Ralph Hise
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 47 (since 2011)
- Occupation
- Community college faculty member (Mayland Community College)
- Lives in
- Spruce Pine
Background
- Member of the North Carolina Senate for District 47 since January 1, 2011. source: ballotpedia.org
- Bachelor's degree in statistics from Appalachian State University (2000); master's in higher education administration from North Carolina State University (2003). source: ballotpedia.org
- Faculty member at Mayland Community College in Spruce Pine. source: ballotpedia.org
- Has chaired the Senate Finance Committee (2019-2020), the Redistricting and Elections Committee (2019-2024), and the Appropriations/Base Budget Committee (2021-2024). source: ballotpedia.org
In their own words
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- Ending the teaching of critical race theory in schools source: ralphhise.com
- Defending Second Amendment rights source: ralphhise.com
- Lowering taxes source: ralphhise.com
- Election rules, including a ban on private funding of boards of elections (SB 725) source: ralphhise.com
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