Eric L. Mansfield is a physician and a former Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate representing the 21st Senate district (

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). After one term in the legislature, Sen. Mansfield ran for

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in the

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. He lost the Democratic primary to former state Rep. Linda Coleman on May 8, 2012. After the 2012 election, Mansfield announced that he would run for chairman of the

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Biography

Eric Mansfield was born in Louisiana and grew up in

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. He attended Howard University in Washington D.C., the Morehouse School of Medicine, and conducted his surgical and otolaryngology residency at

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's School of Medicine. He served as a medical officer in the

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and was stationed at

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. After his military service, Mansfield stayed in Fayetteville and established his own office: Cape Fear Otolaryngology, an ear, nose and throat practice.

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Campaign site
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