Bryan R. Holloway is an American former politician. He served five and a half two-year terms as a representative from the 91st District (
Stokes and
Rockingham Counties) in the
North Carolina General Assembly
The North Carolina General Assembly is the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Government of North Carolina, State government of North Carolina. The legislature consists of two chambers: the North Carolina Senate, Senate and the North Ca ...
. Holloway resigned from his seat in 2015 to become a lobbyist. He currently operates from his own firm, Holloway Group Inc.
During his tenure, Rep. Holloway served as the co-chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee and as chairman of the legislature's Education Oversight Committee. In his first term, Holloway served as the Republican Freshman Leader. In 2014, he made an unsuccessful run for Speaker of the House.
Prior to his election in 2004, Holloway was a social studies teacher at West Stokes High School. Holloway defeated incumbent
Rex Baker
Rex Levi Baker was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's ninety-first House district, including constituents in Forsyth, Stokes and Surry counties. A retired business owner from King, North Carolina ...
in the 2004 Republican Primary and Robert Mitchell, a fellow West Stokes High School teacher, in the 2004 General Election. Holloway easily won re-election against Democrat Ed Gambill in 2006, 2008, and 2010. In 2012, he defeated former NC House Representative
Nelson Cole. He was re-elected without opposition in 2014.
Education and personal life
Holloway is a graduate of
Appalachian State University
Appalachian State University (; Appalachian, App State, App, or ASU) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina. It was founded as a teachers college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dough ...
.
He is a member of Calvary Baptist Church in
King, North Carolina
King is a city in Stokes and Forsyth counties, North Carolina, United States. The population was 7,096 at the 2020 census. King is part of the Piedmont Triad metropolitan area, located 15 miles northwest of Winston-Salem.
The city has two l ...
and resides in King with his wife, Misti, and their dog, Governor.
Fashion blogger
In May 2013 the popular menswear blog Ivy Style claimed that Holloway maintained a fashion blog (deleted shortly afterward) called "Wasp 101".
The post pointed out a number of similarities and coincidences between the writer (known as "Richard") and the politician: they are the same age and have the same birthday, both work in North Carolina politics, have a Dachshund called Governor and Richard is Holloway's middle name. The post also pointed out that photos of the second writer on the blog, "Kipp," bear a strong resemblance to Holloway's legislative assistant.
Holloway has denied that he was the author of the blog.
Electoral history
2014
2012
2010
2008
2006
2004
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20170711044356/http://www.bryanholloway.org/
*http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&nUserID=531
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1977 births
Living people
Appalachian State University alumni
21st-century American politicians