Michael Whatley
What this job does: One of North Carolina's two votes in the U.S. Senate. Senators write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and approve or reject the president's picks for federal judges, the Supreme Court and the Cabinet. A term is six years.
- Occupation
- Attorney; former Republican National Committee chairman
- Lives in
- Gastonia
Background
- B.A., UNC Charlotte (1991); master's degrees from Wake Forest University and the University of Notre Dame; J.D., Notre Dame Law School (1997). source: ballotpedia.org
- Legal counsel to U.S. Sen. Paul Coverdell; principal deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy, 2001-2003. source: ballotpedia.org
- Executive vice president of Consumer Energy Alliance, 2007-2019, and partner at HBW Resources, 2007-2022. source: ballotpedia.org
- Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, 2019-2024. source: ballotpedia.org
- Chairman of the Republican National Committee, March 2024 to August 2025. source: ballotpedia.org
In their own words
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- "Policies that will create more jobs and higher wages" source: wfae.org
- "Lower gasoline and grocery prices and lower taxes for every family" source: wfae.org
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