Candidate · U.S. House, District 12
Alma S. Adams
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, North Carolina District 12 (since 2014)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative; retired art professor
- Lives in
- Charlotte
Background
- Adams was born in 1946 in High Point and earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in art education from North Carolina A&T State University and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University (1981). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Adams taught art at Bennett College in Greensboro until 2012 and directed a campus art gallery. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Adams served on the Greensboro City School Board (1984-1986) and the Greensboro City Council (1987-1994). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Adams served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1994 to 2014. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Adams has represented North Carolina's 12th District in the U.S. House since November 2014. source: en.wikipedia.org
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