North Carolina General Assembly of 2005–06

147th North Carolina General Assembly 2005–06
147th North Carolina General Assembly 2005–06
	North Carolina Legislative Building
Overview
Legislative body	North Carolina General Assembly
Jurisdiction	North Carolina, United States
Meeting place	State Legislative Building in Raleigh
Term	2005–06
Website	House Senate
North Carolina Senate
Members	50 senators
President pro tempore	Marc Basnight (Dem)
Majority Leader	Tony Rand (Dem)
Minority Leader	Phil Berger (Rep)
Party control	Democratic Party
North Carolina House of Representatives
Members	120 representatives
Speaker of the House	James B. Black (Dem)
Speaker pro tempore	Richard T. Morgan (Rep)
Majority Leader	Joe Hackney (Dem)
Party control	Democratic Party

The North Carolina General Assembly of 2005–06 was the legislature that was elected on November 2, 2004, by voters in North Carolina. Members of the House of Representatives and Senate met in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2005 and 2006. These were the first elections for the state legislature under a new redistricting plan approved in 2003. This General Assembly will perhaps be best remembered as the assembly that approved North Carolina's first state lottery. It also approved new ethics laws for government officials and increased the state's minimum wage.^[1]^[2]

House of Representatives[edit]

The North Carolina State House, during the 2005–06 session, consisted of 63 Democrats and 57 Republicans. Several Republicans, Richard T. Morgan most prominent among them, continued to support the Democratic majority on some issues, as they had in the previous legislature (when the house was evenly divided by party).^[1]

House leaders[edit]

North Carolina House officers
Position	Name	Party
Majority Leader	Joe Hackney	Democratic
Majority Whips	Marian N. McLawhorn	Democratic
	Hugh Holliman	Democratic
	Larry M. Bell	Democratic
Minority Leader	Joe L. Kiser	Republican
Minority Whip	Mitch Gillespie	Republican
Deputy Minority Whip	Carolyn H. Justice	Republican
Freshman Leaders	Linda Coleman	Democratic
Freshman Leaders	Bryan R. Holloway	Republican
Special Asst. to the Speaker	W. Pete Cunningham	Democratic

House members[edit]

District 1: William C. Owens Jr. (Dem) – Camden, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank
District 2: William T. Culpepper III (Dem); resigned January 3, 2006; replaced by Timothy L. Spear (Dem) – Chowan, Dare, Gates, Perquimans, Tyrrell
District 3: Alice Graham Underhill (Dem) – Craven, Pamlico
District 4: Russell E. Tucker (Dem) – Craven, Martin, Pitt
District 5: Howard J. Hunter Jr. (Dem) – Bertie, Hertford, Northampton
District 6: Arthur J. Williams (Dem) – Beaufort, Hyde, Washington
District 7: John D. Hall (Dem); died March 17, 2005; replaced by Edward Jones – Halifax, Nash
District 8: Edith D. Warren (Dem) – Greene, Martin, Pitt
District 9: Marian N. McLawhorn (Dem) – Pitt
District 10: Stephen A. LaRoque (Rep) – Duplin, Lenoir
District 11: Louis M. Pate Jr. (Rep) – Wayne
District 12: William L. Wainwright (Dem) – Craven, Jones, Lenoir
District 13: Jean R. Preston (Rep) – Carteret, Onslow
District 14: George G. Cleveland (Rep) – Onslow
District 15: W. Robert Grady (Rep) – Onslow
District 16: Carolyn H. Justice (Rep) – New Hanover, Pender
District 17: Bonner L. Stiller (Rep) – Brunswick, New Hanover
District 18: Thomas E. Wright (Dem) – Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover
District 19: Daniel F. McComas (Rep) – New Hanover
District 20: Dewey L. Hill (Dem) – Brunswick, Columbus
District 21: Larry M. Bell (Dem) – Duplin, Sampson, Wayne
District 22: Edd Nye (Dem) – Bladen, Sampson
District 23: Joe P. Tolson (Dem) – Edgecombe, Wilson
District 24: Jean Farmer-Butterfield (Dem) – Edgecombe, Wilson
District 25: William G. Daughtridge Jr. (Rep) – Nash
District 26: N. Leo Daughtry (Rep) – Johnston, Wayne
District 27: Michael H. Wray (Dem) – Granville, Vance, Warren
District 28: James Langdon Jr. (Rep) – Johnston
District 29: Paul Miller (Dem); resigned 2006; replaced by Larry D. Hall – Durham
District 30: Paul Luebke (Dem) – Durham
District 31: Mickey Michaux (Dem) – Durham
District 32: James W. Crawford Jr. (Dem) – Durham, Granville, Vance
District 33: Bernard Allen (Dem); died October 2006; replaced by Dan Blue – Wake
District 34: Grier Martin (Dem) – Wake
District 35: Jennifer Weiss (Dem) – Wake
District 36: Nelson Dollar (Rep) – Wake
District 37: Paul Stam (Rep) – Wake
District 38: Deborah K. Ross (Dem) – Wake
District 39: Linda Coleman (Dem) – Wake
District 40: Rick L. Eddins (Rep) – Wake
District 41: J. Russell Capps (Rep) – Wake
District 42: Marvin W. Lucas (Dem) – Cumberland,
District 43: Mary E. McAllister (Dem) – Cumberland
District 44: Margaret H. Dickson (Dem) – Cumberland
District 45: Rick Glazier (Dem) – Cumberland
District 46: Douglas Y. Yongue (Dem) – Hoke, Robeson, Scotland
District 47: Ronnie N. Sutton (Dem) – Hoke, Robeson
District 48: Garland E. Pierce (Dem) – Hoke, Robeson, Scotland
District 49: Lucy T. Allen (Dem) – Franklin, Halifax, Nash
District 50: Bill Faison (Dem) – Caswell, Orange
District 51: John I. Sauls (Rep) – Harnett, Lee
District 52: Richard T. Morgan (Rep) – Moore
District 53: David R. Lewis (Rep) – Harnett
District 54: Joe Hackney (Dem) – Chatham, Orange, Moore
District 55: Winkie Wilkins (Dem) – Durham, Person
District 56: Verla C. Insko (Dem) – Orange
District 57: Pricey Harrison (Dem) – Guilford
District 58: Alma S. Adams (Dem) – Guilford
District 59: Maggie Jeffus (Dem) – Guilford
District 60: Earl Jones (Dem) – Guilford
District 61: Laura I. Wiley (Rep) – Guilford
District 62: John M. Blust (Rep) – Guilford
District 63: Alice L. Bordsen (Dem) – Alamance
District 64: Cary D. Allred (Rep) – Alamance
District 65: E. Nelson Cole (Dem) – Rockingham
District 66: Melanie Wade Goodwin (Dem) – Montgomery, Richmond
District 67: David Almond (Rep) – Montgomery, Stanly, Union
District 68: J. Curtis Blackwood Jr. (Rep) – Union
District 69: Pryor A. Gibson III (Dem) – Anson, Montgomery, Union
District 70: Arlie F. Culp (Rep) – Randolph
District 71: Larry W. Womble (Dem) – Forsyth
District 72: Earline W. Parmon (Dem) – Forsyth
District 73: Larry R. Brown (Rep) – Forsyth
District 74: Dale R. Folwell (Rep) – Forsyth
District 75: William C. McGee (Rep) – Forsyth
District 76: Fred F. Steen II (Rep) – Rowan
District 77: Lorene T. Coates (Dem) – Rowan
District 78: Harold J. Brubaker (Rep) – Randolph
District 79: Julia C. Howard (Rep) – Davidson, Davie, Iredell
District 80: Jerry C. Dockham (Rep) – Davidson
District 81: L. Hugh Holliman (Dem) – Davidson
District 82: Jeff Barnhart (Rep) – Cabarrus
District 83: Linda P. Johnson (Rep) Cabarrus
District 84: Phillip D. Frye (Rep) – Avery, Caldwell, Mitchell
District 85: Mitch Gillespie (Rep) – Burke, Caldwell, McDowell
District 86: Walter G. Church, Sr. (Dem) – Burke
District 87: Edgar V. Starnes (Rep) – Alexander, Caldwell
District 88: Mark W. Hollo (Rep) – Alexander, Catawba
District 89: Mitchell S. Setzer (Rep) – Catawba
District 90: James A. Harrell III (Dem) – Alleghany, Surry
District 91: Bryan R. Holloway (Rep) – Stokes, Rockingham
District 92: George M. Holmes (Rep) – Forsyth, Yadkin
District 93: W. Eugene Wilson (Rep) – Ashe, Watauga
District 94: R. Tracy Walker (Rep) – Wilkes
District 95: Karen B. Ray (Rep) – Catawba, Iredell
District 96: Mark K. Hilton (Rep) – Catawba
District 97: Joe L. Kiser (Rep) – Lincoln
District 98: John W. Rhodes (Rep) – Mecklenburg
District 99: Drew P. Saunders (Dem) – Mecklenburg
District 100: James B. Black (Dem) – Mecklenburg
District 101: Beverly M. Earle (Dem) – Mecklenburg
District 102: Becky Carney (Dem) – Mecklenburg
District 103: Jim Gulley (Rep) – Mecklenburg
District 104: W. Edwin McMahan (Rep) – Mecklenburg
District 105: Doug Vinson (Rep) – Mecklenburg
District 106: Martha B. Alexander (Dem) – Mecklenburg
District 107: W. Pete Cunningham (Dem) – Mecklenburg
District 108: John M. Rayfield (Rep) – Gaston
District 109: William A. Current (Rep) – Gaston
District 110: Debbie A. Clary (Rep) – Cleveland, Gaston
District 111: Tim Moore (Rep) – Cleveland
District 112: Bobby F. England (Dem) – Cleveland, Rutherford
District 113: Trudi Walend (Rep) – Henderson, Polk, Transylvania
District 114: Susan C. Fisher (Dem) – Buncombe
District 115: D. Bruce Goforth (Dem) – Buncombe
District 116: Wilma M. Sherrill (Rep) – Buncombe
District 117: Carolyn K. Justus (Rep) – Henderson, Transylvania
District 118: Ray Rapp (Dem) – Haywood, Madison, Yancey
District 119: R. Phillip Haire (Dem) – Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain
District 120: Roger West (Rep) – Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon

Senate[edit]

The North Carolina State Senate, during the 2005–06 session, consisted of 29 Democrats and 21 Republicans.^[2]

Senate leaders[edit]

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	Tom Apodaca	Republican
Assistant Minority Leader	Robert Pittenger	Republican
Minority Whip	Jerry W. Tillman	Republican
Deputy Minority Whip	Andrew C. Brock	Republican

Permanent Democratic Caucus Chair: R. C. Soles Jr. (8th district)
Democratic Caucus Secretary: Charles W. Albertson (10th district)

Senate members[edit]

District 1: Marc Basnight (Dem) – Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans
District 2: Scott Thomas (Dem); resigned; replaced by C. W. Bland – Carteret, Craven, Pamlico
District 3: Clark Jenkins (Dem) – Bertie, Edgecombe, Martin, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington
District 4: Robert Lee Holloman (Dem) – Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton
District 5: John H. Kerr III (Dem) – Pitt, Wilson, Wayne
District 6: Harry Brown (Rep) – Jones, Onslow
District 7: Doug Berger (Dem) – Granville, Vance, Warren, Franklin
District 8: R. C. Soles Jr. (Dem) – Brunswick, Columbus, Pender
District 9: Julia Boseman (Dem) – New Hanover
District 10: Charles W. Albertson (Dem) – Duplin, Harnett, Sampson
District 11: A. B. Swindell (Dem) – Franklin, Nash, Vance
District 12: Fred Smith (Rep) – Johnston, Wayne
District 13: David F. Weinstein (Dem) – Hoke, Robeson
District 14: Vernon Malone (Dem) – Wake
District 15: Neal Hunt (Rep) – Wake
District 16: Janet Cowell (Dem) – Wake
District 17: Richard Stevens (Rep) – Wake
District 18: Bob Atwater (Dem) – Durham, Granville, Person
District 19: Tony Rand (Dem) – Bladen, Cumberland
District 20: Jeanne Hopkins Lucas (Dem) – Durham
District 21: Larry Shaw (Dem) – Cumberland
District 22: Harris Blake (Rep) – Harnett, Lee, Moore
District 23: Eleanor Kinnaird (Dem) – Chatham, Orange
District 24: Hugh Webster (Rep) – Alamance, Caswell
District 25: William R. Purcell (Dem) – Anson, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly
District 26: Phil Berger (Rep) – Guilford, Rockingham
District 27: Kay Hagan (Dem) – Guilford
District 28: Katie G. Dorsett (Dem) – Guilford
District 29: Jerry W. Tillman (Rep) – Montgomery, Randolph
District 30: Don W. East (Rep) – Stokes, Surry, Yadkin
District 31: Hamilton C. Horton Jr. (Rep); died; replaced by Peter S. Brunstetter – Forsyth
District 32: Linda Garrou (Dem) – Forsyth
District 33: Stan Bingham (Rep) – Davidson, Guilford
District 34: Andrew C. Brock (Rep) – Davie, Rowan, Yadkin
District 35: W. Edward Goodall (Rep) – Mecklenburg, Union
District 36: Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. (Rep) – Cabarrus, Rowan
District 37: Daniel G. Clodfelter (Dem) – Mecklenburg
District 38: Charlie Smith Dannelly (Dem) – Mecklenburg
District 39: Robert Pittenger (Rep) – Mecklenburg
District 40: Malcolm Graham (Dem) – Mecklenburg
District 41: James Forrester (Rep) – Alexander, Iredell
District 42: Austin M. Allran (Rep) – Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln
District 43: David W. Hoyle (Dem) – Gaston
District 44: Jim Jacumin (Rep) – Burke, Caldwell
District 45: John Garwood (Rep) – Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Watauga, Wilkes
District 46: Walter H. Dalton (Dem) – Cleveland, Rutherford
District 47: Keith Presnell (Rep) – Avery, Haywood, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey
District 48: Tom Apodaca (Rep) – Buncombe, Henderson, Polk
District 49: Martin Nesbitt (Dem) – Buncombe
District 50: John J. Snow Jr. (Dem) – Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "North Carolina General Assembly, House of Representatives, Documents". NCLeg.gov. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "North Carolina General Assembly, Senate Documents". NCLeg.gov. Retrieved September 14, 2019.

