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{{Infobox legislative term
| name                   = 148th [[North Carolina General Assembly]] 2007–08
| image                  = NCLegislature.jpg
| image_size             = 250px
| caption                = North Carolina Legislative Building
| body                   = [[North Carolina General Assembly]]
| country                = [[United States]]
| state                  = [[North Carolina]]
| meeting_place          = [[North Carolina State Legislative Building]]
| term                   = 2007–08
| before                 = [[North Carolina General Assembly of 2005–06|2005–06]]
| after                  = [[North Carolina General Assembly of 2009–10|2009–10]]
| website                =
| chamber1               = [[North Carolina Senate]]
| membership1            = 50 senators
| control1               = [[North Carolina Democratic Party|Democratic Party]]
| chamber1_leader1_type  = President ''pro tempore''
| chamber1_leader1       = [[Marc Basnight]] (Dem)
| chamber1_leader2_type  = Majority Leader
| chamber1_leader2       = [[Tony Rand]] (Dem)
| chamber1_leader3_type  = Minority Leader
| chamber1_leader3       = [[Phil Berger (politician)|Phil Berger]] (Rep)
| chamber2               = [[North Carolina House of Representatives]]
| membership2            = 120 representatives
| control2               = Democratic Party
| chamber2_leader1_type  = Speaker
| chamber2_leader1       = [[Joe Hackney]] (Dem)
| chamber2_leader2_type  = Majority Leader
| chamber2_leader2       = [[L. Hugh Holliman]] (Dem)
| chamber2_leader3_type  = Minority Leader
| chamber2_leader3       = [[Paul Stam]] (Rep)
}}
The '''North Carolina General Assembly of 2007–08''' consisted of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]] and the [[North Carolina Senate]] that met in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], in 2007 and 2008. Members of the House and Senate were elected on November 7, 2006. This legislature first convened in January 2007. In addition to its regular sessions, the legislature met in special session in March 2008 to consider expelling Representative [[Thomas E. Wright]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007e2/ProclamationOfExtraSession.pdf|title=North Carolina Legislature Proclamation|date=March 12, 2009|author=Easily, Michael F.|website=NCLeg.net|access-date=September 14, 2019}}</ref><ref name="HouseDocs">{{cite web|url=https://www.ncleg.gov/Documents/9/#2007-2008%20Session|title=North Carolina House of Representatives, 2007-2008, Session Documents|access-date=September 14, 2019|website=NCLeg.gov}}</ref><ref name="SenateDocs">{{cite web|url=https://www.ncleg.gov/Documents/10/#2007-2008%20Session|title=North Carolina Senate, 2007-2008, Session Documents|access-date=September 14, 2019|website=NCLeg.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=General Assembly of North Carolina Legislative Manual, 2007|url=https://archive.org/details/GeneralAssemblyOfNorthCarolinaLegislativeManual/|date=January 2007|access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref>
==House of Representatives==
The [[North Carolina House of Representatives|North Carolina state House of Representatives]], during the 2007–08 session, consisted of 68 [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] and 52 [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]].<ref name="HouseDocs" />
===House leaders===
[[File:LMBell.jpg|thumb|Majority Whip Larry M. Bell]]
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|position=[[Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives|Speaker]]
|name=[[Joe Hackney]]
|party=Democratic Party (United States)
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|position=Speaker ''pro tempore''
|name=[[William L. Wainwright]]
|party=Democratic Party (United States)
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|position=Majority Leader
|name=[[L. Hugh Holliman]]
|party=Democratic Party (United States)
