district succeeded birth_name birth_place imagesize party term_end state_house birth_date term_start residence image article_title state name alma_mater
95th incumbent clyde robert brawley mooresville , north carolina 180px republican present 1998 north carolina 10 april 1944 2013 1981 mooresville , north carolina crbrawley.jpg robert brawley
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robert brawley

clyde robert brawley is a republican member of the north carolina general assembly .
he represented the state 's 43rd house district , including constituents in catawba and iredell counties -lrb- later the 101st district and now the 95th district -rrb- from 1981 until he retired in 1998 .
while in office , brawley was elected the president of the national republican legislators association and was named national legislator of the year in 1995 .
brawley ran for north carolina commissioner of insurance in 2004 , losing to james e. long .
in 2012 , brawley was again elected to the house from the iredell county-based 95th district .
he won the may 8 republican primary , which was tantamount to election , since no democrat filed for the seat .
meanwhile , brawley was also in 2012 named to lead the north carolina chapter of the faith and freedom coalition .
in april 2013 , brawley filed house bill 640 that would allow lobbyists to give unreported gifts to state lawmakers in north carolina .
in may 2013 , brawley resigned as chairman of the house finance committee in a dispute with house speaker thom tillis .
brawley lost his bid for another term in the may 2014 republican primary , with some of his colleagues in the house campaigning against him .
afterwards , the house republican caucus passed a vote of `` no confidence '' in brawley , effectively barring him from caucus meetings .
brawley suggested that the censure was in retaliation for his criticism of tillis .
