James David Gailliard (born January 9, 1965) is an American pastor and politician. He is senior pastor and CEO of Word Tabernacle Church in

Rocky Mount, North Carolina Rocky Mount is a city in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Edgecombe and Nash County, North Carolina, Nash counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The city's population was 54,341 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it ...

, and a Democratic former member of the

North Carolina House of Representatives The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the North Ca ...

. Gailliard represented the 25th district (including most of

Nash County Nash County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 94,970. Its county seat is Nashville. Nash County is now a part of the Rocky Mount, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, instead of the ...

) from 2019 to 2023. He attended

Morehouse College , mottoeng = And there was light (literal translation of Latin itself translated from Hebrew: "And light was made") , type = Private historically black men's liberal arts college , academic_affiliations ...

and

St. Joseph's University Saint Joseph's University (SJU or St. Joe's) is a private Jesuit university in Philadelphia and Lower Merion, Pennsylvania. The university was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1851 as Saint Joseph's College. Saint Joseph's is the seventh olde ...

. Gailliard won the November 2018 general election for House District 25 (Nash County/Rocky Mount); the first African-American to hold this seat. He secured fifty-one percent of the vote while his closest rival,

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

John Check, secured forty-five percent. Gailliard was defeated for reelection in the November 2022 general election for House District 25 (Nash County/Rocky Mount) by

Allen Chesser. Chesser secured fifty-two percent of the vote to Gailliard's forty-four percent.

Electoral history

2022

2020

2018

2016

Committee assignments

2021-2022 session

*Appropriations *Appropriations - Capital *Education - Community Colleges *Education - K-12 *Health

2019-2020 session

*Appropriations *Appropriations - Education *Education - K-12 *Health

References

External links

Government web siteWorld Tabernacle Church
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gailliard, James Living people 1965 births Politicians from Philadelphia People from Rocky Mount, North Carolina Morehouse College alumni 21st-century American politicians 21st-century African-American politicians Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives