North Carolina Senate - wikipedia North Carolina Senate North Carolina State Senate North Carolina General Assembly Type Type Upper house Term limits None History New session started January 9, 2013 Leadership Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest ( R ) Since January 7, 2013 President Pro Tem of the Senate Phil Berger ( R ) Since January 26, 2011 Majority Leader Harry Brown ( R ) Since January 26, 2011 Minority Leader Daniel T. Blue, Jr. ( D ) Since March 5, 2014 Structure Seats 50 Political groups Majority Republican ( 35 ) Minority Democratic ( 15 ) Length of term 2 years Authority Article II, North Carolina Constitution Salary $13,951 / year + per diem Elections Last election November 8, 2016 ( 50 seats ) Next election November 6, 2018 ( 50 seats ) Redistricting Legislative Control, No Gubernatorial Veto Meeting place State Senate Chamber North Carolina State Legislative Building Raleigh, North Carolina Website www.ncga.state.nc.us/senate/Senate.html The 1899 North Carolina Senate The North Carolina Senate is the upper house of the bicameral North Carolina General Assembly. It has 50 members. The Senate 's prerogatives and powers are similar to those of the other house, the House of Representatives. Its members do, however, represent districts that are larger than those of their colleagues in the House. The President of the Senate is the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, but the Lt. Governor has very limited powers and only votes to break a tie. Before the office of Lt. Governor was created in 1868, the Senate was presided over by a `` Speaker. '' After the 1988 election of James Carson Gardner, the first Republican Lt. Governor since Reconstruction, Democrats in control of the Senate shifted most of the power held by the Lt. Governor to the senator who is elected President Pro Tempore ( or Pro-Tem ). The President Pro Tempore appoints members to standing committees of the Senate, and holds great sway over bills. According to the state constitution, the Senate is also the `` Court for the Trial of Impeachments ''. The House of Representatives has the power to impeach state officials, after which the Senate holds a trial, as in the federal system. If the Governor or Lt. Governor is the official who has been impeached, the Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court presides. Contents 1 Qualifications 2 2017 -- 2018 Composition 2.1 Leadership 2.2 Membership 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Qualifications The qualifications to be a senator are found in the state Constitution : `` Each Senator, at the time of his election, shall be not less than 25 years of age, shall be a qualified voter of the State, and shall have resided in the State as a citizen for two years and in the district for which he is chosen for one year immediately preceding his election. '' 2017 -- 2018 Composition See also : North Carolina Senate election, 2016 and Category : North Carolina General Assembly by session Affiliation Party ( Shading indicates majority caucus ) Total Democratic Republican Vacant End of previous legislature 16 34 50 0 Begin 15 35 50 0 January 28, 2015 14 49 January 30, 2015 15 50 0 Latest voting share 7001300000000000000 ♠ 30 % 7001700000000000000 ♠ 70 % Leadership North Carolina Senate Officers Position Name Party Lieutenant Governor / President of the Senate Dan Forest Republican President Pro Tempore Phil Berger Republican Deputy President Pro Tempore Louis Pate Republican Majority Leader Harry Brown Republican Majority Whip Jerry W. Tillman Republican Wesley Meredith Republican Majority Caucus Secretary Vacant Republican Joint Majority Caucus Leader Norm Sanderson Republican Minority Leader Daniel T. Blue, Jr. Democratic Deputy Minority Leaders Clark Jenkins Democratic Floyd McKissick, Jr. Democratic Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Minority Whip Terry Van Duyn Democratic Minority Caucus Secretary Ben Clark Democratic Minority Caucus Co-Chairs Vacant Democratic Vacant Democratic Membership District Full Name of Senator Party Residence Counties Represented Terms in Senate ( + indicates partial term ) Bill Cook Republican Chocowinity Beaufort, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans Norman W. Sanderson Republican Arapahoe Carteret, Craven, Pamlico Erica Smith - Ingram Democratic Gaston Bertie, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hertford, Martin, Northampton, Tyrrell, Washington Angela Bryant Democratic Rocky Mount Halifax, Nash, Vance, Warren, Wilson 5 Don Davis Democratic Snow Hill Greene, Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne 6 Harry Brown