North Carolina General Assembly of 2013–14

At the beginning of the session 2013-2014 session, the North Carolina House of Representatives consisted of 77 Republicans and 43 Democrats. Accounting for vacancies and appointments to date, as of January 12, 2014, there are 77 Republicans and 42 Democrats in office. As of January 12, 2014, there is one unfilled vacancy, created by the resignation of Rep. Deb McManus (D) on December 11, 2013. McManus represented the 54th House District, which includes all of Chatham County and parts of Lee County.[5][3]

The 120 members of the House included 27 women, 22 African-Americans and one Native American.[3]

House leadership

Speaker Thom Tillis

Minority Leader Larry D. Hall

The following members were the leadership of the House of Representatives:[3]

North Carolina House Officers
Position	Name	Party
Speaker	Thom Tillis	Republican
Speaker pro tempore	Paul Stam	Republican
Majority Leader	Edgar V. Starnes	Republican
Majority Whip	Mike Hager	Republican
Deputy Majority Whips	Pat McElraft	Republican
	James L. Boles Jr.	Republican
Majority Conference Leader	Ruth Samuelson	Republican
Minority Leader	Larry D. Hall	Democratic
Deputy Minority Leader	Michael Wray	Democratic
Republican Freshman Leader	Rick Catlin	Republican
Democratic Whips	Winkie Wilkins	Democratic
	Susan Fisher	Democratic
	Rosa Gill	Democratic
Democratic Conference Co-Chair	Deborah Ross	Democratic
	Marvin Lucas	Democratic

At the beginning of the session 2013-2014 session, the North Carolina Senate consisted of 33 Republicans and 17 Democrats. Accounting for vacancies and appointments to date, as of April 8, 2014, there are 33 Republicans and 15 Democrats in office. In December, there was one vacancy, created by the resignation of Sen. Peter S. Brunstetter (R) on December 15, 2013. Brunstetter represented the 31st Senate District, which consists of parts of Forsyth County and all of Yadkin County.[6] The seat was filled by appointee Joyce Krawiec, former vice chairwoman of the state GOP. There is now a vacancy in the late Sen. Martin Nesbitt's (D) seat, 49th Senate District (Buncombe County), since his passing on March 6, 2014. Additionally, there is a vacancy for Dan Clodfelter's (D) seat after he resigned on April 8, 2014 due to be appointed Mayor of Charlotte by the City Council after the resignation of Patrick Cannon on 26 March 2014.[4]

The Senate members included 10 women and 10 African-American members.[4]

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• House 2013-2014 Session
• Senate 2013-2014 Session