North Carolina Senate Appropriations Committee

June 1, 2008

COUNTY NC NEWS -- North Carolina Senate Appropriations Committee, a forty-six-member committee of 30 Democrats, including Senator Tony "I ain't got no job" Foriest and 16 Republicans. The following list includes party affiliation, county representation, and current or former occupations.

• Co-Chairman Senator Charles W. Albertson (Dem) of Duplin, Lenoir, Sampson - Musician, Retired PPQ Officer, Farmer
• Co-Chairman Senator Charlie Smith Dannelly (Dem) of Mecklenburg - Educator (Retired)
• Co-Chairman Senator Linda Garrou (Dem) of Forsyth - Administrator

Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee:

• Senator Tom Apodaca (Rep) of Buncombe, Henderson, Polk - Entrepreneur
• Senator Bob Atwater (Dem) of Chatham, Durham, Lee - Retired
• Senator Doug Berger (Dem) of Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren - Attorney
• Senator Phil Berger (Rep) of Guilford, Rockingham
• Senator Stan Bingham (Rep) of Davidson, Guilford - Lumber Company Owner
• Senator Harris Blake (Rep) of Harnett, Moore - Commercial Real Estate
• Senator Julia Boseman (Dem) of Hanover - Attorney
• Senator Andrew C. Brock (Rep) of Davie, Rowan - Consultant
• Senator Harry Brown (Rep) of Jones, Onslow - Owner of National Dodge- Subaru & National Volkswagen
• Senator Peter S. Brunstetter (Rep) of Forsyth - Attorney
• Senator Daniel G. Clodfelter (Dem) of Mecklenburg - Attorney
• Senator Janet Cowell (Dem) of Wake - Consultant, Cowell and Associates
• Senator Walter H. Dalton (Dem) of Cleveland, Rutherford - Attorney
• Senator Katie G. Dorsett (Dem) of Guilford - Retired Educator
• Senator Don East (Rep) of Alleghany, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin - Retired Police Officer
• Senator Tony Foriest (Dem) of Alamance, Caswell - N/A
• Senator James Forrester (Rep) of Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln - Physician--Family Practice
• Senator Steve Goss (Dem) of Alexander, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes - Ordained Minister, Baptist
• Senator Malcolm Graham (Dem) of Mecklenburg - Business Consultant
• Senator Kay R. Hagan (Dem) of Guilford - Civic Leader, Attorney, Former Banker
• Senator Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. (Rep) of Cabarrus, Iredell - Attorney
• Senator David W. Hoyle (Dem) of Gaston - Real Estate Developer/Investor
• Senator Neal Hunt (Rep) of Wake - President of HMC Corporation
• Senator Jim Jacumin (Rep) of Burke, Caldwell - Retired Founder/President of Jacumin Engineering & Machine Company (JEMCO); started I-Tex, Inc. (now Omara Textiles),
• Senator Clark Jenkins (Dem) of Edgecombe, Martin, Pitt - W. S. Clark Farms
• Senator Ed Jones (Dem) of Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, Perquimans - Retired State Trooper
• Senator John H. Kerr III (Dem) Greene, Pitt, Wayne - Attorney
• Senator Eleanor Kinnaird (Dem) of Orange, Person - Attorney
• Senator Vernon Malone (Dem) of Wake - Retired
• Senator Floyd B. McKissick, Jr. (Dem) of Durham - Attorney
• Senator Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr. (Dem) of Buncombe - Attorney
• Senator Jean Preston (Rep) of Carteret, Craven, Pamlico - Retired Educator
• Senator William R. Purcell (Dem) of Anson, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly - Pediatrician (Retired)
• Senator Joe Sam Queen (Dem) of Avery, Haywood, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey - Architect
• Senator Tony Rand (Dem) of Bladen, Cumberland - Consultant
• Senator Larry Shaw (Dem) of Cumberland - Corporate Executive
• Senator Fred Smith (Rep) of Johnston, Wayne - Attorney; President, Fred Smith Company; Partner, Sunbelt Golf Group, L.L.C
• Senator John Snow (Dem) of Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania - Retired District Court Judge
• Senator R. C. Soles, Jr. (Dem) of Brunswick, Columbus, Pender - Attorney
• Senator Richard Stevens (Rep) of Wake - Management Consultant
• Senator A. B. Swindell (Dem) of Nash, Wilson - Consultant
• Senator Jerry W. Tillman (Rep) of Montgomery, Randolph - Retired School Administrator
• Senator David F. Weinstein (Dem) of Hoke, Robeson - Merchant (Retired)