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1786:1946 births
1781:2014 deaths
1730:Phil Berger
1720:Harry Brown
1094:Libertarian
982:R. L. Clark
883:R. L. Clark
784:R. L. Clark
685:R. L. Clark
586:R. L. Clark
491:Judiciary I
441:Mike Easley
414:state House
267:Preceded by
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175:Preceded by
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124:Preceded by
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1686:2004–2014
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1617:John Sauls
1335:August 25,
1309:August 25,
1280:August 25,
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1138:References
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452:Tony Rand
434:Jim Black
257:In office
208:In office
165:In office
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129:Tony Rand
104:In office
61:In office
1748:Dan Blue
1304:WRAL.com
1249:WRAL.com
1202:Archived
485:Commerce
462:for the
158:district
88:Dan Blue
1113:20,534
1086:34.56%
1067:60.95%
1062:12,516
998:71,669
989:38.60%
986:27,492
968:61.40%
963:43,727
899:56,219
890:34.36%
887:19,318
869:65.64%
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488:Finance
1104:4.49%
1083:7,097
1039:Votes
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338:, U.S.
113:Leader
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248:114th
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