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Federal officials

U.S. Senate

Richard Burr, R (Next election: 2010), 217 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510; (202) 224-3154

Elizabeth Dole, R (Next election: 2008), 555 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC 20510; (202) 224-6342

U.S. House

North Carolina has 13 seats in the lower branch of Congress - four of which cover the major Triad cities. All seats are up for election this fall.

Howard Coble, R, 6th District, 2468 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515-3306; (202) 225-3065

Virginia Foxx, R, 5th District, 430 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515; (202) 225-2071

Brad Miller, D, 13th District, 1722 Longworth Building Washington, DC 20515; (202) 225-3032

Mel Watt, D, 12th District, 2236 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515-3312; (202) 225-1510

State Officials

Executive branch

Ten people are elected statewide and make up the Council of State. They serve four-year terms, with the governor and lieutenant governor not permitted to seek a third consecutive term. All offices are up in 2008.

Governor: Mike Easley, D, 20301 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-0301; (919) 733-4240 or (919) 733-5811; governor.office@ncmail.net

Lieutenant governor: Beverly Perdue, D, 20401 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-0401; (919) 733-7350; ltgovernor@ncmail.net

Auditor: Les Merritt, R, 20601 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-0601; (919) 807-7500; Leslie_Merritt@ncauditor.net

Labor commissioner: Cherie Berry, R, Labor Building, 4 W. Edenton St., Raleigh, NC 27601; (919) 733-7166; Commissioners.Office@nclabor.com

Attorney general: Roy Cooper, D, Old Education Building, 114 W. Edenton St., Raleigh, NC 27602; (919) 716-6400

Secretary of state: Elaine Marshall, D, Old Revenue Building, 2 S. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27601; (919) 807-2005

Insurance commissioner: James Long, D, Dobbs Building, 430 N. Salisbury St., 27603 P.O. Box 2638, Raleigh, NC 27611; (919) 733-7343

Superintendent of public instruction: June Atkinson, D, 301 N. Wilmington St., Raleigh, NC 27601; (919) 807-3430; jatkinson@dpi.state.nc.us

Agriculture commissioner: Steve Troxler, R, 1001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1001; (919) 733-7125; Steve.Troxler@ncmail.net

Treasurer: Richard Moore, D, Albemarle Building, 325 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27603;
(919) 508-5176

Legislative branch

The General Assembly meets annually in Raleigh, with the "long session" in odd-numbered years and the "short session" in even years. Fifty senators and 120 representatives make up the legislature.
Lawmakers are elected to two-year terms, and all seats are up this fall.

The address for the Legislative Building is 16 W. Jones St., Raleigh, NC 27601.

State Senate

Phil Berger, R, District 26; (919) 733-5708; philbe@ncleg.net

Peter Brunstetter, R, District 31; (919) 733-7850; peterb@ncleg.net

Stan Bingham, R, District 33; (919) 733-5665; stanb@ncleg.net

Katie Dorsett, D, District 28; (919) 715-3042; katied@ncleg.net

Don East, R, District 30; (919) 733-5743; done@ncleg.net

Anthony Foriest, D, District 24; (919) 301-1446; tonyf@ncleg.net

Linda Garrou, D, District 32; (919) 733-5620; lindag@ncleg.net

Kay Hagan, D, District 27; (919) 733-5856; kayh@ncleg.net

Jerry Tillman, R, District 29; (919) 733-5870; jerryt@ncleg.net

State House

Alma Adams, D, District 58; (919) 733-5902; almaa@ncleg.net

Cary Allred, R, District 64; (919) 733-5905; carya@ncleg.net

John Blust, R, District 62; (919) 733-5806; johnbl@ncleg.net

Alice Bordsen, D, District 63; (919) 733-5820; aliceb@ncleg.net

Larry Brown, R, District 73; (919) 733-5607; larrybr@ncleg.net

Harold Brubaker, R, District 78; (919) 715-4946; brub@ncleg.net

Nelson Cole, D, District 65; (919) 733-5779; nelsonc@ncleg.net

Jerry Dockham, R, District 80; (919) 715-2526; jerryd@ncleg.net

Bill Faison, D, District 50; (919) 715-3019; billf@ncleg.net

Dale Folwell, R, District 74; (919) 715-2526; dalef@ncleg.net

Mary Price "Pricey" Taylor Harrison, D, District 57; (919) 733-5771; priceyh@ncleg.net

Hugh Holliman, D, District 81; (919) 715-0873; hughh@ncleg.net

Bryan Holloway, R, District 91; (919) 733-5609; bryanh@ncleg.net

Pat Hurley, R, District 70; (919) 733-5865; path@ncleg.net

Maggie Jeffus, D, District 59; (919) 733-5191; maggiej@ncleg.net

Earl Jones, D, District 60; (919) 733-5825; earlj@ncleg.net

William "Bill" McGee, R, District 75; (919) 733-5747; williamm@ncleg.net

Earline Parmon, D, District 72; (919) 733-5829; earlinep@ncleg.net

Laura Wiley, R, District 61; (919) 733-5877; lauraw@ncleg.net

Larry Womble, D, District 71; (919) 733-5777; larryw@ncleg.net