Majority Leader Republican Jacksonville Jones, Onslow 6 7 Louis M. Pate Jr. Republican Mount Olive Lenoir, Pitt, Wayne 8 Bill Rabon Republican Southport Bladen, Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender 9 Michael V. Lee Republican Wilmington New Hanover 1 + 10 Brent Jackson Republican Autryville Duplin, Johnston, Samson 11 Rick Horner Republican Wilson Johnston, Nash, Wilson 0 12 Ronald J. Rabin Republican Spring Lake Harnett, Johnston, Lee 13 Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Lumberton Columbus, Robeson 0 14 Dan Blue Minority Leader Democratic Raleigh Wake 3 + 15 John M. Alexander Jr. Republican Raleigh Wake 16 Jay Chaudhuri Democratic Raleigh Wake + 17 Tamara P. Barringer Republican Cary Wake 2 + 18 Chad Barefoot Republican Wake Forest Franklin, Wake 19 Wesley Meredith Republican Fayetteville Cumberland 20 Floyd McKissick Jr. Democratic Durham Durham, Granville 5 + 21 Ben Clark Democratic Raeford Cumberland, Hoke 22 Mike Woodard Democratic Durham Caswell, Durham, Person 23 Valerie Foushee Democratic Chapel Hill Chatham, Orange 1 + 24 Rick Gunn Republican Burlington Alamance, Randolph 25 Tom McInnis Republican Rockingham Anson, Richmond, Rowan, Scotland, Stanly 26 Phil Berger President pro tem Republican Eden Guilford, Rockingham 8 27 Trudy Wade Republican Greensboro Guilford 28 Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Pleasant Garden Guilford 29 Jerry W. Tillman Majority Whip Republican Archdale Moore, Randolph 7 30 Shirley B. Randleman Republican Wilkesboro Stokes, Surry, Wilkes 31 Joyce Krawiec Republican Kernersville Forsyth, Yadkin 1 + 32 Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Winston - Salem Forsyth 33 Cathy Dunn Republican Lexington Davidson, Montgomery 0 34 Dan Barrett Republican Advance Davie, Iredell, Rowan 0 35 Tommy Tucker Republican Waxhaw Union 36 Paul Newton Republican Concord Cabarrus, Union 0 37 Jeff Jackson Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg 1 + 38 Joel D.M. Ford Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg 39 Dan Bishop Republican Charlotte Mecklenburg 0 40 Joyce Waddell Democratic Charlotte Mecklenburg 41 Jeff Tarte Republican Cornelius Mecklenburg 42 Andy Wells Republican Hickory Alexander, Catawba 43 Kathy Harrington Republican Gastonia Gaston 44 David L. Curtis Republican Denver Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln 45 Deanna Ballard Republican Blowing Rock Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Watauga + 46 Warren Daniel Republican Morganton Burke, Cleveland 47 Ralph E. Hise Republican Spruce Pine Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Yancey 48 Chuck Edwards Republican Hendersonville Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania + 49 Terry Van Duyn Democratic Asheville Buncombe 1 + 50 Jim Davis Republican Franklin Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain See also North Carolina House of Representatives References Jump up ^ WRAL.com Jump up ^ Democrat Earline Parmon ( District 32 ) resigned from office effective January 28 2015. ( 1 ) Jump up ^ Democrat Paul A. Lowe, Jr. ( District 32 ) was appointed to the seat effective January 30, 2015. Jump up ^ North Carolina Senate Leadership Jump up ^ Fayetteville Observer Jump up ^ North Carolina General Assembly - Senator Paul A. Lowe, Jr. ( Democrat, 2015 - 2016 Session ) External links Official website Project Vote Smart -- State Senate of North Carolina Members of the North Carolina State Senate President of the Senate : Dan Forest ( R ) President pro Tempore : Phil Berger ( R ) Majority Leader : Harry Brown ( R ) Minority Leader : Dan Blue ( D ) Bill Cook ( R ) Norm Sanderson ( R ) Erica Smith - Ingram ( D ) Angela Bryant ( D ) Don Davis ( D ) Harry Brown ( R ) Louis Pate ( R ) Bill Rabon ( R ) Michael V. Lee ( R ) Brent Jackson ( R ) Rick Horner ( R ) Ronald J. Rabin ( R ) Danny Earl Britt, Jr. ( R ) Dan Blue ( D ) John M. Alexander Jr. ( R ) Jay Chaudhuri ( D ) Tamara Barringer ( R ) Chad Barefoot ( R ) Wesley Meredith ( R ) Floyd McKissick Jr. ( D ) Ben Clark ( D ) Mike Woodard ( D ) Valerie Foushee ( D ) Rick Gunn ( R ) Tom McInnis ( R ) Phil Berger ( R ) Trudy Wade ( R ) Gladys A. Robinson ( D ) Jerry W. Tillman ( R ) Shirley B. Randleman ( R ) Joyce Krawiec ( R ) Paul Lowe ( D ) Cathy Dunn ( R ) Dan Barrett ( R ) Tommy Tucker ( R ) Paul Newton ( R ) Jeff Jackson ( D ) Joel D.M. Ford ( D ) Dan Bishop ( R ) Joyce Waddell ( D ) Jeff Tarte ( R ) Andy Wells ( R ) Kathy Harrington ( R ) David L. 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Question: how many members are in the nc senate
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