[HouseDocs-1] "North Carolina General Assembly, House of Representatives, Documents". NCLeg.gov. Retrieved September 14, 2019.

[SenateDocs-2] "North Carolina General Assembly, Senate Documents". NCLeg.gov. Retrieved September 14, 2019.

[1]

[2]

v t e North Carolina General Assemblies by year convened and order
List of North Carolina state legislatures Senate President pro tempore of the Senate House of Commons House of Representatives Speakers of the House of Representatives (see Note)	1 (1777) 2 (1778) 3 (1779) 4 (1780) 5 (1781) 6 (1782) 7 (1783) 8 (Apr 1784) 9 (Oct 1784) 10 (1785) 11 (1786) 12 (1787) 13 (1788) 14 (1789) 15 (1790) 16 (1791) 17 (1792) 18 (1793) 19 (1794) 20 (1795) 21 (1796) 22 (1797) 23 (1798) 24 (1799) 25 (1800) 26 (1801) 27 (1802) 28 (1803) 29 (1804) 30 (1805) 31 (1806) 32 (1807) 33 (1808) 34 (1809) 35 (1810) 36 (1811) 37 (1812) 38 (1813) 39 (1814) 40 (1815) 41 (1816) 42 (1817) 43 (1818) 44 (1819) 45 (1820) 46 (1821) 47 (1822) 48 (1823) 49 (1824) 50 (1825) 51 (1826) 52 (1827) 53 (1828) 54 (1829) 55 (1830) 56 (1831) 57 (1832) 58 (1833) 59 (1834) 60 (1835) 61 (1836) 62 (1840) 63 (1842) 64 (1844) 65 (1846) 66 (1846) 67 (1848) 68 (1850) 69 (1852) 70 (1854) 71 (1856) 72 (1858) 73 (1860) 74 (1862) 75 (1864) 76 (1865) 77 (1866) 78 (1868) 79 (1869) 80 (1870) 81 (1872) 82 (1874) 83 (1876) 84 (1879) 85 (1881) 86 (1883) 87 (1885) 88 (1887) 89 (1889) 90 (1891) 91 (1893) 92 (1895) 93 (1897) 94 (1899) 95 (1901) 96 (1903) 97 (1905) 98 (1907) 99 (1909) 100 (1911) 101 (1913) 102 (1915) 103 (1917) 104 (1919) 105 (1921) 106 (1923) 107 (1925) 108 (1927) 109 (1929) 110 (1931) 111 (1933) 112 (1935) 113 (1937) 114 (1939) 115 (1941) 116 (1943) 117 (1945) 118 (1947) 119 (1949) 120 (1951) 121 (1953) 122 (1955) 123 (1957) 124 (1959) 125 (1961) 126 (1963) 127 (1965) 128 (1967) 129 (1969) 130 (1971) 131 (1973) 132 (1975) 133 (1977) 134 (1979) 135 (1981) 136 (1983) 137 (1985) 138 (1987) 139 (1989) 140 (1991) 141 (1993) 142 (1995) 143 (1997) 144 (1999) 145 (2001) 146 (2003) 147 (2005) 148 (2007) 149 (2009) 150 (2011) 151 (2013) 152 (2015) 153 (2017) 154 (2019) 155 (2021) 156 (2023)
Other	Executive Branch: Governor of North Carolina (List), Lieutenant Governor (since 1868), Cabinets, Council of State, Attorney General
Conventions	Hillsborough Convention of 1788, Fayetteville Convention of 1789
Provincial Congresses and Constitution	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.