Julie Mayfield
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 49 (since 2021)
- Occupation
- Attorney and nonprofit executive
- Lives in
- Asheville
Background
- Member of the North Carolina Senate for District 49 since January 1, 2021. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served five years on the Asheville City Council. source: ballotpedia.org
- Bachelor's degree from Davidson College (1989) and law degree from Emory Law School (1996). source: ballotpedia.org
- Former co-director of MountainTrue and vice president and general counsel of the Georgia Conservancy. source: ballotpedia.org
In their own words
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- Expanding housing source: ballotpedia.org
- A clean energy transition source: ballotpedia.org
- Protecting vulnerable residents source: ballotpedia.org
- Removing state limits on local governments source: ballotpedia.org
- Transportation and transit funding source: mayfieldforncsenate.com
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