Candidate · State House, District 29
Vernetta Alston
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 29 (since April 2020); House Democratic Conference Chair
- Occupation
- Attorney
- Lives in
- Durham
Background
- Earned an undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University and a J.D. from the UNC School of Law. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Worked for more than five years as a staff attorney with N.C. Prison Legal Services and the Center for Death Penalty Litigation. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Served on the Durham City Council (Ward 3) from 2017 to 2020. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Appointed to the N.C. House by Gov. Roy Cooper in April 2020 to fill the vacancy after the death of Rep. MaryAnn Black; since re-elected. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Serves as House Democratic Conference Chair; District 29 is in Durham County. source: ncleg.gov
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