North Carolina General Assembly of 2005–06

North Carolina General Assembly 2005–2006
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North Carolina Legislative Building
Overview
Jurisdiction North Carolina, United States
Meeting place North Carolina State Legislative Building
Term 2005-2006
North Carolina Senate
Members 50 Senators
President pro tempore Marc Basnight (Dem)
Majority Leader Tony Rand (Dem)
Minority Leader Phil Berger (Rep)
Party control Democratic Party
North Carolina House of Representatives
Members 120 Representatives
Speaker of the House James B. Black (Dem)
Speaker pro tempore Richard T. Morgan (Rep)
Majority Leader Joe Hackney (Dem)
Party control Democratic Party

Members of the North Carolina General Assembly, 2005–2006 session were elected in November 2004. These were the first elections for the state legislature under a new redistricting plan approved in 2003.

This General Assembly will perhaps be best remembered as the assembly that approved North Carolina’s first state lottery. It also approved new ethics laws for government officials and increased the state's minimum wage.

State House of Representatives

The North Carolina State House, during the 2005–2006 session, consisted of 63 Democrats and 57 Republicans. Several Republicans, Richard T. Morgan most prominent among them, continued to support the Democratic majority on some issues, as they had in the previous legislature (when the house was evenly divided by party).

Leaders

North Carolina House Officers
Position Name Party
Speaker James B. Black Democratic
Speaker pro tempore Richard T. Morgan Republican
Majority Leader Joe Hackney Democratic
Majority Whips Marian N. McLawhorn Democratic
Hugh Holliman Democratic
Larry M. Bell Democratic
Minority Leader Joe L. Kiser Republican
Minority Whip Mitch Gillespie Republican
Deputy Minority Whip Carolyn H. Justice Republican
Freshman Leaders Linda Coleman Democratic
Bryan R. Holloway Republican
Special Asst. to the Speaker W. Pete Cunningham Democratic

Members

State Senate

The North Carolina State Senate, during the 2005–2006 session, consisted of 29 Democrats and 21 Republicans.

Leaders

North Carolina Senate Officers
Position Name Party
Lieutenant Governor / President of the Senate Beverly Perdue Democratic
President Pro Tem Marc Basnight Democratic
Deputy President Pro Tempore Charlie Smith Dannelly Democratic
Majority Leader Tony Rand Democratic
Majority Whip Jeanne Hopkins Lucas Democratic
Minority Leader Phil Berger Republican
Deputy Minority Leader Tom Apodaca Republican
Assistant Minority Leader Robert Pittenger Republican
Minority Whip Jerry W. Tillman Republican
Deputy Minority Whip Andrew C. Brock Republican

Members

See also

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