Malcolm Graham (born January 14, 1963) is a former Democratic member of the

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, US, where he represented District 40 ( Mecklenburg County). He was first elected in 2004, defeating former senator Fountain Odom in the Democratic primary and Republican Brian Sisson in the general election. He served in the Senate until 2014, when he ran unsuccessfully ran for the

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. From 1999 until his election to the Senate in 2004, Graham served as a Charlotte City Council Member representing the city's 4th District. In 2019, Graham ran for the

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again. He won the Democratic primary for the District 2 seat on Sept. 10, 2019, and the general election on Nov. 5, 2019.NC State Board of Elections: Nov. 5, 2019
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Personal life and family

Graham was born in Charleston, South Carolina and first came to Charlotte in 1981 to attend

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on a tennis scholarship. He is the founder of the Center for Supplier Diversity and has served in leadership roles for Bank of America and Time-Warner Cable. Graham currently serves as Special Assistant to the President for Government and Community Relations at Johnson C. Smith University. Graham and his wife, Kim, have two daughters, Cortney and Nicole. His sister Cynthia was murdered by white supremacist

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in the Charleston church shooting in 2015.

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Raleigh News & Observer profileProject Vote Smart - Senator Malcolm Graham (NC)
profile *''Follow the Money'' - Malcolm Graham
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