James Andrew "Jim" Burgin (born May 20, 1956) is a
Republican
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Political ideology
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member of the
North Carolina State Senate
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, representing the 12th district. He was elected in the 2018 elections. Burgin previously on the Harnett County Board of Commissioners.
Political positions
Burgin supports
Medicaid expansion
In the context of American public healthcare policy, Medicaid coverage gap refers to uninsured people who reside in states which have opted out of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), who are both ineligible for Medicaid unde ...
, one of only a few Republicans in the
North Carolina General Assembly
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to do so. During the
2021-2022 session, Burgin and Sen.
Kevin Corbin
Kevin Corbin is a Republican member of the North Carolina Senate, having represented the 50th district since 2021. Corbin previously served 2 terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing the 120th district from 2017 to 2021. ...
announced they were working on a bill to do so.
Committee assignments
2021-2022 session
*Appropriations - Health and Human Services (chair)
*Health Care (chair)
*Agriculture, Energy, and Environment
*Commerce and Insurance
*Pensions, Retirement and Aging
*Transportation
2019-2020 session
*Appropriations - Health and Human Services
*Health Care
*Agriculture, Energy, and Environment
*State and Local Government
Electoral history
2020
2018
2012
2008
References
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Living people
1956 births
Politicians from Knoxville, Tennessee
People from Harnett County, North Carolina
University of Tennessee alumni
County commissioners in North Carolina
Republican Party North Carolina state senators
21st-century American legislators