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|position=Majority Whips
|name=[[Larry M. Bell]]
|party=Democratic Party (United States)
|name2=[[Jean Farmer-Butterfield]]
|party2=Democratic Party (United States)
|name3=[[Deborah Ross (politician)|Deborah Ross]]
|party3=Democratic Party (United States)
|name4=[[D. Bruce Goforth]]
|party4=Democratic Party (United States)
|name5=[[Larry Hall (North Carolina politician)|Larry Hall]]
|party5=Democratic Party (United States)
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|position=[[Minority leader|Minority Leader]]
|name=[[Paul Stam]]
|party=Republican Party (United States)
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|position=Minority Whip
|name=[[William C. McGee]]
|party=Republican Party (United States)
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|position=Deputy Minority Whip
|name=[[Carolyn H. Justice]]
|party=Republican Party (United States)
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|position=Freshman Leaders
|name=[[Larry Hall (North Carolina politician)|Larry Hall]]
|party=Democratic Party (United States)
|name2=Ric Killian
|party2=Republican Party (United States)
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*'''Clerk''' (appointed by the house): '''Denise Weeks'''
===House members===
* '''District 1:''' [[William C. Owens Jr.]] (Dem) – ''[[Camden County, North Carolina|Camden]], [[Currituck County, North Carolina|Currituck]], [[Gates County, North Carolina|Gates]], [[Pasquotank County, North Carolina|Pasquotank]]''
* '''District 2:''' [[Timothy L. Spear]] (Dem) – ''[[Chowan County, North Carolina|Chowan]], [[Dare County, North Carolina|Dare]], [[Gates County, North Carolina|Gates]], [[Perquimans County, North Carolina|Perquimans]], [[Tyrrell County, North Carolina|Tyrrell]]''
* '''District 3:''' [[Alice Graham Underhill]] (Dem) – ''[[Craven County, North Carolina|Craven]], [[Pamlico County, North Carolina|Pamlico]]''
* '''District 4:''' [[Russell E. Tucker]] (Dem) – ''[[Craven County, North Carolina|Craven]], [[Martin County, North Carolina|Martin]], [[Pitt County, North Carolina|Pitt]]''
* '''District 5:''' [[Howard J. Hunter Jr.]] (Dem), died, replaced by [[Annie Mobley]] (Dem) – ''[[Bertie County, North Carolina|Bertie]], [[Hertford County, North Carolina|Hertford]], [[Northampton County, North Carolina|Northampton]]''
* '''District 6:''' [[Arthur J. Williams]] (Dem) – ''[[Beaufort County, North Carolina|Beaufort]], [[Hyde County, North Carolina|Hyde]], [[Washington County, North Carolina|Washington]]''
* '''District 7:''' [[Edward Jones (North Carolina politician)|Edward Jones]] (Dem), appointed to Senate, replaced by [[Angela Bryant]] (Dem) – ''[[Halifax County, North Carolina|Halifax]], [[Nash County, North Carolina|Nash]]''
* '''District 8:''' [[Edith D. Warren]] (Dem) – ''[[Greene County, North Carolina|Greene]], [[Martin County, North Carolina|Martin]], [[Pitt County, North Carolina|Pitt]]''
* '''District 9:''' [[Marian N. McLawhorn]] (Dem) – ''[[Pitt County, North Carolina|Pitt]]''
* '''District 10:''' [[Van Braxton]] (Dem) – ''[[Duplin County, North Carolina|Duplin]], [[Lenoir County, North Carolina|Lenoir]]''
* '''District 11:''' [[Louis M. Pate Jr.]] (Rep) – ''[[Wayne County, North Carolina|Wayne]]''
* '''District 12:''' [[William L. Wainwright]] (Dem) – ''[[Craven County, North Carolina|Craven]], [[Jones County, North Carolina|Jones]], [[Lenoir County, North Carolina|Lenoir]]''
* '''District 13:''' [[Pat McElraft]] (Rep) – ''[[Carteret County, North Carolina|Carteret]], [[Onslow County, North Carolina|Onslow]]''
* '''District 14:''' [[George G. Cleveland]] (Rep) – ''[[Onslow County, North Carolina|Onslow]]''
* '''District 15:''' [[W. Robert Grady]] (Rep) – ''[[Onslow County, North Carolina|Onslow]]''
* '''District 16:''' [[Carolyn H. Justice]] (Rep) – ''[[New Hanover County, North Carolina|New Hanover]], [[Pender County, North Carolina|Pender]]''
* '''District 17:''' [[Bonner L. Stiller]] (Rep) – ''[[Brunswick County, North Carolina|Brunswick]], [[New Hanover County, North Carolina|New Hanover]]''
* '''District 18:''' [[Thomas E. Wright]] (Dem), expelled on March 20, 2008, replaced by [[Sandra Spaulding Hughes]] (Dem) – ''[[Brunswick County, North Carolina|Brunswick]], [[Columbus County, North Carolina|Columbus]], [[New Hanover County, North Carolina|New Hanover]]''
* '''District 19:''' [[Daniel F. McComas]] (Rep) – ''[[New Hanover County, North Carolina|New Hanover]]''
* '''District 20:''' [[Dewey L. Hill]] (Dem) – ''[[Brunswick County, North Carolina|Brunswick]], [[Columbus County, North Carolina|Columbus]]''
* '''District 21:''' [[Larry M. Bell]] (Dem) – ''[[Duplin County, North Carolina|Duplin]], [[Sampson County, North Carolina|Sampson]], [[Wayne County, North Carolina|Wayne]]''
* '''District 22:''' [[William Brisson]] (Dem) – ''[[Bladen County, North Carolina|Bladen]], [[Sampson County, North Carolina|Sampson]]''
* '''District 23:''' [[Joe P. Tolson]] (Dem) – ''[[Edgecombe County, North Carolina|Edgecombe]], [[Wilson County, North Carolina|Wilson]]''
* '''District 24:''' [[Jean Farmer-Butterfield]] (Dem) – ''[[Edgecombe County, North Carolina|Edgecombe]], [[Wilson County, North Carolina|Wilson]]''
* '''District 25:''' [[William G. Daughtridge Jr.]] (Rep) – ''[[Nash County, North Carolina|Nash]]''
* '''District 26:''' [[N. Leo Daughtry]] (Rep) – ''[[Johnston County, North Carolina|Johnston]], [[Wayne County, North Carolina|Wayne]]''
* '''District 27:''' [[Michael H. Wray]] (Dem) – ''[[Granville County, North Carolina|Granville]], [[Vance County, North Carolina|Vance]], [[Warren County, North Carolina|Warren]]''
* '''District 28:''' [[James Langdon Jr.]] (Rep) – ''[[Johnston County, North Carolina|Johnston]]''
* '''District 29:''' [[Larry Hall (North Carolina politician)|Larry Hall]] (Dem) – ''[[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham]]''
* '''District 30:''' [[Paul Luebke]] (Dem) – ''[[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham]]''
* '''District 31:''' [[Mickey Michaux]] (Dem) – ''[[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham]]''
* '''District 32:''' [[James W. Crawford Jr.]] (Dem) – ''[[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham]], [[Granville County, North Carolina|Granville]], [[Vance County, North Carolina|Vance]]''
* '''District 33:''' [[Dan Blue]] (Dem) – ''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake]]''
* '''District 34:''' [[Grier Martin]] (Dem) – ''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake]]''
* '''District 35:''' [[Jennifer Weiss (politician)|Jennifer Weiss]] (Dem) – ''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake]]''
* '''District 36:''' [[Nelson Dollar]] (Rep) – ''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake]]''
* '''District 37:''' [[Paul Stam]] (Rep) – ''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake]]''
* '''District 38:''' [[Deborah Ross (politician)|Deborah Ross]] (Dem) – ''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake]]''
* '''District 39:''' [[Linda Coleman (North Carolina politician)|Linda Coleman]] (Dem) – ''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake]]''
* '''District 40:''' [[Marilyn Avila]] (Rep) – ''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake]]''
* '''District 41:''' [[Ty Harrell]] (Dem) – ''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake]]''
* '''District 42:''' [[Marvin W. Lucas]] (Dem) – ''[[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland]]'',
* '''District 43:''' [[Mary E. McAllister]] (Dem) – ''[[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland]]''
* '''District 44:''' [[Margaret H. Dickson]] (Dem) – ''[[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland]]''
* '''District 45:''' [[Rick Glazier]] (Dem) – ''[[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland]]''
* '''District 46:''' [[Douglas Y. Yongue]] (Dem) – ''[[Hoke County, North Carolina|Hoke]], [[Robeson County, North Carolina|Robeson]], [[Scotland County, North Carolina|Scotland]]''
