina, Stam was elected to his sixth term in the state House of Representatives in 2010...
- House Majority Leader: Paul Stam
External links
- North Carolina Republican Party
- NC Republican Senate Caucus Website
- NC Federation of Republican Men
- NC Federation of Republican Women
- NC Federation of Young Republicans, Inc. DBA North Carolina Federation of Young Professional Republicans
- NC Teenage Republicans
- Henderson County Republican Party
- All County Parties
- Oral History Interview with Jack Hawke (chair from 1987-1995) from Oral Histories of the American South