Charles Jeter, is an American

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and

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. He is known for having founded

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(TRAC). He also is the President of Intermodal FCL, Inc. A Republican, he represented District 92 in the

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from Jan. 2013 until his abrupt resignation on July 25, 2016.

Early life

Jeter was born in

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on August 30, 1973. He was born with a cleft lip & palate which has led to 26 corrective surgeries in his life. The first was at six weeks old and the final corrective surgery was in 1996 at age 23. His father, Charles R. Jeter, was appointed by President

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to be Regional Administrator of the

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in 1981.

Education

Jeter received a

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in business economics from

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in 1995.

Hanson Enterprises

Jeter is a close friend of syndicated radio personality

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and former employee of Hanson's company Hanson Enterprises.

Career

Jeter has started seven companies. The first in 1998 was

(TRAC), which was a combination of

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with the spirit of team-based sports such as the

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. During his time with TRAC, he served as the company's

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and successfully negotiated an 11-year contract with

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and a contract with

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to use all six of their race tracks. In 2004, after selling his interest in TRAC, he left to create a domestic and international trucking and logistics company called Intermodal FCL, Inc., where he has served as president since. The company is based in Cornelius, NC. In 2009, he created a new community newspaper named The Lake Norman Citizen. The Citizen operates in Huntersville, NC and serves the communities of Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville and Mooresville, NC. His most recent venture has been Noob Incorporated, a communications firm offering marketing, public relations, and production services to traveling circuses and carnival workers.

Politics

Jeter formerly served three terms as a Huntersville Town Commissioner. He ran in 2010 as an at-large candidate for the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners. He then won his seat in the

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in 2012 and was re-elected in 2014. In 2016, Jeter won the Republican primary for his House seat by only 35 votes out of 7,427 cast. He was going to face Democrat

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in the November 2016 general election, but then withdrew from the race when he resigned from his seat.Charlotte Observer
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Family

He was married in 2000 to Jennifer Marie Cox. Together, they have three children: Caroline (born in 2001); Ellie (born in 2003) & Charlie (born in 2006).

References

*Lanier, Josh
"Jeter vies for at-large county commissioner seat"
''Carolina Weekly'', Huntersville, NC February 12, 2010. *Marusak, Joe

"The Charlotte Observer'', Charlotte, NC February 8, 2010. *Wilner, Barry

''Auto Racing Digest'' October 1, 2003. *Jeter, Charles. "Personal." VoteJeter.com. 1 Feb 2010. Commissioner Charles Jeter. 19 Feb 2010.

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