Paul Luebke

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on November 26, 2007 - 1:19pm.
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Office District Status
N.C. Representative N.C. House 30 Incumbent
Party In Office Since Term Ends
Democrat 1990 2010
Level of Government  
N.C. House  
Date of Birth Birthplace Now Lives In
January 18, 1946 Chicago, IL Durham, NC

Synopsis

Paul Luebke practices what he teaches. A longtime professor of political sociology and the author of "Tar Heel Politics," he was first elected to the state House of Representatives in 1990, representing Durham. Since then, he has faced token opposition from Libertarian and Republican candidates. 

Endorsements

AFL-CIO of N.C., Conservation Council of N.C., Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, N.C. Association of Educators, National Association of Social Workers, Sierra Club of N.C., National Organization of Women, Durham People's Alliance

Biography

Marital Status
Married
Spouse
Carol Gallione
Children
Son, Theo; daughter, Emily

Paul Luebke is a longtime state representative in Durham and the author of "Tar Heel Politics."

Early Life and Education

Paul Luebke was born on Jan. 18, 1946, in Chicago, Ill., to Paul and Eunice Leubke. His father was a teacher and education administrator and his mother was a homemaker.

After spending his childhood in Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis, he moved to Ankara, Turkey, where his father worked as an education advisor to the Turkish goverment for the U.S. Foreign Aid Program.

He studied at Privatschule der deutschen Botschaft, a German embassy school in Ankara, studying in German.

For his freshman year in college, he studied at Robert College in Istanbul.

He earned a bachelor of arts in government from Valparaiso University in Indiana in 1966.

He then earned a doctorate in political sociology from Columbia University in 1975. 

After graduate school, he moved to the Durham area. 

Family

He and his wife, Carol Gallione, have a son, Theo, and a daughter, Emily.

Religion

He is Lutheran. 

Professional Career

He taught sociology at Tougaloo College, a historically black college in Jackson, Miss., from 1971 to 1975.

From 1975 to 1976, he taught sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill. 

Since 1976, he has taught sociology at UNC-Greensboro. He was tenured in 1982.

Publication

In 1990, UNC Press published his book "Tar Heel Politics," focusing on North Carolina politics since the 1960s. A second edition was published in 1998.

Political Career 

From 1987 to 1991, he served on the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority. He has served as a board member of the N.C. Consumers Council.

In 1990, he was elected to the state House of Representatives in Durham's District 23, which then had three members. 

In office, he has focused on tax fairness, environmental issues and equal rights. He was the primary sponsor behind a bill repealing the state food tax in 1997.  

In recent years, he has opposed corporate incentives and advocated for closing tax loopholes.

Occupation

Sociology teacher
UNC-Greensboro





Community Involvement:
Member, El Centro Hispano (Durham); People's Alliance; Sierra Club; member, RDU Airport Authority, 1987-91

Contact Info

Email: Paull@ncleg.net

919 733-7663



Education

Bachelor of arts in government
Valparaiso University
Graduated: 1966		 Doctorate in political sociology
Columbia University
Graduated: 1975

Military

Not specified.

Issues

Name one way you would change government.

I would reduce the dollars that the General Assembly grants to major corporations that want to settle in the RTP area or in metro-Charlotte. Both of these areas are known worldwide as excellent business sites, and we need not subsidize corporations in these parts of the state. We should instead provide more resources for decent-wage job development in less-affluent counties. To assist in economic development for the poorer counties, I would work to ensure that the quality of a public school education is the same for children in both urban, affluent counties and rural, less-affluent counties. 

What is the most pressing problem affecting the function of district court?



Links

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&nUserID=63








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