Lawrence Emile Yarborough, Jr. (born February 26, 1962) is a former
Republican
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member of the
North Carolina House of Representatives who represented the state's 2nd district, including constituents in
Granville and
Person
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counties from 2015 to 2023. A businessman from
Roxboro, North Carolina
Roxboro is a city and the county seat of Person County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 8,362 at the 2010 census. The city is north of Durham and is a part of the four-county Durham–Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical ...
, Yarborough was elected to his first term in
2014
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.
North Carolina General Assembly
Yarborough served on the Person County Board of Commissioners from 2004 to 2008. In 2010, Yarborough announced he would challenge
Winkie Wilkins for the district 55 seat in the NC House, though he later withdrew from the race. In 2014 he ran for the seat again (this time renumbered as the 2nd district) and defeated
Democrat
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Ray Jeffers in the 2014 November general election. Yarborough serves on eight North Carolina House Select Committees including Agriculture, Alcoholic Beverage Control, Appropriations, Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, Commerce and Job Development, Environment, Health, and Transportation. He is also a member of the Environmental Review Commission.
In November 2015, Rep, Yarborough was appointed to serve on the Environmental Review Commission. He was also appointed to serve as an advisory member on the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government and Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee.
Electoral history
2022
2020
2018
2016
2014
Committee assignments
2021-2022 Session
*Appropriations
*Appropriations - Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources (Vice Chair)
*Environment (Chair)
*Wildlife Resources (Chair)
*Regulatory Reform (Vice Chair)
*Agriculture
*Ethics
*Marine Resources and Aqua Culture
2019-2020 Session
*Appropriations
*Appropriations - Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources (Vice Chair)
*Environment (Chair)
*Regulatory Reform (Chair)
*Wildlife Resources (Vice Chair)
*Agriculture
*Alcoholic Beverage Control
*Ethics
2017-2018 Session
*Appropriations
*Appropriations - Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources
*Environment (Chair)
*Regulatory Reform (Vice Chair)
*Agriculture
*Alcoholic Beverage Control
*Health
2015-2016 Session
*Appropriations
*Appropriations - Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources
*Agriculture (Vice Chair)
*Alcoholic Beverage Control
*Commerce and Job Development
*Environment
*Health
*Transportation
References
External links
NCGA bio pageProject Vote Smart
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Living people
1962 births
People from Pass Christian, Mississippi
People from Roxboro, North Carolina
Tulane University alumni
County commissioners in North Carolina
Republican Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
21st-century American legislators
21st-century North Carolina politicians