John Marshall Blust (born June 4, 1954) is a former

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member of the North Carolina General Assembly, representing the state's sixty-second House district, including constituents in Guilford county. An attorney from

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, Blust has previously served terms in both the state House and Senate. He is a lawyer and a former U.S. Army captain. Blust was defeated for reelection to his N.C. Senate seat by

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, who would go on to be elected to the

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. In March 2016, Blust officially announced his candidacy for the

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for North Carolina's newly redrawn 13th District. He was defeated in the Republican primary by

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. Blust did not seek re-election to the North Carolina General Assembly in 2018.

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