* '''District 47:''' [[Ronnie N. Sutton]] (Dem) – ''[[Hoke County, North Carolina|Hoke]], [[Robeson County, North Carolina|Robeson]]''
* '''District 48:''' [[Garland E. Pierce]] (Dem) – ''[[Hoke County, North Carolina|Hoke]], [[Robeson County, North Carolina|Robeson]], [[Scotland County, North Carolina|Scotland]]''
* '''District 49:''' [[Lucy T. Allen]] (Dem) – ''[[Franklin County, North Carolina|Franklin]], [[Halifax County, North Carolina|Halifax]], [[Nash County, North Carolina|Nash]]''
* '''District 50:''' [[Bill Faison]] (Dem) – ''[[Caswell County, North Carolina|Caswell]]', [[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange]]''
* '''District 51:''' [[Jimmy L. Love Sr.]] (Dem) – ''[[Harnett County, North Carolina|Harnett]], [[Lee County, North Carolina|Lee]]''
* '''District 52:''' [[Joe Boylan]] (Rep) – ''[[Moore County, North Carolina|Moore]]''
* '''District 53:''' [[David R. Lewis]] (Rep) – ''[[Harnett County, North Carolina|Harnett]]''
* '''District 54:''' [[Joe Hackney]] (Dem) – ''[[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham]], [[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange]], [[Moore County, North Carolina|Moore]]''
* '''District 55:''' [[Winkie Wilkins]] (Dem) – ''[[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham]], [[Person County, North Carolina|Person]]''
* '''District 56:''' [[Verla C. Insko]] (Dem) – ''[[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange]]''
* '''District 57:''' [[Pricey Harrison]] (Dem) – ''[[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford]]''
* '''District 58:''' [[Alma S. Adams]] (Dem) – ''[[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford]]''
* '''District 59:''' [[Maggie Jeffus]] (Dem) – ''[[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford]]''
* '''District 60:''' [[Earl Jones (politician)|Earl Jones]] (Dem) – ''[[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford]]''
* '''District 61:''' [[Laura I. Wiley]] (Rep) – ''[[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford]]''
* '''District 62:''' [[John M. Blust]] (Rep) – ''[[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford]]''
* '''District 63:''' [[Alice L. Bordsen]] (Dem) – ''[[Alamance County, North Carolina|Alamance]]''
* '''District 64:''' [[Cary D. Allred]] (Rep) – ''[[Alamance County, North Carolina|Alamance]]''
* '''District 65:''' [[E. Nelson Cole]] (Dem) – ''[[Rockingham County, North Carolina|Rockingham]]''
* '''District 66:''' [[Melanie Wade Goodwin]] (Dem) – ''[[Montgomery County, North Carolina|Montgomery]], [[Richmond County, North Carolina|Richmond]]''
* '''District 67:''' [[David Almond (politician)|David Almond]] (Rep), resigned July 12, 2007,<ref>[http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/almond_resigns Almond resigns | newsobserver.com projects<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> replaced by [[Kenny Furr]] (Rep) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlotte.com/politics/story/228124.html|title=Charolotte Observer article}}{{dead link|date=October 2019}}</ref> – ''[[Montgomery County, North Carolina|Montgomery]], [[Stanly County, North Carolina|Stanly]], [[Union County, North Carolina|Union]]''
* '''District 68:''' [[J. Curtis Blackwood Jr.]] (Rep) – ''[[Union County, North Carolina|Union]]''
* '''District 69:''' [[Pryor A. Gibson III]] (Dem) – ''[[Anson County, North Carolina|Anson]], [[Montgomery County, North Carolina|Montgomery]], [[Union County, North Carolina|Union]]''
* '''District 70:''' [[Pat B. Hurley]] (Rep) – ''[[Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph]]''
* '''District 71:''' [[Larry W. Womble]] (Dem) – ''[[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth]]''
* '''District 72:''' [[Earline W. Parmon]] (Dem) – ''[[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth]]''
* '''District 73:''' [[Larry R. Brown]] (Rep) – ''[[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth]]''
* '''District 74:''' [[Dale Folwell]] (Rep) – ''[[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth]]''
* '''District 75:''' [[William C. McGee]] (Rep) – ''[[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth]]''
* '''District 76:''' [[Fred F. Steen II]] (Rep) – ''[[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan]]''
* '''District 77:''' [[Lorene T. Coates]] (Dem) – ''[[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan]]''
* '''District 78:''' [[Harold J. Brubaker]] (Rep) – ''[[Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph]]''
* '''District 79:''' [[Julia C. Howard]] (Rep) – ''[[Davidson County, North Carolina|Davidson]], [[Davie County, North Carolina|Davie]], [[Iredell County, North Carolina|Iredell]]''
* '''District 80:''' [[Jerry C. Dockham]] (Rep) – ''[[Davidson County, North Carolina|Davidson]]''
* '''District 81:''' [[L. Hugh Holliman]] (Dem) – ''[[Davidson County, North Carolina|Davidson]]''
* '''District 82:''' [[Jeff Barnhart]] (Rep) – ''[[Cabarrus County, North Carolina|Cabarrus]]''
* '''District 83:''' [[Linda P. Johnson]] (Rep) – ''[[Cabarrus County, North Carolina|Cabarrus]]''
* '''District 84:''' [[Phillip D. Frye]] (Rep) – ''[[Avery County, North Carolina|Avery]], [[Caldwell County, North Carolina|Caldwell]], [[Mitchell County, North Carolina|Mitchell]]''
* '''District 85:''' [[Mitch Gillespie]] (Rep) – ''[[Burke County, North Carolina|Burke]], [[Caldwell County, North Carolina|Caldwell]], [[McDowell County, North Carolina|McDowell]]''
* '''District 86:''' [[Walter G. Church Sr.]] (Dem) – ''[[Burke County, North Carolina|Burke]]''
* '''District 87:''' [[Edgar V. Starnes]] (Rep) – ''[[Alexander County, North Carolina|Alexander]], [[Caldwell County, North Carolina|Caldwell]]''
* '''District 88:''' [[T. Raymond Warren]] (Dem) – ''[[Alexander County, North Carolina|Alexander]], [[Catawba County, North Carolina|Catawba]]''
* '''District 89:''' [[Mitchell S. Setzer]] (Rep) – ''[[Catawba County, North Carolina|Catawba]]''
* '''District 90:''' [[James A. Harrell III]] (Dem) – ''[[Alleghany County, North Carolina|Alleghany]], [[Surry County, North Carolina|Surry]]''
* '''District 91:''' [[Bryan R. Holloway]] (Rep) – '' [[Stokes County, North Carolina|Stokes]], [[Rockingham County, North Carolina|Rockingham]]''
* '''District 92:''' [[George M. Holmes]] (Rep) – ''[[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth]], [[Yadkin County, North Carolina|Yadkin]]''
* '''District 93:''' [[Cullie Tarleton]] (Dem) – ''[[Ashe County, North Carolina|Ashe]], [[Watauga County, North Carolina|Watauga]]''
* '''District 94:''' [[R. Tracy Walker]] (Rep) – ''[[Wilkes County, North Carolina|Wilkes]]''
* '''District 95:''' [[Karen B. Ray]] (Rep) – ''[[Catawba County, North Carolina|Catawba]], [[Iredell County, North Carolina|Iredell]]''
* '''District 96:''' [[Mark K. Hilton]] (Rep) – ''[[Catawba County, North Carolina|Catawba]]''
* '''District 97:''' [[Joe L. Kiser]] (Rep) – ''[[Lincoln County, North Carolina|Lincoln]]''
* '''District 98:''' [[Thom Tillis]] (Rep) – ''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]]''
* '''District 99:''' [[Drew P. Saunders]] (Dem) – ''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]]''
* '''District 100:''' [[James B. Black]] (Dem); resigned, replaced by [[Tricia Cotham]] (Dem) – ''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]]''
* '''District 101:''' [[Beverly M. Earle]] (Dem) – ''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]]''
* '''District 102:''' [[Becky Carney]] (Dem) – ''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]]''
* '''District 103:''' [[Jim Gulley]] (Rep) – ''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]]''
* '''District 104:''' [[Ruth Samuelson]] (Rep) – ''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]]''
* '''District 105:''' [[Ric Killian]] (Rep) – ''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]]''
