Candidate · State House, District 16
Carson Smith
What this job does: Your district's vote in the N.C. House of Representatives. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and propose constitutional amendments like the ones on this ballot. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Representative, House District 16 (since 2019)
- Occupation
- Retired sheriff, Pender County
- Lives in
- Hampstead
Background
- Represents House District 16 (Onslow and Pender counties); serving a fourth House term. source: ncleg.gov
- Pender County Sheriff, 2002-2018. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Was Pender County Emergency Management Director before becoming sheriff. source: en.wikipedia.org
- First elected to the NC House in 2018, taking office January 1, 2019. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Attended Cape Fear Community College. source: en.wikipedia.org
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