Margaret Highsmith Dickson is a former Democratic member of the

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. In 2010, she was in her fourth two-year term representing the state's 44th House district, including constituents in

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and

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counties, when she was selected by local Democrats to replace state Senator

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, who had resigned. She is a retired broadcaster from

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. Dickson has served as the chair of the House Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship committee and University Board of Governors Nominating committee and as the vice-chair of the committee on Insurance. Dickson was also a member of House Appropriations, Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Education, Education Subcommittee on Universities, and Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs.http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/reports/committeeAssignments.pl?nUserid=316&Chamber=H

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