E. Nelson Cole

E. Nelson Cole
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 1997 – January 1, 2011
Preceded byKen Miller
Succeeded byBert Jones
Constituency25th District (1997-2003)
65th District (2003-2011)
In office
January 1, 1993 – January 1, 1995
Preceded byRector Samuel Hunt III
Peggy Wilson
Succeeded byCary Allred
Ken Miller
Dennis Alan Reynolds
Constituency25th District
Personal details
Born (1937-03-29) March 29, 1937 (age 87)
Charlotte, North Carolina
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceReidsville, North Carolina
Alma materUniversity of South Carolina (BS)

Edward Nelson Cole (born Charlotte, North Carolina, March 29, 1937) is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly. A resident of Reidsville, North Carolina, he represented the state's sixty-fifth House district, which includes constituents in Rockingham County, for eight terms.

A graduate of the University of South Carolina (1962),[1][2] Cole worked as a manager for Ford Motor Company until becoming an auto dealer in 1980. Cole has been active on transportation-related issues, sponsoring a bicycle safety law and being a member of several national transportation groups - the State Automotive Enthusiast Leadership Council[3] and the National Conference of State Legislatures standing committee on transportation.[4] As of the 2009-2010 session, he was the co-chairman of the legislature's Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee.[5]

Cole was defeated for re-election to his House seat by conservative independent candidate Bert Jones on November 2, 2010.[6] In the 2012 election, Cole is running to attempt a comeback and return to his former seat.[7]

  1. ^ http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=10265 VoteSmart bio page on Cole
  2. ^ "North Carolina manual [serial]".
  3. ^ http://www.sema.org/sema-news/2010/05/state-automotive-enthusiast-leadership-caucus Archived 2018-08-09 at the Wayback Machine SAELC membership list 2010
  4. ^ http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabID=773&tabs=855,30,666 membership list of Transportation committee of NCSL
  5. ^ "Hush and drive ban debated in Chapel Hill - Orange County - NewsObserver.com". Archived from the original on 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2010-06-02. NewsObserver.com, Hush and drive ban debated in Chapel Hill, Feb. 24, 2010
  6. ^ State Board of Elections: 2010 general election results
  7. ^ Veteran challenges incumbent for N.C. House seat Archived 2013-01-24 at archive.today