Harold J. Brubaker is a Republican politician who served in the

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. He represented the state's seventy-eighth House district, including constituents in

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County, for 35 years. He resigned in 2012 with plans to become a lobbyist. At the time he was the longest-serving sitting member of the House. He was born and grew up in

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. Brubaker was

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for two terms (1995–1998). He was the only Republican Speaker in North Carolina in the twentieth century, the first Republican speaker since

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(1895) and the first non-Democrat to be speaker since Populist

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(1897). A real estate appraiser and cattle breeder from

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, Brubaker was first elected to the House in 1976 and in 2011 became chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. He is a board member and chairman emeritus of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

Election history

2010

Controversies

In 1989, the '' New York Times'' reported that Brubaker was paid $10,000 to assist developers in

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, regarding a real estate project that drew scrutiny from authorities. The project involved converting a hosiery mill into homes for the elderly, and caused concern when subordinates had reportedly been against the project, but funds were appropriated nevertheless.

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* , - , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Brubaker, Harold J. Living people Republican Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives Speakers of the North Carolina House of Representatives 1946 births 21st-century American legislators 21st-century North Carolina politicians