* '''District 106:''' [[Martha B. Alexander]] (Dem) – ''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]]''
* '''District 107:''' [[W. Pete Cunningham]] (Dem), resigned December 31, 2007, replaced by [[Kelly Alexander]] (Dem) – ''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]]''
* '''District 108:''' [[Wil Neumann]] (Rep) – ''[[Gaston County, North Carolina|Gaston]]''
* '''District 109:''' [[William A. Current]] (Rep) – ''[[Gaston County, North Carolina|Gaston]]''
* '''District 110:''' [[Debbie A. Clary]] (Rep) – ''[[Cleveland County, North Carolina|Cleveland]], [[Gaston County, North Carolina|Gaston]]''
* '''District 111:''' [[Tim Moore (North Carolina politician)|Tim Moore]] (Rep) – ''[[Cleveland County, North Carolina|Cleveland]]''
* '''District 112:''' [[Bobby F. England]] (Dem) – ''[[Cleveland County, North Carolina|Cleveland]], [[Rutherford County, North Carolina|Rutherford]]''
* '''District 113:''' [[Trudi Walend]] (Rep) – ''[[Henderson County, North Carolina|Henderson]], [[Polk County, North Carolina|Polk]], [[Transylvania County, North Carolina|Transylvania]]''
* '''District 114:''' [[Susan C. Fisher]] (Dem) – ''[[Buncombe County, North Carolina|Buncombe]]''
* '''District 115:''' [[D. Bruce Goforth]] (Dem) – ''[[Buncombe County, North Carolina|Buncombe]]''
* '''District 116:''' [[Charles C. Thomas]] (Rep) – ''[[Buncombe County, North Carolina|Buncombe]]''
* '''District 117:''' [[Carolyn K. Justus]] (Rep) – ''[[Henderson County, North Carolina|Henderson]], [[Transylvania County, North Carolina|Transylvania]]''
* '''District 118:''' [[Ray Rapp]] (Dem) – ''[[Haywood County, North Carolina|Haywood]], [[Madison County, North Carolina|Madison]], [[Yancey County, North Carolina|Yancey]]''
* '''District 119:''' [[R. Phillip Haire]] (Dem) – ''[[Haywood County, North Carolina|Haywood]], [[Jackson County, North Carolina|Jackson]], [[Macon County, North Carolina|Macon]], [[Swain County, North Carolina|Swain]]''
* '''District 120:''' [[Roger West (North Carolina politician)|Roger West]] (Rep) – ''[[Cherokee County, North Carolina|Cherokee]], [[Clay County, North Carolina|Clay]], [[Graham County, North Carolina|Graham]], [[Macon County, North Carolina|Macon]]''
==Senate==
The [[North Carolina Senate|North Carolina state Senate]], during the 2007–08 session, consisted of 31 [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] and 19 [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]].<ref name="SenateDocs" />
===Senate leaders===
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*'''Clerk''' (appointed by the Senate): '''Janet Pruitt'''
* '''Permanent Democratic Caucus Chair:''' [[R. C. Soles Jr.]] (8th district)
* '''Democratic Caucus Secretary:''' [[Charles W. Albertson]] (10th district)
* '''Chairman, Republican Policy Committee''': [[Jean Preston]] (2nd district)
===Senate members===
* '''District 1:''' [[Marc Basnight]] (Dem) – ''[[Beaufort County, North Carolina|Beaufort]], [[Camden County, North Carolina|Camden]], [[Currituck County, North Carolina|Currituck]], [[Dare County, North Carolina|Dare]], [[Hyde County, North Carolina|Hyde]], [[Pasquotank County, North Carolina|Pasquotank]], [[Tyrrell County, North Carolina|Tyrrell]], [[Washington County, North Carolina|Washington]]''
* '''District 2:''' [[Jean R. Preston]] (Rep) – ''[[Carteret County, North Carolina|Carteret]], [[Craven County, North Carolina|Craven]], [[Pamlico County, North Carolina|Pamlico]]''
* '''District 3:''' [[Clark Jenkins]] (Dem) – ''[[Edgecombe County, North Carolina|Edgecombe]], [[Martin County, North Carolina|Martin]], [[Pitt County, North Carolina|Pitt]]''
* '''District 4:''' [[Robert Lee Holloman]] (Dem), died, replaced by [[Edward Jones (North Carolina politician)|Edward Jones]] (Dem) – ''[[Gates County, North Carolina|Gates]], [[Halifax County, North Carolina|Halifax]], [[Hertford County, North Carolina|Hertford]], [[Northampton County, North Carolina|Northampton]], [[Bertie County, North Carolina|Bertie]], [[Chowan County, North Carolina|Chowan]], [[Perquimans County, North Carolina|Perquimans]]''
