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Legislative women go back one step NO NO NO

gercohen — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:49:15 -0500

Your numbers are correct, but misleading. The number of women ELECTED to the NC House went UP from 34 in 2006 to 38 in 2008. The reason 38 served in the 2007 session was that four women (Bryant, Cotham, Hughes, Mobley) were appointed during the term to fill vacancies held by men, who vacated the seats due to death, appointment to the Senate, resignation, and expulsion. In the Senate, eight were elected in 2006, and six in 2008. One of the eight (Lucas) died in office, dropping the number to 7.
In fact the number of women elected in 2008 was 44, up from 42 in 2006.

Re: First black GOP female legislator elected

cicero01 — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:13:32 -0500

CONGRATULATIONS TO REPRESENTATIVE FLOYD! Filling the shoes of her office's predecessor, the distinguished (and charming) Rep. Debbie Clary, will not be easy, but District 110 has shown again that it is a leader in North Carolina politics. Yes, a few shining sparkles have come out of the 2008 election.

Re: First black GOP female legislator elected

ncrma601 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:48:55 -0500

Frances Cummings from Robeson County served in 1995-1996 - she was elected as a Democrat and switched parties.

Re: First black GOP female legislator elected

zeidmanart — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:26:47 -0500

Gerry:
I should have known they couldn't fool you! It was 1662!
Art in California

Re: First black GOP female legislator elected

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:25:07 -0500

Fixed.

Admit it, you like it when we put these little typos in there for you to find.

— RTB

Re: First black GOP female legislator elected

gercohen — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:19:00 -0500

Pearl Burris Floyd was elected the first black Republican woman to North Carolina's first state legislature.

That would have been around 1662?

RTB

GrayJ — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:32:59 -0500

RTB what is with the detailed mentioning of the Senate races but a simple summation of the House races? I am not crying unfairness but it just seems a bit odd to place more emphasis on one chamber.

Re: Boseman moves out

j1c2kp — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:03:57 -0400

It is never appropriate for a legislator to live with or share living expenses with a lobbyist. Avoid the appearance...

Re: The GOP's Senate Top Ten

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:46:29 -0500

No, you're right. I made the math mistake. It's been a long week.

— RTB

Re: The GOP's Senate Top Ten

jerimee — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:35:01 -0500

Am I counting wrong? Looks like there's only nine.

If Jim Blaine wants his candidates to run our state budget, let's hope they can count to up to ten...

Made sense to me

Anglico — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:52:30 -0400

Boylan groped and grabbed.
Boylan lied about it.
Boylan got caught.

Re: Breaking silence on Boylan

MeckDeck — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:37:10 -0400

I read that Pilot story three times and I'm still not sure what it said.

Bottomline, this bunch needs to stay out of steakhouses.