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The North Carolina Senate is the upper body of the North Carolina Legislature. The Senate meets at its State Capitol in Raliegh. The Senate consists of 50 members who serve a term of two years. The Lieutenant Governor is President of the Senate and presides over the daily session. The Lieutenant Governor is elected by the citizens of North Carolina for a four-year term. The Lieutenant Governor has no vote in the Senate except to break a tie. The Senate elects officers from their membership including the President Pro Tempore [1].

Party balance

Affiliation Members
Image:Bluedot.png Democratic Party 30
Image:Reddot.png Republican Party 20
Total 50

List of current members

District Representative Party Counties in District
1 Marc Basnight Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Beaufort, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pasquotank, Tyrrell, Washington
2 Jean Preston Image:Reddot.png Republican Carteret, Craven, Pamlico
3 Clark Jenkins Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Edgecombe, Martin, Pitt
4 Ed Jones Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, Perquimans
5 Donald Davis Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Greene, Pitt, Wayne
6 Harry Brown Image:Reddot.png Republican Jones, Onslow
7 Doug Berger Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren
8 R. C. Soles, Jr. Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Brunswick, Columbus, Pender
9 Julia Boseman Image:Bluedot.png Democrat New Hanover
10 Charles W. Albertson Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Duplin, Lenoir, Sampson
11 A. B. Swindell Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Nash, Wilson
12 David Rouzer Image:Reddot.png Republican Johnston, Wayne
13 David F. Weinstein Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Hoke, Robeson
14 Vernon Malone Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Wake
15 Neal Hunt Image:Reddot.png Republican Wake
16 Joshua Stein Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Wake
17 Richard Stevens Image:Reddot.png Republican Wake
18 Bob Atwater Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Chatham, Durham, Lee
19 Tony Rand Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Bladen, Cumberland
20 Floyd McKissick Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Durham
21 Larry Shaw Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Cumberland
22 Harris Blake Image:Reddot.png Republican Harnett, Moore
23 Eleanor Kinnaird Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Orange, Person
24 Tony Foriest Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Alamance, Caswell
25 William R. Purcell Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Anson, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly
26 Phil Berger Image:Reddot.png Republican Guilford, Rockingham
27 Donald Vaughan Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Guilford
28 Katie G. Dorsett Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Guilford
29 Jerry W. Tillman Image:Reddot.png Republican Montgomery, Randolph
30 Don East Image:Reddot.png Republican Alleghany, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin
31 Peter S. Brunstetter Image:Reddot.png Republican Forsyth
32 Linda Garrou Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Forsyth
33 Stan Bingham Image:Reddot.png Republican Davidson, Guilford
34 Andrew C. Brock Image:Reddot.png Republican Davie, Rowan
35 W. Eddie Goodall Image:Reddot.png Republican Mecklenburg, Union
36 Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. Image:Reddot.png Republican Cabarrus, Iredell
37 Daniel G. Clodfelter Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Mecklenburg
38 Charlie Smith Dannelly Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Mecklenburg
39 Bob Rucho Image:Reddot.png Republican Mecklenburg
40 Malcolm Graham Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Mecklenburg
41 James Forrester Image:Reddot.png Republican Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln
42 Austin M. Allran Image:Reddot.png Republican Catawba, Iredell
43 David W. Hoyle Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Gaston
44 Jim Jacumin Image:Reddot.png Republican Burke, Caldwell
45 Steve Goss Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Alexander, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes
46 Debbie Clary Image:Reddot.png Republican Cleveland, Rutherford
47 Joe Sam Queen Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Avery, Haywood, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey
48 Tom Apodaca Image:Reddot.png Republican Buncombe, Henderson, Polk
49 Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr. Image:Bluedot.png Democrat Buncombe
50 John Snow Image:Bluedot.png DemocratCherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania

Senate committees

The North Carolina Senate has 14 standing committees:

External links

References

  1. ↑ "North Carolina Senate" About the Senate, March 3, 2009
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Senate Majority Leader: Tony Rand (D) • Senate Minority Leader: Phil Berger (R)
   
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