Candidate · State House, District 43
Diane Wheatley
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 43 (since 2021)
- Occupation
- Retired nurse
- Lives in
- Linden
Background
- Member of the North Carolina House for District 43 (Cumberland County) since January 2021. source: ballotpedia.org
- Elected to the Cumberland County Board of Education in 1994, serving as chair, and to the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners in 2004. source: ballotpedia.org
- Registered nurse with an associate degree in nursing from Fayetteville Technical Community College; worked at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and Fayetteville Children's Clinic. source: ballotpedia.org
- Ran a school bus transportation contracting business with Wheatley's spouse for over 30 years. source: ballotpedia.org
- Won the March 2026 Republican primary over Clarence Goins Jr. with about 60% of the vote (preliminary results). source: cityviewnc.com
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