Mitch Gillespie

Representative
Mitch Gillespie
Gillespie in 2011
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 1999[1][2] – January 6, 2013
Preceded byAnnette Bryant
Succeeded byJosh Dobson
Constituency49th District (1999-2003)
85th District (2003-2013)
Personal details
Born (1959-08-19) August 19, 1959
PartyRepublican
Alma materWake Technical
OccupationSmall Business Owner
NCGA WebsiteProject Vote Smart

Robert Mitchell Gillespie is a former Assistant Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly.[3] He represented the eighty-fifth district in the North Carolina House of Representatives, which included constituents from Burke, Caldwell and McDowell counties. A small business owner from Marion, North Carolina, Gillespie served seven terms in the state House and was re-elected to an eighth term, but resigned to take his position in the executive branch in January 2013.[4]

Recent electoral history

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 85th district general election, 2012[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitch Gillespie (incumbent) 21,895 68.48%
Democratic JR Edwards 10,077 31.52%
Total votes 31,972 100%
Republican hold

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 85th district general election, 2010[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitch Gillespie (incumbent) 12,421 69.01%
Democratic Beth Ostgaard 5,577 30.99%
Total votes 17,998 100%
Republican hold

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 85th district general election, 2008[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitch Gillespie (incumbent) 16,432 59.24%
Democratic Chuck Aldridge 11,304 40.76%
Total votes 27,736 100%
Republican hold

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 85th district general election, 2006[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitch Gillespie (incumbent) 8,899 54.07%
Democratic Chuck Aldridge 7,560 45.93%
Total votes 16,459 100%
Republican hold

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 85th district general election, 2004[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitch Gillespie (incumbent) 16,047 66.09%
Democratic Philip J. Tate 8,234 33.91%
Total votes 24,281 100%
Republican hold

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 85th district general election, 2002[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitch Gillespie (incumbent) 10,318 58.16%
Democratic A. Everette Clark 7,424 41.84%
Total votes 17,742 100%
Republican hold

2000

North Carolina House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2000[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitch Gillespie (incumbent) 14,174 60.34%
Democratic David Huskins 9,315 39.66%
Total votes 23,489 100%
Republican hold

References

  1. ↑ NC Board of Elections: 1998 General Election Candidate List
  2. ↑ NC Board of Elections: 1998 General Election Results for NC House 49
  3. ↑ "Representative Mitch Gillespie (Republican, 2011-2012 Session)". North Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on April 7, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
  4. ↑ News & Observer: Rep. Gillespie resigns Deprecated link archived 2013-02-16 at archive.today
  5. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  6. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  7. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  8. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  9. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  10. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  11. ↑ "NC State House 049". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
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