Becky Carney | |
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| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 102nd district | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Ruth Easterling (Redistricting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 25, 1944[1] |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
Rebecca Ann "Becky" Carney (born December 25, 1944) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives representing the 102nd district since 2003. Her district includes constituents in Mecklenburg county. Carney is a homemaker from Charlotte, North Carolina.
In 2002, Carney defeated Libertarian Daniel Elmaleh in the general election.[2] She had previously been elected in 1996 to the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners and served three terms,[3] serving as vice chairman several times.[citation needed] Carney had an unsuccessful run for school board in 1995.
During a late night House session on July 2, 2012, Carney mistakenly cast the deciding vote to override Governor Bev Perdue's veto of Senate Bill 820, granting authority to make hydraulic fracturing legal in North Carolina. A longstanding House rule that disallows changing of a vote if the vote changes the outcome of the bill prevented Carney from correcting her electronic vote to reflect her intended position.[4]
- ^ "NCCPPR | North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research". Archived from the original on 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
- ^ "Mecklenburg County Board of Elections". Archived from the original on 2009-01-06.
- ^ "ABOUT BECKY | United States". Rep. Becky Carney. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ Carney: 'I feel rotten' about accidental fracking vote, WRAL TV.