* '''District 5:''' [[John H. Kerr III]] (Dem) – ''[[Greene County, North Carolina|Greene]], [[Pitt County, North Carolina|Pitt]], [[Wayne County, North Carolina|Wayne]]''
* '''District 6:''' [[Harry Brown (American politician)|Harry Brown]] (Rep) – ''[[Jones County, North Carolina|Jones]], [[Onslow County, North Carolina|Onslow]]''
* '''District 7:''' [[Doug Berger]] (Dem) – ''[[Franklin County, North Carolina|Franklin]], [[Granville County, North Carolina|Granville]], [[Vance County, North Carolina|Vance]], [[Warren County, North Carolina|Warren]]''
* '''District 8:''' [[R. C. Soles Jr.]] (Dem) – ''[[Brunswick County, North Carolina|Brunswick]], [[Columbus County, North Carolina|Columbus]], [[Pender County, North Carolina|Pender]]''
* '''District 9:''' [[Julia Boseman]] (Dem) – ''[[New Hanover County, North Carolina|New Hanover]]''
* '''District 10:''' [[Charles W. Albertson]] (Dem) – ''[[Duplin County, North Carolina|Duplin]], [[Harnett County, North Carolina|Harnett]], [[Sampson County, North Carolina|Sampson]]''
* '''District 11:''' [[A. B. Swindell]] (Dem) – ''[[Franklin County, North Carolina|Franklin]], [[Nash County, North Carolina|Nash]], [[Vance County, North Carolina|Vance]]''
* '''District 12:''' [[Fred Smith (North Carolina politician)|Fred Smith]] (Rep) – ''[[Johnston County, North Carolina|Johnston]], [[Wayne County, North Carolina|Wayne]]''
* '''District 13:''' [[David F. Weinstein]] (Dem) – ''[[Hoke County, North Carolina|Hoke]], [[Robeson County, North Carolina|Robeson]]''
* '''District 14:''' [[Vernon Malone]] (Dem) – ''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake]]''
* '''District 15:''' Neal Hunt (Rep) – ''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake]]''
* '''District 16:''' [[Janet Cowell]] (Dem) – ''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake]]''
* '''District 17:''' [[Richard Y. Stevens]] (Rep) – ''[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake]]''
* '''District 18:''' [[Bob Atwater]] (Dem) – ''[[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham]], [[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham]], [[Lee County, North Carolina|Lee]]''
* '''District 19:''' [[Tony Rand]] (Dem) – ''[[Bladen County, North Carolina|Bladen]], [[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland]]''
* '''District 20:''' [[Jeanne Hopkins Lucas]] (Dem), died March 9, 2007, replaced by [[Floyd McKissick Jr.]] (Dem) – ''[[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham]]''
* '''District 21:''' [[Larry Shaw (politician)|Larry Shaw]] (Dem) – ''[[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland]]''
* '''District 22:''' [[Harris Blake]] (Rep) – ''[[Harnett County, North Carolina|Harnett]], [[Lee County, North Carolina|Lee]], [[Moore County, North Carolina|Moore]]''
* '''District 23:''' [[Eleanor Kinnaird]] (Dem) – ''[[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham]], [[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange]], [[Person County, North Carolina|Person]]''
* '''District 24:''' [[Anthony Foriest]] (Dem) – ''[[Alamance County, North Carolina|Alamance]], [[Caswell County, North Carolina|Caswell]]''
* '''District 25:''' [[William R. Purcell]] (Dem) – ''[[Anson County, North Carolina|Anson]], [[Richmond County, North Carolina|Richmond]], [[Scotland County, North Carolina|Scotland]], [[Stanly County, North Carolina|Stanly]]''
* '''District 26:''' [[Phil Berger (politician)|Phil Berger]] (Rep) – ''[[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford]], [[Rockingham County, North Carolina|Rockingham]]''
* '''District 27:''' [[Kay Hagan]] (Dem) – ''[[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford]]''
* '''District 28:''' [[Katie G. Dorsett]] (Dem) – ''[[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford]]''
* '''District 29:''' [[Jerry W. Tillman]] (Rep) – ''[[Montgomery County, North Carolina|Montgomery]], [[Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph]]''
