Dan Blue
What this job does: Your district's vote in the N.C. Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, approve some of the governor's appointments, and can override the governor's veto with three-fifths of the vote. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, Senate District 14 (since 2009)
- Occupation
- Attorney
- Lives in
- Raleigh
Background
- A.B. from North Carolina Central University and J.D. from Duke University School of Law. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Served in the N.C. House 1981-2002 and 2006-2009; Speaker of the House in the early 1990s. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Appointed to the N.C. Senate for District 14 in May 2009. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Senate Democratic (Minority) Leader 2014-2025. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Former president of the National Conference of State Legislatures. source: indyweek.com
- Attorney who has practiced law with family in Raleigh. source: indyweek.com
In their own words
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- Education funding and teacher pay source: indyweek.com
- Medicaid and health care costs for state employees and retirees source: indyweek.com
- Property tax oversight source: indyweek.com
- Housing and utility costs source: indyweek.com
- Redistricting reform source: indyweek.com
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