Tommy Tucker (politician)

Senator Tommy Tucker


Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 35th district
In office 2011–present
Personal details
Born	Wyatt Thomas Tucker, Sr. (1950-05-25) May 25, 1950
Political party	Republican
Residence	Waxhaw, North Carolina
Alma mater	North Carolina State University
Occupation	businessman

Wyatt "Tommy" Thomas Tucker, Sr. is a Republican state senator in the state of North Carolina.^[1]^[2] He is co-chairman of the North Carolina Senate's State and Local Government Committee. Senator Tucker has been credited with the statement "I am the Senator, you are the Citizen, you need to be quiet," when responding to a citizen journalist's inquiry on North Carolina's Senatorial Rules and Procedures ^[3] In 2013 Sen. Tucker came under criticism for helping direct Rural Center funds to the development of a movie theater^[4] In 2016 he is facing a primary challenge from Matthew Daly

References

↑ http://www.nccppr.org/drupal/content/article-ii/legislator-reports/4010/2011-2012-report-for-sen-tommy-tucker
↑ "Senator Wyatt 'Tommy' Thomas Tucker, Sr.'s Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
↑ "Tommy Tucker, North Carolina State Senator, Confronts Publisher At Public Hearing". Huffington Post. 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
↑ SmithEnquirer-Journal, Heather. "Rural Center "bent rules" to fund Indian Trail theater". The Enquirer Journal. Retrieved 2016-02-02.

Members of the North Carolina State Senate

President of the Senate: Dan Forest (R) President pro Tempore: Phil Berger (R) Majority Leader: Harry Brown (R) Minority Leader: Dan Blue (D)

Bill Cook (R) Norm Sanderson (R) Erica Smith-Ingram (D) Angela Bryant (D) Don Davis (D) Harry Brown (R) Louis Pate (R) Bill Rabon (R) Michael V. Lee (R) Brent Jackson (R) E. S. (Buck) Newton (R) Ronald J. Rabin (R) Jane W. Smith (D) Dan Blue (D) John M. Alexander, Jr. (R) Josh Stein (D) Tamara Barringer (R) Chad Barefoot (R) Wesley Meredith (R) Floyd McKissick, Jr. (D) Ben Clark (D) Mike Woodard (D) Valerie Foushee (D) Rick Gunn (R) Tom McInnis (R) Phil Berger (R) Trudy Wade (R) Gladys A. Robinson (D) Jerry W. Tillman (R) Shirley B. Randleman (R) Joyce Krawiec (R) Paul Lowe (D) Stan Bingham (R) Andrew C. Brock (R) Tommy Tucker (R) Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. (R) Jeff Jackson (D) Joel D. M. Ford (D) Bob Rucho (R) Joyce Waddell (D) Jeff Tarte (R) Andy Wells (R) Kathy Harrington (R) David L. Curtis (R) Dan Soucek (R) Warren Daniel (R) Ralph Hise (R) Tom Apodaca (R) Terry Van Duyn (D) Jim Davis (R)

Republican (34) Democratic (16) North Carolina General Assembly North Carolina House of Representatives North Carolina State Senate

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