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Larry Brown, North Carolina Representative
| Larry Brown | |
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| North Carolina House of Representatives District 73 | |
| Retired | |
| In office | |
| 2005 - 2013 | |
| Party | Republican |
| Elections and appointments | |
| First elected | 2004 |
| Term limits | N/A |
| Personal | |
| Profession | Owner/Broker Brown Real Estate Company |
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Brown received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Central Wesleyan College in 1971. He served in the United States Navy from 1965 to 1968. He was a United States Postal Service employee from 1985 to 2004. He is currently owner and broker of a real estate company. Brown and his wife, Martha, have two children, Susan and William.
Brown lost the May 8, 2012 Republican primary to challenger Debra Conrad.[1]
Committee assignments
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Brown served on the following committees:
- Subcommittee on Education
- Subcommittee on Alcoholic Beverage Control
- Elections Committee, North Carolina House of Representatives
- Government Committee, North Carolina House of Representatives, Chair
- Insurance Committee, North Carolina House of Representatives
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Brown served on the following committees:
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee, North Carolina House
- Appropriations Committee, North Carolina House
- Subcommittee on General Government
- Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship Committee, North Carolina House
- Education Committee, North Carolina House
- Subcommittee on Community Colleges
- Federal Relations and Indian Affairs Committee, North Carolina House
- Local Government I Committee, North Carolina House
Elections
2012
Brown ran for re-election in 2012. Redistricting moved him to District 74. He lost to Glenn L. Cobb and Debra Conrad in the May 8, 2012 Republican primary.[2][3]
| North Carolina House of Representatives District 74 Republican Primary, 2012 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Debra Conrad |
42.8% | 4,679 |
| Larry R. Brown Incumbent | 29.2% | 3,197 |
| Glenn L. Cobb | 28% | 3,065 |
| Total Votes | 10,941 | |
2010
On November 2, 2010 Brown won election to the North Carolina House of Representatives. He ran unopposed in the general election.[4]
| North Carolina House of Representatives, General Election Results, District 73 (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Larry Brown (R)
|
17,675 | 100% | ||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Brown won re-election to the North Carolina House of Representatives.[5] $12,000 was raised for this campaign.[6]
| North Carolina House of Representatives, District 73 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Larry Brown (R)
|
26,636 | |||
| Cary Morris (L) | 5,151 | |||
Campaign donors
2010
In 2010, a year in which Brown was up for re-election, he collected $14,425 in donations.[7]
His largest contributors in 2010 were:
| North Carolina House of Representatives 2010 election - Campaign Contributions | |
|---|---|
| Top contributors to Larry Brown, North Carolina Representative's campaign in 2010 | |
| Brown, Larry | $4,000 |
| Brown, William E | $4,000 |
| Piedmont Triad Anesthesia | $1,000 |
| John Deere & Co | $1,000 |
| Barringer, Jasie S & Craig, Mark R | $1,000 |
| Total Raised in 2010 | $14,425 |
2008
In 2008, Brown collected $12,000 in donations.[8]
These were the largest contributors in 2008.
| Donor | Amount |
|---|---|
| JOHN DEERE & CO | $3,000 |
| PIEDMONT TRIAD ANESTHESIA | $1,000 |
| BARRINGER, JASIE S & CRAIG, MARK | $1,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION | $750 |
Email Controversy
In September 2010, an email that Brown sent out was leaked and shown to have anti-gay undertones.[9] According to the story, Brown wrote in an email,
- "I hope all the queers are thrilled to see him. I am sure there will be a couple of legislative fruit loops there in the audience."[9]
The email referred to an award that House Speaker Joe Hackney was receiving from Equality NC Foundation. The organization denounced Brown and is sending boxes of Fruit Loops to Brown's office in correlation to any donations the group receives.[10]
In 1999, while mayor of Kernersville, Brown received scrutiny for name-calling, after he made a derogatory remark about three political leaders in a neighboring town that he was trying to annex. Brown said, "If you added the I-Q's up of all three of the leaders, they wouldn't be smart enough to get into Dorothea Dix [A North Carolina mental hospital]."[11]
External links
- North Carolina House of Representative - Rep. Brown
- Project Vote Smart biographical profile
- Project Vote Smart legislative profile
- Campaign Contributions: 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004
- Representative Brown's facebook
References
- ↑ Winston-Salem Journal "House District 74: Debra Conrad wins GOP race; Moore wins among Democrats," May 8, 2012
- ↑ North Carolina Board of Elections "Candidate lists," Accessed March 5, 2012
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results," Accessed June 22, 2012
- ↑ Official North Carolina Election Results, 2010
- ↑ North Carolina House of Representatives official election results for 2008
- ↑ "2008 campaign contributions"
- ↑ 2010 campaign contributions
- ↑ 2008 contributions
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Salon story on email
- ↑ Group targets Brown
- ↑ Brown criticized for gay slurs
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