district residence birth_place party state_house birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end occupation alma_mater
34th raleigh , north carolina philadelphia , pennsylvania democratic north carolina 20 june 1963 2003 steve wrinn deborah k. ross
 2013 lecturer , attorney brown university unc school of law
deborah k. ross

deborah k. ross was a democratic member of the north carolina general assembly representing the state 's thirty-fourth house district , including constituents in wake county .
an attorney from raleigh , north carolina , ross served five full terms and one partial term in the state house of representatives .
ross defeated republican phil jeffreys in the november 2004 general assembly election .
she faced no opposition in the november 2006 general election .
in 2007 , ross was elected as one of the house democratic whips .
-lsb- http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2007/02/07/bell_elected_new_majority_whip_in_house/index.shtml] on may 1 , 2013 , she announced she would resign from her service in june , returning to the private sector .
on june 1 , 2013 , grier martin was appointed to succeed her .
ross is a former aclu attorney , managing the aclu of north carolina for over seven years .
