# North Carolina General Assembly of 2003–04

The North Carolina General Assembly of 2003–04 was the 146th session of the North Carolina General General Assembly. The assembly is a bicameral body including a House of Representatives and Senate. They both met in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2003 and 2004. Members of this North Carolina General Assembly were elected on November 5, 2002. The 2002 legislative elections were conducted under an interim redistricting map following the 2000 census; a more permanent redistricting map was passed in November 2003 for use through 2010.

## House of Representatives

The North Carolina State House, during the 2003–04 session, consisted of 60 Democrats and 60 Republicans; consequently, Democratic and Republican co-speakers shared leadership of the body. The representatives included 29 women, 18 African Americans, one Native American, and one Hispanic and Latino American.
Note: Rep. Michael P. Decker changed party affiliation September 16, 2003. Rep. Alex Warner changed party affiliation August 20, 2004.

### House leaders

North Carolina House officers :
| Position | Name | Party |
| Co-Speaker | James B. Black | Democratic |
| Co-Speaker | Richard T. Morgan | Republican |
| Majority Leader | Joe Hackney | Democratic |
| Majority Whips | Beverly M. Earle | Democratic |
| Majority Whips | R. Phillip Haire | Democratic |
| Majority Whips | Marian N. McLawhorn | Democratic |
| Majority Whips | Paul Miller | Democratic |
| Minority Leader | Joe L. Kiser | Republican |
| Minority Whip | Trudi Walend | Republican |
| Deputy Minority Whip | Carolyn H. Justice | Republican |
| Freshman Leaders | Rick Glazier | Democratic |
| Freshman Leaders | John I. Sauls | Republican |
* Permanent Democratic Caucus Chair: Edd Nye (22nd district)

### House members

North Carolina House members 2003–04 :
| District | Representative | Party | Residence | Counties represented |
| 1st | William C. Owens Jr. | Democratic | Elizabeth City | Camden , Currituck , Gates , Pasquotank |
| 2nd | William T. Culpepper III | Democratic | Edenton | Chowan , Dare , Gates , Perquimans , Tyrrell |
| 3rd | Michael A. Gorman | Republican | Trent Woods | Craven , Pamlico |
| 4th | Charles Elliott Johnson | Democratic | Greenville | Craven , Martin , Pitt |
| 5th | Howard J. Hunter Jr. | Democratic | Ahoskie | Bertie , Hertford , Northampton |
| 6th | Arthur J. Williams | Democratic | Washington | Beaufort , Hyde , Washington |
| 7th | John D. Hall | Democratic | Scotland Neck | Halifax , Nash |
| 8th | Edith D. Warren | Democratic | Farmville | Greene , Martin , Pitt |
| 9th | Marian N. McLawhorn | Democratic | Grifton | Pitt |
| 10th | Stephen A. LaRoque | Republican | Kinston | Duplin , Lenoir |
| 11th | Louis M. Pate Jr. | Republican | Mount Olive | Wayne |
| 12th | William L. Wainwright | Democratic | Havelock | Craven , Jones , Lenoir |
| 13th | Jean R. Preston | Republican | Emerald Isle | Carteret , Onslow |
| 14th | Keith P. Williams | Republican | Hubert | Onslow |
| 15th | W. Robert Grady | Republican | Jacksonville | Onslow |
| 16th | Carolyn Justice | Republican | Hampstead | New Hanover , Pender |
| 17th | Bonner L. Stiller | Republican | Oak Island | Brunswick , New Hanover |
| 18th | Thomas E. Wright | Democratic | Wilmington | Brunswick , Columbus , New Hanover |
| 19th | Danny McComas | Republican | Wilmington | New Hanover |
| 20th | Dewey Hill | Democratic | Whiteville | Brunswick |
| 21st | Larry Bell | Democratic | Clinton | Duplin , Sampson , Wayne |
| 22nd | Edd Nye | Democratic | Elizabethtown | Bladen , Sampson |
| 23rd | Joe Tolson | Democratic | Pinetops | Edgecombe , Wilson |
| 24th | Jean Farmer-Butterfield | Democratic | Wilson | Edgecombe , Wilson |
| 25th | William G. Daughtridge Jr. | Republican | Rocky Mount | Nash |
| 26th | Billy J. Creech | Republican | Clayton | Johnston , Wayne |
| 27th | Stanley H. Fox | Democratic | Oxford | Granville , Vance , Warren |
| 28th | Leo Daughtry | Republican | Smithfield | Johnston |
| 29th | Paul Miller | Democratic | Durham | Durham |
| 30th | Paul Luebke | Democratic | Durham | Durham |
| 31st | Mickey Michaux | Democratic | Durham | Durham |
| 32nd | Jim Crawford | Democratic | Oxford | Durham , Granville , Vance |
| 33rd | Bernard Allen | Democratic | Raleigh | Wake |
| 34th | Don Munford | Republican | Raleigh | Wake |
| 35th | Jennifer Weiss | Democratic | Cary | Wake |
| 36th | David Miner | Republican | | Wake |
| 37th | Paul Stam | Republican | Apex | Wake |
| 38th | Deborah Ross | Democratic | Raleigh | Wake |
| 39th | Sam Ellis | Republican | Raleigh | Wake |
| 40th | Rick Eddins | Republican | Raleigh | Wake |
| 41st | Margaret Dickson | Democratic | Fayetteville | Cumberland , Harnett |
| 42nd | Marvin Lucas | Democratic | Spring Lake | Cumberland , Harnett |
| 43rd | Mary McAllister | Democratic | Fayetteville | Cumberland |
| 44th | Rick Glazier | Democratic | Fayetteville | Cumberland |
| 45th | Alex Warner | Democratic | Hope Mills | Cumberland |
| 46th | Douglas Yongue | Democratic | Laurinburg | Hoke , Robeson , Scotland |
| 47th | Ronnie Sutton | Democratic | Pembroke | Hoke , Robeson |
| 48th | Donald Bonner | Democratic | Rowland | Hoke , Robeson , Scotland |
| 49th | Lucy Allen | Democratic | Louisburg | Franklin , Halifax , Warren |
| 50th | Russell Capps | Republican | Raleigh | Wake |
| 51st | John Sauls | Republican | Sanford | Harnett , Lee , Moore |
| 52nd | Richard Morgan | Republican | Pinehurst | Moore |
| 53rd | David Lewis | Republican | Dunn | Harnett |
| 54th | Joe Hackney | Democratic | Chapel Hill | Chatham , Orange |
| 55th | Gordon Allen | Democratic | Roxboro | Orange , Person |
| 56th | Verla Insko | Democratic | Chapel Hill | Orange |
| 57th | Joanne Bowie | Republican | Greensboro | Guilford |
| 58th | Alma Adams | Democratic | Greensboro | Guilford |
| 59th | Maggie Jeffus | Democratic | Greensboro | Guilford |
| 60th | Earl Jones | Democratic | Greensboro | Guilford |
| 61st | Stephen Wood | Republican | | Guilford |
| 62nd | John Blust | Republican | Greensboro | Guilford |
| 63rd | Alice Bordsen | Democratic | Mebane | Alamance |
| 64th | Cary Allred | Republican | Burlington | Alamance |
| 65th | Nelson Cole | Democratic | Reidsville | Rockingham |
| 66th | Wayne Sexton | Republican | Eden | Forsyth , Rockingham |
| 67th | Arlie Culp | Republican | Ramseur | Randolph |
| 68th | Wayne Goodwin | Democratic | Hamlet | Richmond , Stanly |
| 69th | Pryor Gibson | Democratic | Wadesboro | Anson , Montgomery , Union |
| 70th | Bobby Barbee | Republican | Locust | Stanly , Union |
| 71st | Larry Womble | Democratic | Winston-Salem | Forsyth |
| 72nd | Earline Parmon | Democratic | Winston-Salem | Forsyth |
| 73rd | Curtis Blackwood | Republican | Matthews | Union |
| 74th | Linda Johnson | Republican | Kannapolis | Cabarrus |
| 75th | Jeff Barnhart | Republican | Concord | Cabarrus |
| 76th | Gene McCombs Fred Steen II | Republican | Faith Landis | Rowan |
| 77th | Lorene Coates | Democratic | Salisbury | Rowan |
| 78th | Harold Brubaker | Republican | Asheboro | Randolph |
| 79th | Julia Craven Howard | Republican | Mocksville | Davidson , Davie , Iredell |
| 80th | Jerry Dockham | Republican | Denton | Davidson |
| 81st | Hugh Holliman | Democratic | Lexington | Davidson |
| 82nd | Gene Wilson | Republican | Boone | Ashe , Watauga |
| 83rd | Tracy Walker | Republican | Wilkesboro | Wilkes |
| 84th | Phillip Frye | Republican | Spruce Pine | Avery , Caldwell , Mitchell |
| 85th | Mitch Gillespie | Republican | Marion | Burke , Caldwell , McDowell |
| 86th | Walt Church | Democratic | Valdese | Burke |
| 87th | Edgar Starnes | Republican | Granite Falls | Alexander , Caldwell |
| 88th | Mark Hilton | Republican | Conover | Catawba |
| 89th | Mitchell Setzer | Republican | Catawba | Catawba |
| 90th | Jim Harrell | Democratic | Elkin | Alleghany , Surry |
| 91st | Rex Baker | Republican | King | Forsyth , Stokes , Surry |
| 92nd | George Holmes | Republican | Hamptonville | Forsyth , Yadkin |
| 93rd | Bill McGee | Republican | Clemmons | Forsyth |
| 94th | Michael Decker | Republican | Walkertown | Forsyth |
| 95th | Karen Ray | Republican | Mooresville | Catawba , Iredell |
| 96th | Frank Mitchell | Republican | Olin | Iredell |
| 97th | Joe Kiser | Republican | Vale | Lincoln |
| 98th | John Rhodes | Republican | Huntersville | Mecklenburg |
| 99th | Drew Saunders | Democratic | Huntersville | Mecklenburg |
| 100th | Jim Black | Democratic | Matthews | Mecklenburg |
| 101st | Beverly Earle | Democratic | Charlotte | Mecklenburg |
| 102nd | Becky Carney | Democratic | Charlotte | Mecklenburg |
| 103rd | Jim Gulley | Republican | Matthews | Mecklenburg |
| 104th | Connie Wilson | Republican | Charlotte | Mecklenburg |
| 105th | Ed McMahan | Republican | Charlotte | Mecklenburg |
| 106th | Martha Alexander | Democratic | Charlotte | Mecklenburg |
| 107th | Pete Cunningham | Democratic | Charlotte | Mecklenburg |
| 108th | John Rayfield | Republican | | Gaston |
| 109th | Patrick McHenry | Republican | Cherryville | Gaston |
| 110th | Debbie Clary | Republican | Cherryville | Cleveland , Gaston |
| 111th | Tim Moore | Republican | Kings Mountain | Cleveland |
| 112th | Bob England | Democratic | Ellenboro | Cleveland |
| 113th | Trudi Walend | Republican | Brevard | Henderson , Polk , Transylvania |
| 114th | Martin Nesbitt Susan Fisher | Democratic | Asheville Asheville | Buncombe |
| 115th | Bruce Goforth | Democratic | Asheville | Buncombe |
| 116th | Wilma Sherrill | Republican | Asheville | Buncombe |
| 117th | Carolyn Justus | Republican | Hendersonville | Henderson , Transylvania |
| 118th | Ray Rapp | Democratic | Mars Hill | Haywood , Madison , Yancey |
| 119th | Phil Haire | Democratic | Silva | Haywood , Jackson , Macon , Swain |
| 120th | Roger West | Republican | Marble | Cherokee , Clay , Graham , Macon |