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Rick Catlin

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Rick Catlin
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Prior offices
North Carolina House of Representatives District 20

Education

Bachelor's

University of South Florida

Personal
Profession
Engineer
Contact

Rick Catlin is a former Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 20 from 2013 to his resignation on August 15, 2016. Catlin did not seek re-election to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2016.

Biography

Catlin earned his B.A. from the University of South Florida in 1978. His professional experience includes serving as the President of Catlin Engineers & Scientists since 1985.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Catlin served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Catlin served on the following committees:

Campaign themes

2014

Catlin's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]

Education

  • Excerpt: "As a businessman, Rick Catlin knows that strong schools are the foundation to a stable and growing economy. As a parent, he understands the challenges and concerns most parents experience in dealing with our public schools."

Economy

  • Excerpt: "As a state legislator, Rick Catlin will reform the current regulatory environment in North Carolina to make our state more competitive in attracting new jobs from other states."

Environment

  • Excerpt: "As our next state representative, we can all be assured that Rick Catlin will work to make a wonderful place to live an even greater place to live, work and raise a family."

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2016

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016.[2] The candidate filing deadline was December 21, 2015.[3] Incumbent Rick Catlin (R) resigned from the seat on August 15, 2016. Holly Grange (R) was appointed on August 29, 2016, to replace Catlin.

Incumbent Holly Grange ran unopposed in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 20 general election.[4][5]

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 20 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Holly Grange Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections


Holly Grange defeated Tammy Covil in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 20 Republican primary.[6][7]

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 20 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Holly Grange 61.98% 7,188
     Republican Tammy Covil 38.02% 4,409
Total Votes 11,597

2014

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 28, 2014. Incumbent Rick Catlin was unopposed in the Republican primary, while Betsy Jordan was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Catlin defeated Jordan in the general election.[8][9][10][11]

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 20 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRick Catlin Incumbent 62.2% 16,844
     Democratic Betsy Jordan 37.8% 10,252
Total Votes 27,096

2012

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2012

Catlin ran in the 2012 election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 20. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on May 8, 2012. Catlin defeated Tom Gale (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[12][13]

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 20, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRick Catlin 64.1% 25,282
     Democratic Tom Gale 35.9% 14,179
Total Votes 39,461

Campaign finance summary


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Rick Catlin campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2014North Carolina House of Representatives, District 20Won $222,574 N/A**
Grand total$222,574 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2016

In 2016, the General Assembly of North Carolina was in session from April 25 through July 1.

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on environment and conservation issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills relating to family issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2015


2014


2013


Personal

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Catlin and his wife, Janice, have two children. They currently reside in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Dewey Hill (D)
North Carolina House - District 20
2013–2016
Succeeded by
Holly Grange (R)


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Speaker of the House:Destin Hall
Majority Leader:Brenden Jones
Minority Leader:Robert Reives
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