district state_senate succeeded birth_place party term_end birth_date term_start residence article_title state name occupation alma_mater
8th north carolina bill rabon tabor city , north carolina democrat 2011 17 december 1934 1977 tabor city , north carolina r. c. soles , jr. .
 north carolina r.c. soles , jr. . attorney wake school forest university , university of north carolina law
r. c. soles , jr. .

robert charles soles , jr. -lrb- born 1934 -rrb- was a democratic member of the north carolina senate , representing the 8th district from 1977 to 2011 .
his district included brunswick , columbus and pender counties .
from 1969 to 1976 , soles served in the north carolina house of representatives .
republican bill rabon now holds the seat that soles held for over three decades ; it had not been held by a republican since 1869 .
soles was the chairman of the senate democratic caucus .
