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N.C. HOUSE: The North Carolina House of Representatives consists of 120 members who stand for election every two years. Every member represents a House district, which is redrawn after each decennial census. During the 2009-2010 Legislative Session, Democrats hold a 68 to 52 majority over Republicans in the chamber.

2010 Primary Candidate Questionnaires:

In March, the NC FreeEnterprise Foundation sent candidate questionnaires to all candidates running for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House in districts with primary opposition. The candidates’ responses to our questionnaires are available on this webpage in two formats:

1. ✦ Easy to Read Format: Click this link to download a complete file of all N.C. House candidate questionnaires in a easy-to-read format.
   

1. ✦ Scanned Questionnaires: Click on the “Q” beside a candidate’s name to download and view a scanned copy of the candidate’s completed questionnaire. (If a candidate does not have a “Q” by their name, they either did not complete and return a candidate questionnaire, or they are not running in a district with primary opposition.
   

Please Note: All candidates were asked to respond to one or more open-ended questions and were invited to provide additional comments or explanations for their answers if the answer options provided did not enable them to accurately convey their positions or opinions. Please refer the the candidates’ scanned questionnaires to view responses to open-ended questions and to see additional comments.

N.C. HOUSE:

DEMOCRAT                                             REPUBLICAN                                          THIRD PARTY

District 1:

W.C. (Bill) Owens (D) incumbent              John J. Woodard, Jr. (R)

District 2:

  Timothy L. (Tim) Spear (D) incumbent     Bob Steinburg (R)

District 3:

  Alice Graham Underhill (D) incumbent    Norman Sanderson (R) child care owner  Herb Sobel (L)

District 4: OPEN (incumbent Russell Tucker (D) not running in 2010)

  Mott Blair (D) Doctor                               Jimmy Dixon (R)

District 5:

  Annie Ward Mobley (D) incumbent          Matthew (Matt) Peeler (R)

                                                                 

District 6:

  Arthur Williams (D) incumbent                Bill Cook (R) retired utility executive

District 7:

  Angela R. Bryant (D) incumbent

District 8: Primary

  Edith D. Warren (D) incumbent

  Q Mildred A. Council (D)

District 9:

  Marian N. McLawhorn (D) incumbent      Stan Larson (R) small businessman

District 10:

  Van Braxton (D) incumbent                     Stephen LaRoque (R)

District 11:

                                                                  Efton M. Sager (R) incumbent

District 12:

  William L. Wainright (D) incumbent         Mark W. Griffin (R)

District 13: Primary

  Craig K. Hassler (D)                                Q Patricia (Pat) McElraft (R) incumbent

                                                                 Wyatt Rike (R)

District 14:

                                                                 George G. Cleveland (R) incumbent

District 15: Primary OPEN (incumbent Robert Grady (R) not running in 2010)

                                                                 Q Phillip Shepard (R) Baptist pastor          George Shaeffer (U)

                                                                 Q Tracey Louise Miller (R)

                                                                 Martin Aragona, Jr. (R) businessman

District 16:

  Franklin (F.D.) Rivenbark (D)                  Carolyn Justice (R) incumbent

  Pender Co. Comm.

District 17: Primary

  James A. Knox (D) Northwest Mayor     Q Frank Iler (R) (appointed)

  Q Leonard Jenkins (D) Technology Dir.   Q Mac Tyson (R) fmr Cumberland Co Commissioner

District 18: Primary OPEN (incumbent Sandra Spaulding Hughes (D) not running in 2010)

  Susi Hamilton (D)                                      Beth Dawson (R) retired from Bank of America

  Q James L. Utley, Jr. (D) Pastor               J. Michael Hutson (R)

District 19:

                                                                 Danny McComas (R) incumbent

District 20: Primary

  Q Dewey Hill (D) incumbent                    Q Tristan V. Patterson (R) stay-at-home father

  Q Ken Waddell (D) Chadbourn mayor

District 21:

  Larry M. Bell (D) incumbent                    DeAnn G. Poirier (R)

District 22: Primary

  William Brisson (D) incumbent               Q John Szoka (R) businessman

  Robert Jacobs Brooks (D)

District 23:

  Joe Tolson (D) incumbent                      Garland Shepheard (R) retired businessman

District 24:

  Jean Farmer-Butterfield (D) incumbent  Claiborne R. Holtzman (R)

District 25:

  Randy Stewart (D) incumbent                Jeffrey L. (Jeff) Collins (R)

District 26:

                                                                Leo Daughtry (R) incumbent

District 27:  

  Michael H. Wray (D) incumbent

District 28:

  Brian Allen (D)                                        James H. “J.H.” Langdon, Jr. (R) incumbent

District 29:

  Larry D. Hall (D) incumbent

District 30: Primary

  Paul Luebke (D) incumbent                    Q Jason Chambers (R)

                                                                 Q Randy Stewart (R) (withdrew)

District 31:

  H.M. “Mickey” Michaux (D) incumbent   Patricia Ladd (R)

District 32:

  Jim Crawford (D) incumbent                                                                                            Barbara Howe (L)

District 33: Primary

  Q Rosa U. Gill (D) (appointed)               Q Paul Terrell (R) Sr Maintenance Tech.

  Bernard Allen (D) SEANC employee      Q Susan Byrd Leventhal (R)

  Q Doctor K. Aal Anubia (D)

District 34: Primary

  Grier Martin (D) incumbent                     Q Steve Henion (R) small business owner

                                                                 J.H. Ross (R)

                                                                 Q Brian Tinga (R)

                                                                 Q Jamie Earp (R) withdrew

District 35:

  Jennifer Weiss (D) incumbent                Don Frantz (R) Cary Town Council

District 36:

  Robin Anderson (D) attorney                 Nelson Dollar (R) incumbent

District 37:

  Debra McHenry (D)                                Paul Stam (R) incumbent

District 38:

  Deborah K. Ross (D) incumbent            Madison E. Shook (R)

District 39: Primary

  Darren G. Jackson (D) (appointed)        Q Duane Cutlip (R) businessman

  Jeanne M. Bonds (D) fmr Knightdale Myr.

District 40:

  Violet Rhinehart (D)                                Marilyn Avila (R) incumbent

District 41: Primary

  Q Chris Heagarty (D) (appointed)           Q Tom Murry (R) Morrisville Town Council

    out-Ty Harrell (D) (resigned)                Q Todd A. Batchelor (R) fmr legislative aide

                                                                 Q David Sloane (R)

District 42:

  Marvin W. Lucas (D) incumbent

District 43: Primary

  Elmer Floyd (D) incumbent

  Q Mary E. McAllister (D)

District 44: Primary

  Diane Parfitt (D) (appointed)                   Q Johnny Dawkins (R) fmr Fayetteville City Council

                                                                  Q Brian Kent (R) defense contractor

                                                                  Q Lois Kirby (R) fmr Fayetteville City Council

District 45: Primary

  Rick Glazier (D) incumbent                     Q Jackie Warner (R) fmr Hope Mills Comm.

  Tina Odom (D)                                          Patrick Mitchell (R)

District 46:

  Douglas Y. Yongue (D) incumbent         Gaston (G.L.) Pridgen (R) Communications Specialist

District 47: Primary

  Charles Graham (D) retired educator       Brawleigh Jason Graham (R)

  Ronnie Sutton (D) incumbent

District 48:

  Garland E. Pierce (D) incumbent             John F. Harry (R)

District 49:

  John May (D) (appointed)                       Glen Bradley (R) businessman

  

District 50:

  Bill Faison (D) incumbent                       Rick Smith (R)

District 51:

  Jimmy L. Love, Sr. (D) incumbent          Michael (Mike) Stone (R)

District 52:

                                                                 Jamie Boles (R) incumbent

District 53: Primary

  Abraham Oudeh (D) fmr Mayor of Dunn Q David Lewis (R) incumbent

  Thomas E. Ellis II (D)

District 54:

  Joe Hackney (D) incumbent                   Cathy Wright (R)

District 55: Primary

  Q Winkie Wilkins (D) incumbent            Q Larry Yarborough (R) withdrew

  Q Fred Foster, Jr. (D)

  Q R. Miles Standish (D)

District 56:

  Verla Insko (D) incumbent

District 57: Primary

  Mary Price (Pricey) Harrison (D)            Q Jon Hardister (R)

    incumbent                                           Q Wendell H. Sawyer (R)

District 58: Primary

  Alma Adams (D) incumbent                   Q Darin H. Thomas (R)

  Q Ralph C. Johnson (D)                               

District 59:

  Maggie Jeffus (D) incumbent                 Theresa Yon (R)

District 60: Primary

  Marcus Brandon (D) political consultant Q Lonnie R. Wilson (R)

  Earl Jones (D) incumbent

District 61: Primary OPEN (incumbent Laura Wiley (R) not running in 2010)

                                                                 Q John Faircloth (R) High Point City Council

                                                                 Paul Norcross (R) businessman

                                                                 Gerald T. Grubb (R) businessman

                                                                 Q Georgia Nixon-Roney (R)

District 62: Primary

                                                                 Q John M. Blust (R) incumbent                            Q Jeffery Simon (L)

                                                                 Q Michael K. Garrett (R)

District 63:

  Alice Bordsen (D) incumbent                 Roger Kirk Parker (R) retired IBM

District 64:

                                                                 Dan W. Ingle (R) (appointed)

District 65:

  Nelson Cole (D) incumbent                                                                                                Bert Jones (U) fmr

                                                                                                                                            fmr Rockingham Co Comm.

District 66: OPEN (incumbent Melanie Goodwin (D) not running in 2010)

  Ken Goodman (D)                                  James Haywood Parsons (R)

    Richmond Co Board of Education

District 67:

  Kevin Furr (D)                                         Justin P. Burr (R) incumbent

District 68: Primary OPEN (incumbent Curtis Blackwood (R) not running in 2010)

                                                                Q Craig Horn (R) retired businessman

                                                                Q Jeff Gerber (R) Mills Propane employee

District 69:

  Pryor Gibson (D) incumbent                  John L. Barker (R) businessman

District 70: Primary

                                                                 Q Pat B. Hurley (R) incumbent

                                                                 Fred Burgess (R)

District 71:

  Larry Womble (D) incumbent

District 72: Primary

  Earline W. Parmon (D) incumbent          Q John Magee (R)

  Gardenia M. Henley (D) local activist

District 73:

                                                                 Larry R. Brown (R) incumbent

District 74:

  Cristina Vazquez (D)                              Dale R. Folwell (R) incumbent

District 75:

                                                                 William C. (Bill) McGee (R) incumbent

District 76:

                                                                 Fred Steen, II (R) incumbent

District 77: Primary

  Lorene T. Coates (D) incumbent            Q Harry Warren (R) HR Specialist

                                                                     Lauren Raper (R)

District 78: Primary

                                                                 Q Harold J. Brubaker (R) incumbent

                                                                 Arnold Lanier (R)

District 79:

                                                                 Julia Craven Howard (R) incumbent

District 80: Primary

                                                                 Q Jerry C. Dockham (R) incumbent

                                                                 Dick Johnson (R)

District  81: Primary

  L. Hugh Holliman (D) incumbent            Q Rayne Brown (R) social worker 

                                                                 Q Fred D. McClure (R) Davidson Co. Comm.

  

District 82: Primary

                                                                 Q Jeff Barnhart (R) incumbent

                                                                 Q Larry G. Pittman (R)

District 83:

                                                                 Linda P. Johnson (R) incumbent

District 84:

                                                                 Phillip Frye (R) incumbent

District 85: Primary

  Beth Ostgaard (D) speech path.            Q Mitch Gillespie (R) incumbent

  Aaron Bradley Scott (D) student

District 86: Primary

  Walter Church, Jr. (D) accountant          Q Hugh Blackwell (R) incumbent

  Q Jim Cates (D) businessman

District 87:

                                                                 Edgar V. Starnes (R) incumbent

District 88: OPEN (incumbent Ray Warren (D) not running in 2010)

  David Munday (D) businessman            Mark W. Hollo (R) fmr NC Rep.

                                

District 89:

                                                                 Mitchell Smith Setzer (R) incumbent

District 90:

  Randy Wolfe (D)                                     Sarah Stevens (R) incumbent

District 91:

  Ed Gambill (D)                                        Bryan Holloway (R) incumbent

District 92:

                                                                 Darrell McCormick (R) incumbent

District 93:

  Cullie Tarleton (D) incumbent                Jonathan C. Jordan (R) Attorney

District 94: Primary

  David H. Moulton (D)                              Q Shirley Blackburn Randleman (R) incumbent

                                                                 John Reavill (R)

District 95:

                                                                 Grey Mills (R) incumbent

District 96:

  Gary Lafone (D) former Police chief       Mark K. Hilton (R) incumbent

District 97:

                                                                 Johnathan Rhyne, Jr. (R) incumbent

District 98:

  Jackie Smith (D) withdrew                        Thom Tillis (R) incumbent

District 99: Primary

  Rodney Moore (D)                                  Michael T (Doc) Wilson (R)

    Charlotte Housing Auth.                       Gwendolyn D. McGowens (R) withdrew

  Nick Mackey (D) incumbent

District 100:

  Tricia Cotham (D) incumbent                 Joe O’Neill (R) withdrew

District 101: Primary

  Beverly Miller Earle (D) incumbent        Rebecca H. Steen (R)

  Rocky Bailey (D)

District 102: Primary

  Becky Carney (D) incumbent                 Matt Miller (R) withdrew

  Kim Ratliff (D)

  Ken Davies (D)

District 103: Primary OPEN (incumbent Jim Gulley (R) not running in 2010)

  Ann Newman (D) Nurse educator           Q Bill Brawley (R) real estate broker

                                                                 Q Lloyd Austin (R) Mint Hill Comm.

District 104:

  Q Frank Deaton (D)                                Q Ruth Samuelson (R) incumbent

                                                                 Jerry Drye (R)

District 105:

                                                                 Ric Killian (R) incumbent

District 106:

  Martha Alexander (D) incumbent           Michael Cavallo (R)

District 107:

  Kelly Alexander (D) incumbent              Debbie Ware (R)

District 108: OPEN (incumbent Wil Neumann (R) running for N.C. Senate in 2010)

                                                                 John Torbett (R) Gaston Co. Comm.

District 109:

                                                                 William A. Current (R) incumbent

District 110: Primary

  John Eaker (D) fmr Board of Ed.           Q Kelly E. Hastings (R) realtor

                                                                Q Pearl Burris Floyd (R) incumbent

District 111:

  Mary S. Accor (D)                                  Tim Moore (R) incumbent

District 112: Primary OPEN (incumbent Bob England (D) not running in 2010)

  Jim Proctor (D)                                        Q Mike Hager (R)

                                                                 Alan Toney (R)

                                                                 Q Jim Wayne Newton (R)

                                                                 Q Dennis Davis (R)

District 113:

                                                                 W. David Guice (R) incumbent

District 114:

  Susan C. Fisher (D) incumbent              John Carroll (R) real estate agent

District 115: Primary

  Patsy Keever (D) retired teacher           Q Mark Crawford (R)

  D. Bruce Goforth (D) incumbent

District 116:

  Jane Whilden (D) incumbent                  Tim Moffitt (R) businessman

District 117: OPEN (incumbent Carolyn Justus (R) not running in 2010)

                                                                 Chuck McGrady (R) Henderson Co. Comm.

District 118:

  Ray Rapp (D) incumbent                        Samuel L. (Sam) Edwards (R) pastor

District 119: Primary

  Q Phil Haire (D) incumbent                    Dodie Allen (R)

  Bruce (Avram) Friedman (D)

    Exec. Dir. Canary Coalition

District 120: Primary

  Randy Hogsed (D) fmr Alderman           Q Roger West (R) incumbent

                                                                 Tim West (R) pilot/fmr School Board member