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North Carolina ratified the Constitution on November 21, 1789, after the beginning of the 1st Congress. Its current senators are Republicans Thom Tillis and Ted Budd. Jesse Helms was North Carolina's longest-serving senator (1973–2003).
Richard Mauze Burr (born November 30, 1955) is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from North Carolina from 2005 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Burr was previously a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Thomas Roland Tillis [1] (/ ˈ t ɪ l ɪ s / TIL-iss; born August 30, 1960) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from North Carolina, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Tillis served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2007 to 2015, and as its speaker from 2011 to 2015.
2 Republican vacant seats - 1 for Ohio (JD Vance) and one for Florida (Marco Rubio) The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states . This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress .
A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district from 2017 to 2023. Budd was the Republican nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in North Carolina to replace retiring Republican senator Richard Burr.
Current U.S. representatives from North Carolina District Member (Residence) [2] Party Incumbent since CPVI (2022) [3] District map 1st: Don Davis : Democratic January 3, 2023 R+1: 2nd: Deborah Ross : Democratic January 3, 2021 D+15: 3rd: Greg Murphy : Republican September 17, 2019 R+11: 4th: Valerie Foushee (Hillsborough) Democratic
The NC Senate leader controls the legislature, but could his district turn against him? | Opinion Could North Carolina’s most powerful Republican be undone by a local revolt? | Opinion Skip to ...
He was elected as the first Republican senator from the state since 1903, before senators were directly elected, and when the Republican Party stood for a different tradition. [1] Helms was helped by Richard Nixon's gigantic landslide victory in that year's presidential election; [35] Nixon carried North Carolina by 40 points.