* '''District 30:''' [[Donald East]] (Rep) – ''[[Stokes County, North Carolina|Stokes]], [[Surry County, North Carolina|Surry]], [[Yadkin County, North Carolina|Yadkin]]''
* '''District 31:''' [[Peter Brunstetter]] (Rep) – ''[[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth]]''
* '''District 32:''' [[Linda Garrou]] (Dem) – ''[[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth]]''
* '''District 33:''' [[Stan Bingham]] (Rep) – ''[[Davidson County, North Carolina|Davidson]], [[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford]]''
* '''District 34:''' [[Andrew C. Brock]] (Rep) – ''[[Davie County, North Carolina|Davie]], [[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan]], [[Yadkin County, North Carolina|Yadkin]]''
* '''District 35:''' [[W. Edward Goodall]] (Rep) – ''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]], [[Union County, North Carolina|Union]]''
* '''District 36:''' [[Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr.]] (Rep) – ''[[Cabarrus County, North Carolina|Cabarrus]], [[Rowan County, North Carolina|Rowan]]''
* '''District 37:''' [[Daniel G. Clodfelter]] (Dem) – ''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]]''
* '''District 38:''' [[Charlie Smith Dannelly]] (Dem) – ''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]]''
* '''District 39:''' [[Robert Pittenger]] (Rep), resigned, replaced by [[Bob Rucho]] (Rep) – ''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]]''
* '''District 40:''' [[Malcolm Graham (politician)|Malcolm Graham]] (Dem) – ''[[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg]]''
* '''District 41:''' [[James Forrester (politician)|James Forrester]] (Rep) – ''[[Alexander County, North Carolina|Alexander]], [[Iredell County, North Carolina|Iredell]]''
* '''District 42:''' [[Austin M. Allran]] (Rep) – ''[[Catawba County, North Carolina|Catawba]], [[Gaston County, North Carolina|Gaston]], [[Lincoln County, North Carolina|Lincoln]]''
* '''District 43:''' [[David W. Hoyle]] (Dem) – ''[[Gaston County, North Carolina|Gaston]]''
* '''District 44:''' [[Jim Jacumin]] (Rep) – ''[[Burke County, North Carolina|Burke]], [[Caldwell County, North Carolina|Caldwell]]''
* '''District 45:''' [[Steve Goss]] (Dem) – ''[[Alexander County, North Carolina|Alexander]], [[Ashe County, North Carolina|Ashe]], [[Watauga County, North Carolina|Watauga]], [[Wilkes County, North Carolina|Wilkes]]''
* '''District 46:''' [[Walter H. Dalton]] (Dem) – ''[[Cleveland County, North Carolina|Cleveland]], [[Rutherford County, North Carolina|Rutherford]]''
* '''District 47:''' [[Joe Sam Queen]] (Dem) – ''[[Avery County, North Carolina|Avery]], [[Haywood County, North Carolina|Haywood]], [[Madison County, North Carolina|Madison]], [[McDowell County, North Carolina|McDowell]], [[Mitchell County, North Carolina|Mitchell]], [[Yancey County, North Carolina|Yancey]]''
* '''District 48:''' [[Tom Apodaca]] (Rep) – ''[[Buncombe County, North Carolina|Buncombe]], [[Henderson County, North Carolina|Henderson]], [[Polk County, North Carolina|Polk]]''
* '''District 49:''' [[Martin Nesbitt (politician)|Martin Nesbitt]] (Dem) – ''[[Buncombe County, North Carolina|Buncombe]]''
* '''District 50:''' [[John J. Snow Jr.]] (Dem) – ''[[Cherokee County, North Carolina|Cherokee]], [[Clay County, North Carolina|Clay]], [[Graham County, North Carolina|Graham]], [[Haywood County, North Carolina|Haywood]], [[Jackson County, North Carolina|Jackson]], [[Macon County, North Carolina|Macon]], [[Swain County, North Carolina|Swain]], [[Transylvania County, North Carolina|Transylvania]]''
==See also==
* [[List of North Carolina state legislatures]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.ncleg.net/ NC General Assembly website] (current legislature)
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[[Category:North Carolina state senators| 2007]]
[[Category:2007 U.S. legislative sessions]]
[[Category:2008 U.S. legislative sessions]]