 jeffrey l. barnhart (born march 5, 1956) was a republican member of the north carolina general assembly representing the state's eighty-second house district, including constituents in cabarrus county. a businessman, barnhart served in the state's house of representatives from 2001-2011.http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewmember.pl?nuserid=285&schamber=h he resigned september 30, 2011, to join the consulting firm mcguirewoods. ==personal life== barnhart was born in waverly, new york to fred harrison and mildred lorraine sjostrom barnhart. he and his wife jody (springston) have four children and one other child with another.http://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_detail.aspx?clientcode=nclm&p_id=ncsh082 ==education== graduated from waverly high school in 1974. he then attended southern illinois university and earned a bachelors of science degree in industrial technology in 1981. ==military service== served in the united states air force from 1978-82. ==early political career== * cabarrus county commissioner â 10 years * acting county manager â cabarrus county â 8 months * cabarrus economic development board of directors â 9 years * water & sewer authority of cabarrus county â 6 years ==conservatism== barnhart serves on the board of directors for the conservative nonprofit website, rightchange.com.http://www.rightchange.com/contact ==references==    
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