William M. Brawley (born August 30, 1949) is a

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former member of the

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. He represented the 103rd district.

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Brawley voted for the 2017 budget that kept teacher pay at $35,000. Brawley also voted for the 2016 budget that provided tax cuts to corporations over education funding. Brawley supported a controversial plan that would add toll lanes to

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. In 2015, Brawley voted for a bill that will add toll lanes to I-485 and

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by 2019. In 2015, Brawley voted for a bill that would block the

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. The Medicaid expansion would provide healthcare for 500,000 low-income North Carolinians. Brawley sponsored a bill that would make it more difficult for towns to inspect residential properties for unsafe conditions. In 2017, Brawley sponsored a bill that would establish a committee to analyze the impact of breaking up large school districts. The committee found that breaking up the district would cause resegregation, disrupt bus routes, and cause legal issues. In 2018, Brawley voted for a bill that would create allow four majority-white suburban towns in Charlotte to create their own charter schools. This bill was criticized by the North Carolina NAACP President, Anthony Spearman, saying this was an attempt to create "Jim Crow independent school districts". Brawley voted for a bill that would allow landfill operators to spray landfill fluids, called

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, into the air. In 2014, Brawley voted for a bill that would allow Duke Energy to clean up their

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spill. In 2017, Brawley voted to cut funding from the NC Department of Environmental Quality, days after the

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story broke. Brawley was defeated for re-election in

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by Democrat

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/ref> He lost a rematch against Hunt in

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. Brawley is the Republican nominee for the seat again in the

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election.

Electoral history

2020

2018

2016

2014

2012

2010

References

Living people 1949 births People from Matthews, North Carolina 21st-century American legislators Republican Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives 21st-century North Carolina politicians {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub