The North Carolina General Assembly of 2001–02 met during 2001 and 2002 in the State capital of Raleigh, North Carolina. Members of the 2001–02 House and Senate were elected on November 7, 2000. This session of the General Assembly was the last in which some house and senate districts elected multiple representatives to the state legislature.
House The house leadership was as follows:
House leadership
House members There were 62 Democrats and 58 Republicans in the House. Members represented 98 districts and included 28 women, 18 African Americans, one Native-American, and one Hispanic-American. Members are listed below with their district, party affiliation, home town, and counties they represented:
District Representative Party Residence Counties represented 1stBill Owens Democratic Elizabeth City Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans 2ndZeno Edwards Democratic Washington Beaufort, Craven (part), Hyde, Pitt (part) 3rdAlice Graham Underhill Democratic New Bern Craven (part), Pamlico 4thRonald Smith Democratic Atlantic Beach Carteret, Onslow (part)Jean Preston Republican Emerald Isle 5thHoward Hunter Jr. Democratic Winton Bertie (part), Gates, Hertford (part), Northampton 6thGene Rogers Democratic Williamston Bertie (part), Hertford (part), Martin (Part), Pitt (part), Washington 7thJohn Hall Democratic Scotland Neck Edgecombe (part), Halifax (part), Martin (part), Nash (part) 8thEdith Warren Democratic Farmville Edgecombe (part), Greene (part), Martin (part), Pitt (part) 9thMarian McLawhorn Democratic Grifton Greene (part), Pitt (part) 10thRussell Tucker Democratic Pink Hill Duplin, Jones, Onslow (part) 11thPhil Baddour Democratic Goldsboro Lenoir, Wayne 12thNurham Warwick Democratic Clinton Onslow (part), Pender, Sampson (part) 13thDanny McComas Republican Wilmington New Hanover (part) 14thDewey Hill Democratic Whiteville Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover (part), Robeson (part)David Redwine Democratic Ocean Isle Beach 15thSam Ellis Republican Raleigh Wake (part) 16thDouglas Yongue Democratic Laurinburg Cumberland (part), Hoke, Moore, Robeson (part), Scotland 17thMarvin Lucas Democratic Spring Lake Cumberland (part)Mary McAllister Democratic Fayetteville 18thJohn Hurley Democratic Fayetteville Cumberland (part)Mia Morris Republican Fayetteville 19thLeslie Cox Democratic Sanford Harnett, Lee, Sampson (part)Don Davis Republican Erwin 20thBilly Creech Republican Clayton Franklin (part), Johnston, Nash (part) 21stDan Blue Democratic Raleigh Wake (part) 22ndGordon Allen Democratic Roxboro Franklin (part), Granville, Halifax (part), Person, Vance, WarrenJim Crawford Democratic Oxford 23rdMickey Michaux Democratic Durham DurhamPaul Luebke Democratic DurhamPaul Miller Democratic Durham 24thJoe Hackney Democratic Chapel Hill Chatham, Orange (part)Verla Insko Democratic Chapel Hill 25thNelson Cole Democratic Reidsville Alamance, Caswell, Orange (part), RockinghamCary Allred Republican BurlingtonW. B. Teague Republican Liberty 26thAlma Adams Democratic GreensboroGuilford (part) 27thJohn Blust Republican Greensboro Davidson (part), Guilford (part) 28thFlossie Boyd-Mcintyre Democratic Jamestown Guilford (part) 29thJoanne Bowie Republican Guilford County Guilford (part) 30thArlie Culp Republican Ramseur Chatham (part), Guilford (part) 31stRichard MorganRepublican Eagle Springs Moore (part) 32ndWayne Goodwin Democratic Rockingham Montgomery (part), Richmond, Scotland (part) 33rdPryor Gibson Democratic Troy Anson, Montgomery (part), Stanly (part) 34thFern Shubert Republican Marshville Union (part) 35thLorene CoatesRepublican Salisbury Rowan (part) 36thJim Black Democratic Matthews Mecklenburg (part) 37thHugh HollimanDemocratic Lexington Davidson (part) 38thHarold BrubakerRepublican Asheboro Guilford (part), Randolph (part) 39thLyons Gray Republican Winston-Salem Forsyth (part) 40thRex Baker Republican King Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, WataugaWilliam Hiatt Republican Mt. AiryGene Wilson Republican Boone 41stGeorge HolmesRepublican Hamptonville Alexander (part), Wilkes, YadkinTracy WalkerRepublican Wilkesboro 42ndFrank Mitchell Republican Olin Iredell (part) 43rdMitchell Setzer Republican Catawba Catawba (part), Iredell (part) 44thDaniel Barefoot Democratic Lincolnton Gaston (part), Lincoln (part) 45thMark Hilton Republican Conover Catawba (part), Gaston (part), Lincoln (part)Joe Kiser Republican Vale 46thCharles Buchanan Republican Green Mountain Avery, Burke (part), Caldwell (part), Catawba (part), MitchellGregory ThompsonRepublican Spruce Pine 47thWalt Church Democratic Valdese Burke (part) 48thDebbie Clary Republican Cherryville Cleveland, Gaston (part), Polk (part), RutherfordAndy Dedmon Democratic EarlJohn Weatherly Republican Kings Mountain 49thMitch Gillespie Republican Marion Burke (part), McDowell, Yancey 50thLarry Justus Republican Hendersonville Henderson (part), Polk (part) 51stLanier CanslerRepublican Asheville Buncombe (part)Martin Nesbitt Democratic AshevilleWilma Sherrill Republican Asheville 52ndMargaret Carpenter Republican Waynesville Graham, Haywood, Jackson (part), Madison, SwainPhil Haire Democratic Sylva 53rdRoger West Republican Marble Cherokee, Clay, Jackson (part), Macon 54thDrew Saunders Democratic Huntersville Mecklenburg (part) 55thEd McMahan Republican Charlotte Mecklenburg (part) 56thMartha Alexander Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg (part) 57thConnie Wilson Republican Charlotte Mecklenburg (part) 58thRuth Easterling Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg (part) 59thPete Cunningham Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg (part) 60thBeverly Earle Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg (part) 61stArt Pope Republican Raleigh Wake (part) 62ndDavid Miner Republican Cary Wake (part) 63rdJennifer Weiss Democratic Cary Durham (part) 64thBob Hensley Democratic Raleigh Wake (part) 65thRick Eddins Republican Raleigh Wake (part) 66thLarry Womble Democratic Winston-Salem Forsyth (part) 67thWarren Oldham Democratic Winston-Salem Forsyth (part) 68thTrudi Walend Republican Brevard Buncombe (part), Henderson (part), Transylvania, 69thJim Gulley Republican Matthews Mecklenburg (part) 70thToby Fitch Democratic Wilson Edgecombe (part), Nash (part), Wilson (part) 71stJoe Tolson Democratic Pinetops Edgecombe (part), Nash (part), Pitt (part), Wilson (part) 72ndGene Arnold Republican Rocky Mount Nash (part), Wilson (part) 73rdWayne Sexton Republican Stoneville Forsyth (part), Rockingham (part) 74thJulia Craven Howard Republican Mocksville Davidson (part), Davie 75thAlex Warner Democratic Hope Mills Cumberland (part) 76thMichael Harrington Republican Gastonia Gaston (part), Mecklenburg (part) 77thCarolyn Russell Republican Goldsboro Greene (part), Lenoir (part), Wayne (part) 78thStanley Fox Democratic Oxford Granville (part), Vance (part), Warrant (part) 79thWilliam Wainwright Democratic Havelock Craven (part), Jones (part), Lenoir (part), Pamlico (part) 80thRobert Grady Republican Jacksonville Onslow (part) 81stJeff Barnhart Republican Concord Cabarrus (part), Union (part) 82ndBobby Barbee Republican Locust Cabarrus (part), Stanly (part), Union (part) 83rdGene McCombs Republican Faith Rowan (part) 84thMichael Decker Republican Walkertown Forsyth (part), Guilford (part) 85thRonnie Sutton Democratic Pembroke Hoke (part) Robeson (part) 86thBill Culpepper Democratic Edenton Chowan, Dare, Perquimans (part), Tyrrell, Washington (part) 87thDonald Bonner Democratic Rowland Hoke (part), Robeson (part), Scotland (part) 88thTheresa EspositoRepublican Winston-Salem Forsyth (part) 89thMary Jarrell Democratic High Point Guilford (part)Maggie JeffusDemocratic Greensboro Guilford (part) 90thLinda Johnson Republican Kannapolis Cabarrus (part) 91stEdgar StarnesRepublican Granite Falls Alexander (part), Caldwell (part), Catawba (part) 92ndRussell Capps Republican Raleigh Durham (part), Wake (part) 93rdJohn Rayfield Republican Belmont Gaston (part), Mecklenburg (part) 94thJerry Dockham Republican Denton Davidson (part), Randolph (part) 95thLeo Daughtry Republican Smithfield Johnston (part) 96thEdd Nye Democratic Elizabethtown Bladen, Cumberland (part), New Hanover (part), Pender (part), Sampson (part) 97thLarry Bell Democratic Clinton Duplin (part), Sampson (part), Wayne (part) 98thThomas Wright Democratic Wilmington Brunswick (part), Columbus (part), New Hanover (part), Pender (part)
State Senate
Leaders
The Senate leadership included the following:
Members There were 50 senators, including 35 Democrats, 15 Republicans, 45 men, five women, and seven African Americans. There were 42 districts, and some districts had two senators (12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 27, and 28). The Senate members included the following: