# Kelly Alexander

Kelly Miller Alexander Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 6, 2024) was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing the 107th district from 2009 until his death in 2024. During the 2015 legislative session, Alexander was one of 22 African Americans in the North Carolina House of Representatives.

## Early life

Alexander was the son of NAACP chair Kelly Alexander Sr. and nephew of civil rights activist Frederick Alexander.
He attended West Charlotte High School and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While at UNC, in 1969, he was one of the students who started Project Uplift, designed to provide high school seniors exposure to college life by allowing the high school students to stay in the university students' rooms and showing them the university.
Alexander returned to Charlotte after college to manage the Alexander Funeral Home. He has taught classes at Central Piedmont Community College, Johnson C. Smith University, Queens University of Charlotte and University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

## Political career

Following in his father's footsteps, Alexander became President of the NC NAACP and served on the national NAACP board. He first ran for NC General Assembly in 2008 and won, taking his oath in 2009.
Alexander was the first African American to be appointed to the Airport Advisory Committee from 1978 to 1984. He was involved in preventing an NC amendment that would allow state assemblymen to serve for four terms instead of two.

## Death

Alexander died on September 6, 2024, at the age of 75.

## Electoral history
### 2022

North Carolina House of Representatives 107th district Democratic primary election, 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kelly Alexander (incumbent) | 5,602 | 83.50% |
| | Democratic | Vermanno Bowman | 1,107 | 16.50% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,709 | 100% |
North Carolina House of Representatives 107th district general election, 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kelly Alexander (incumbent) | 18,896 | 81.86% |
| | Republican | Mark Alan Cook | 4,187 | 18.14% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 23,083 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 107th district general election, 2020 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kelly Alexander (incumbent) | 37,421 | 81.33% |
| | Republican | Richard Rivette | 8,591 | 18.67% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 46,012 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 107th district general election, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kelly Alexander (incumbent) | 24,453 | 100% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,453 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 107th district Democratic primary election, 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kelly Alexander (incumbent) | 10,304 | 90.14% |
| | Democratic | Robert Blok | 1,127 | 9.86% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 11,431 | 100% |
North Carolina House of Representatives 107th district general election, 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kelly Alexander (incumbent) | 34,305 | 100% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 34,305 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 107th district general election, 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kelly Alexander (incumbent) | 18,049 | 100% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 18,049 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 107th district general election, 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kelly Alexander (incumbent) | 32,275 | 100% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 32,275 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 107th district general election, 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kelly Alexander (incumbent) | 13,132 | 67.26% |
| | Republican | Debbie Ware | 6,392 | 32.74% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 19,524 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 107th district Democratic primary election, 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kelly Alexander | 8,542 | 63.53% |
| | Democratic | Mary Nixon Richardson | 4,903 | 36.47% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,445 | 100% |
North Carolina House of Representatives 107th district general election, 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Kelly Alexander | 27,502 | 75.26% |
| | Republican | Gary Hardee | 9,043 | 24.74% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 36,545 | 100% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |