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Shuler introducing John Edwards at an event for his 2008 presidential campaign. Joseph Heath Shuler (born December 31, 1971) is an American former politician and professional football quarterback who served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2007 to 2013.
Due to the district becoming much more conservative, three-term Democratic incumbent Heath Shuler did not run for reelection in 2012, and was succeeded by Republican Mark Meadows. In 2019, a panel of North Carolina judges ruled that the existing map was a partisan gerrymander, and ordered new congressional districts to be drawn ahead of the ...
U.S. Representative: 1939–1941 Heath Shuler: Football Played for the University of Tennessee and the New Orleans Saints and Oakland Raiders: NC: U.S. Representative: 2007–2013 Democratic: John K. Tener: Baseball Played for the Orioles in 1885, Chicago White Stockings from 1888 to 1889, and the Pittsburgh Burghers for the 1890 season. PA: U ...
The United States House of Representative elections of 2008 in North Carolina were held on November 4, 2008, as part of the biennial election to the United States House of Representatives. All thirteen seats in North Carolina, and 435 nationwide, were elected to the 111th United States Congress. The party primary elections were held on May 6, 2008.
Prior to the election FiveThirtyEight's forecast gave Shuler an 84 percent chance of winning and projected that he would receive 54 percent of the vote to Miller's 46 percent. [174] On election day Shuler was re-elected with 54 percent of the vote to Miller's 46 percent. [175] Shuler retired rather than seeking re-election in 2012. [176]
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler praised Chavez-DeRemer for having “built a pro-labor record in Congress,” but cautioned that “Trump is the President-elect of the United States — not Rep ...
In 2006, Taylor's Democratic opponent was Heath Shuler, a native of Swain County and a former quarterback for the University of Tennessee and the Washington Redskins. Shuler defeated Taylor, earning 54 percent of the vote to Taylor's 46 percent. In December 2007, Taylor announced that he would not seek a rematch with Shuler in 2008. [2]
Labor unions decried the vote. Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest consortium of labor unions, said the senators who rejected McFarren's nomination “voted against the working people of this country” and warned that the incoming Trump administration would direct the NLRB to side with management over workers.