Stanley Walker Bingham (December 29, 1945 – October 27, 2022) was an American politician, a Republican member of the

North Carolina General Assembly The North Carolina General Assembly is the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Government of North Carolina, state government of North Carolina. The legislature consists of two chambers: the North Carolina Senate, Senate and the North Ca ...

representing the state's thirty-third Senate district, including constituents in Davidson and Guilford counties. A small town newspaper publisher and retired lumber company owner from

Denton, North Carolina Denton is a town in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 1,494. Geography Denton is located in southern Davidson County southeast of Lexington, North Carolina, Lexington, the coun ...

, Bingham formerly served in the state Senate. Before being elected to the North Carolina General Assembly, Bingham served as chairman of the Davidson County Commissioners. Bingham was married to Lora Bingham; he was first elected to the

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in 2000. He completed 8 terms in 2016 and retired from the Senate in 2017. During his tenure, he introduced and passed 171 bills, many of which were

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related. He supported anti-LGBT legislation. Bingham died of natural causes at his home in Denton, North Carolina, on October 27, 2022. He was 76.

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