Mitch Gillespie

Representative
Mitch Gillespie
Representative Mitch Gillespie
	Gillespie in 2011
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
	In office; January 1, 1999 – January 6, 2013
Preceded by	Annette Bryant
Succeeded by	Josh Dobson
Constituency	49th District (1999-2003) ; 85th District (2003-2013)
Personal details
Born	August 19, 1959 (age 66)
Party	Republican
Alma mater	Wake Technical
Occupation	Small 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

↑ NC Board of Elections: 1998 General Election Candidate List^{[dead link]}
↑ NC Board of Elections: 1998 General Election Results for NC House 49^{[dead link]}
↑ "Representative Mitch Gillespie (Republican, 2011-2012 Session)". North Carolina General Assembly. Archived from the original on April 7, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
↑ News & Observer: Rep. Gillespie resigns Deprecated link archived 2013-02-16 at archive.today
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
↑ "NC State House 049". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 16, 2022.

Preceded by

Annette Bryant

Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 49th district
1999–2003

Succeeded by

Preceded by

Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 85th district
2003–2013

Succeeded by

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