Candidate · State House, District 40
Phil Rubin
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 40 (appointed January 2025)
- Occupation
- Attorney
- Lives in
- Raleigh
Background
- Appointed to the North Carolina House for District 40 (Wake County) on January 29, 2025, filling the vacancy left when Rep. Joe John resigned. source: ncleg.gov
- Former assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina and special deputy attorney general at the North Carolina Department of Justice. source: nchousedems.com
- Graduated from the University of Georgia and Duke University School of Law, where Rubin was editor-in-chief of the Duke Law Journal. source: nchousedems.com
- Clerked for Chief Judge David Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and practiced at Covington & Burling. source: nchousedems.com
- Worked for Meta at the time of appointment, according to INDY Week. source: indyweek.com
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