Margaret Dickson
Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 19th district
In office
January 21, 2010[1] – January 1, 2011[2]
Preceded byTony Rand
Succeeded byWesley Meredith
Member of the
North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 2003[3] – January 21, 2010
Preceded byMia Morris (Redistricting)[4]
Succeeded byDianne Parfitt
Constituency41st District (2003-2005)
44th District[5] (2005-2010)
Personal details
Born (1949-09-21) September 21, 1949[6]
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJohn W. Dickson
Children3
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)

Margaret Highsmith Dickson is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly. In 2010, she was in her fourth two-year term representing the state's 44th House district, including constituents in Cumberland and Harnett counties, when she was selected by local Democrats to replace state Senator Tony Rand, who had resigned.[7] She is a retired broadcaster from Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Dickson has served as the chair of the House Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship committee and University Board of Governors Nominating committee and as the vice-chair of the committee on Insurance. Dickson was also a member of House Appropriations, Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Education, Education Subcommittee on Universities, and Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs.[8]

Electoral history

2010

North Carolina Senate 19th district general election, 2010[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wesley Meredith 25,047 51.10%
Democratic Margaret Dickson (incumbent) 23,964 48.90%
Total votes 49,011 100%
Republican gain from Democratic

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 44th district general election, 2008[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Margaret Dickson (incumbent) 17,260 61.59%
Republican Lou Huddleston 10,763 38.41%
Total votes 28,023 100%
Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 44th district general election, 2006[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Margaret Dickson (incumbent) 8,648 100%
Total votes 8,648 100%
Democratic hold

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 44th district general election, 2004[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Margaret Dickson (incumbent) 13,764 58.38%
Republican Ralph Reagan 9,812 41.62%
Total votes 23,576 100%
Democratic hold

2002

North Carolina House of Representatives 41st district general election, 2002[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Margaret Dickson 8,596 50.68%
Republican Mia Morris (incumbent) 8,365 49.32%
Total votes 16,961 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

References

  1. ↑ "North Carolina State Senate 2009-2010". Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  2. ↑ "North Carolina State Senate 2011-2012". Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  3. ↑ "North Carolina State House of Representatives 2003-2004". Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  4. ↑ "North Carolina State House of Representatives 2001-2002". Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  5. ↑ "North Carolina State House of Representatives 2005-2006". Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  6. ↑ "North Carolina manual [serial]". 1916.
  7. ↑ News & Observer: Dickson will take Rand's seat Archived 2010-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/reports/committeeAssignments.pl?nUserid=316&Chamber=H
  9. ↑ https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/02/2010&county_id=0&office=NCS&contest=1294 North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  10. ↑ https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/04/2008&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1230 North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  11. ↑ https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/07/2006&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=197 North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  12. ↑ https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/02/2004&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=204 North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  13. ↑ https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/05/2002&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=209 North Carolina State Board of Elections.
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