James Perry (born ) is a
Republican
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member of the
North Carolina State Senate
The North Carolina Senate is the upper chamber of the North Carolina General Assembly, which along with the North Carolina House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprises the state legislature of North Carolina. The term of office for e ...
, representing the 7th district. He was appointed to the state Senate on January 31, 2019 by Governor
Roy Cooper
Roy Asberry Cooper III (born June 13, 1957) is an American attorney and politician, serving as the 75th governor of North Carolina since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 49th attorney general of North Carolina from 20 ...
, to replace
Louis Pate
Louis Milford Pate Jr. (born September 22, 1936) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly. He represented the state's eleventh House district from 1995 through 1996 and from 2003 through 2 ...
, who resigned due to health reasons. He was chosen as Majority Whip for the 2021-2022 Biennium. Perry was challenged in the 2020 Republican Primary. He won the primary with 66% of the vote and won 86% of the vote in his home county of Lenoir. At the general election he defeated his opponent by 11 points.
Perry serves on Health Care, Appropriations on Health and Human Services, Commerce and Insurance, Pensions and Retirement and Aging, and State and Local Government Committees. Additionally, Perry serves on the Child Fatality Task Force. In 2023, Perry sponsored a bill to allow concealed carry on school property
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Electoral history
2022
2020
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Living people
1970s births
People from Kinston, North Carolina
North Carolina State University alumni
UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School alumni
Republican Party North Carolina state senators
21st-century American politicians
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