Joseph Robert John Sr. (born October 13, 1939) is a member of the
North Carolina House of Representatives, having served since 2017. He is a former judge of the
North Carolina Court of Appeals
The North Carolina Court of Appeals (in case citation, N.C. Ct. App.) is the only intermediate appellate court in the state of North Carolina. It is composed of fifteen members who sit in rotating panels of three. The Court of Appeals was create ...
. He served on that court from 1992 until 2000. Previously, he had been a state superior court and state district court judge, based in
Greensboro
Greensboro (; formerly Greensborough) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, third-most populous city in North Carolina after Charlotte, North Car ...
. He had also been a prosecutor and practiced at the firm of Pell, Pell, Weston & John.
Career
In 2010, Judge John was named interim director of the
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is a state-level law enforcement agency in North Carolina.
Background
The SBI provides investigative assistance to local law enforcement agencies when requested by police, sheriffs, distric ...
crime lab by N.C. Attorney General
Roy A. Cooper. He was named to the post on a permanent basis in 2011. John retired in 2014.
He was elected as a Democrat to the North Carolina House of Representatives, District 40, in 2016, defeating incumbent Rep.
Marilyn Avila
Marilyn Avila (born January 3, 1949) is a former Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She first won office in the 2006 election, and she represented the state's 40th house district from 2007 until 2017. She was defe ...
. In
2018
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, John was re-elected to a second term after defeating Avila in a rematch. John won a third term in
2020
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, defeating Republican challenger Gerald Falzon.
During his time in office, Joe John has focused on fully funding North Carolina schools, eliminating partisan
gerrymandering
In representative democracies, gerrymandering (, originally ) is the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries with the intent to create undue advantage for a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency. The m ...
, and fighting against what he calls the "War on an Independent Judiciary".
Electoral history
2022
2020
2018
2016
Committee assignments
2021-2022 session
*Appropriations
*Appropriations - Justice and Public Safety
*Judiciary II
*Families, Children, and Aging Policy
*Transportation
2019-2020 session
*Appropriations
*Appropriations - Justice and Public Safety
*Judiciary
*Families, Children, and Aging Policy
*Transportation
2017-2018 session
*Appropriations
*Appropriations - Justice and Public Safety
*Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs
*Insurance
*Judiciary II
*State and Local Government II
References
External links
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1939 births
Living people
People from East Chicago, Indiana
People from Raleigh, North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
University of North Carolina School of Law alumni
North Carolina lawyers
21st-century American politicians
Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
North Carolina Court of Appeals judges