Cecil Hargett, Jr. is a businessman and politician, a former
Democratic member of the
North Carolina General Assembly
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, representing the state's sixth Senate district,
including constituents in
Jones
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and
Onslow counties.
He is a
real estate investor
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from
Jacksonville, North Carolina
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, elected to the state senate for the first time in 2002. He served one term in the 2003-2004 session. He was defeated in the 2004 election by the
Republican
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challenger,
Harry Brown, in a year when Democrats gained strength in the Senate and regained control of the State House.
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North Carolina state senators
Living people
21st-century American legislators
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Jacksonville, North Carolina
21st-century North Carolina politicians
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