The North Carolina General Assembly of 2001–02 met during 2001 and 2002 in the State capital of Raleigh, North Carolina. Members of the 2001–02 House and Senate were elected on November 7, 2000. This session of the General Assembly was the last in which some house and senate districts elected multiple representatives to the state legislature.
House
The house leadership was as follows:
Members
There were 50 senators, including 35 Democrats, 15 Republicans, 45 men, five women, and seven African Americans. There were 42 districts, and some districts had two senators (12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 27, and 28). The Senate members included the following:
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-datatable"
|-
!District
!Senator
!Party
!Residence
!Counties represented
!First elected
|-
! 1st
| Marc Basnight
| |Democratic
| Manteo
| Bertie (part), Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Tyrrell, Washington (part), Beaufort (part), Hyde
| 1984
|-
! 2nd
| Frank Ballance
| |Democratic
| Warrenton
| Vance (part), Warren, Halifax (part), Northampton, Bertie (part), Hertford, Gates
| 1988
|-
! 3rd
| Scott Thomas
| |Democratic
| New Bern
| Carteret (part), Craven, Pamlico
| 2000
|-
! 4th
| Patrick J. Ballantine
| |Republican
| Wilmington
| Carteret (part), Onslow (part), Pender (part), New Hanover (part)
| 1994
|-
! 5th
| Charles W. Albertson
| |Democratic
| Beulaville
| Sampson (part), Duplin, Pender (part), Onslow (part), Jones (part)
| 1992
|-
! 6th
| R. L. "Bob" Martin
| |Democratic
| Bethel
| Wilson (part), Edgecombe (part), Pitt (part), Martin (part), Washington (part)
| 1984
|-
! 7th
| Luther Jordan
| |Democratic
| Wilmington
| Lenoir (part), Jones (part), Onslow (part), Pender (part), New Hanover (part)
| 1992
|-
! 8th
| John H. Kerr III
| |Democratic
| Goldsboro
| Lenoir (part), Wayne, Greene
| 1992
|-
! 9th
| Edward N. "Ed" Warren
| |Democratic
| Greenville
| Lenoir (part), Pitt (part), Martin (part), Beaufort (part)
| 1990
|-
! 10th
| A. B. Swindell
| |Democratic
| Nashville
| Edgecombe (part), Wilson (part), Nash, Halifax (part)
| 2000
|-
! 11th
| Allen Wellons
| |Democratic
| Smithfield
| Wilson (part), Johnston (part), Franklin, Vance (part)
| 1996
|-
! rowspan=2 |12th
| Phil Berger
| |Republican
| Eden
| rowspan=2 | Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Guilford (part)
| 2000
|-
| Virginia Foxx
| |Republican
| Banner Elk
| 1994
|-
! rowspan=2 |13th
| Wib Gulley
| |Democratic
| Durham
| rowspan=2 | Person (part), Granville, Durham, Wake (part)
| 1992
|-
| Jeanne Hopkins Lucas
| |Democratic
| Durham
| 1992
|-
! rowspan=2 |14th
| Brad Miller
| |Democratic
| Raleigh
| rowspan=2 | Wake (part)
| 1996
|-
| Eric Miller Reeves
| |Democratic
| Raleigh
| 1996
|-
! 15th
| Oscar Harris
| |Democratic
| Dunn
| Lee (part), Harnett, Johnston (part), Sampson (part)
| 1998
|-
! rowspan=2 |16th
| Eleanor Kinnaird
| |Democratic
| Carrboro
| rowspan=2 | Randolph (part), Moore, Lee (part), Chatham, Orange
| 1996
|-
| Howard Lee
| |Democratic
| Chapel Hill
| 1996
|-
! rowspan=2 |17th
| Aaron W. Plyler
| |Democratic
| Monroe
| rowspan=2 | Stanly (part), Union, Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland, Hoke (part)
| 1982
|-
| William R. Purcell
| |Democratic
| Laurinburg
| 1997↑
|-
! 18th
| R. C. Soles Jr.
| |Democratic
| Tabor City
| Bladen (part), Columbus, Brunswick, New Hanover (part)
| 1976
|-
! 19th
| Robert G. "Bob" Shaw
| |Republican
| Greensboro
| Guilford (part), Davidson (part), Randolph (part)
| 1984
|-
! rowspan=2 |20th
| Hamilton C. Horton Jr.
| |Republican
| Winston-Salem
| rowspan=2 |Forsyth (part)
| 1994
|-
| Linda Garrou
| |Democratic
| Winston-Salem
| 1998
|-
! 21st
| Hugh Webster
| |Republican
| Burlington
| Alamance, Caswell, Person (part)
| 1994
|-
! 22nd
| Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr.
| |Republican
| Concord
| Rowan (part), Cabarrus, Stanly (part)
| 1990
|-
! 23rd
| Cal Cunningham
| |Democratic
| Lexington
| Iredell (part), Rowan (part), Davidson County (part)
| 2000
|-
! 24th
| Tony Rand
| |Democratic
| Fayetteville
| Cumberland (part)
| 1994
|-
! 25th
| David W. Hoyle
| |Democratic
| Dallas
| Cleveland (part), Lincoln (part), Gaston (part)
| 1992
|-
! 26th
| Austin M. Allran
| |Republican
| Hickory
| Catawba, Lincoln (part)
| 1986
|-
! rowspan=2 |27th
| John A. Garwood
| |Republican
|
| rowspan=2 | Mitchell, Avery, Burke (part), Caldwell, Alexander, Wilkes, Yadkin
| 1996
|-
|
| |Republican
| Lenoir
| 1996
|-
! rowspan=2 |28th
| Steve Metcalf
| |Democratic
| Weaverville
| rowspan=2 | Buncombe (part), Madison, Yancey, McDowell, Burke (part)
| 1998
|-
| Charles Newell Carter
| |Democratic
| Asheville
| 1998
|-
! 29th
| Dan Robinson
| |Democratic
| Cullowhee
| Macon (part), Swain, Jackson (part), Haywood (part), Transylvania (part), Henderson (part)
| 1998
|-
! 30th
| David F. Weinstein
| |Democratic
| Lumberton
| Hoke (part), Robeson, Bladen (part), Cumberland (part), Sampson (part)
| 1996
|-
! 31st
| William N. "Bill" Martin
| |Democratic
| Greensboro
| Guilford (part)
| 1982
|-
! 32nd
| Kay Hagan
| |Democratic
| Greensboro
| Guilford (part)
| 1998
|-
! 33rd
| Charlie Dannelly
| |Democratic
| Charlotte
| Mecklenburg (part)
| 1994
|-
! 34th
| T. L. "Fountain" Odom
| |Democratic
| Charlotte
| Mecklenburg (part), Lincoln (part)
| 1988
|-
! 35th
| Bob Rucho
| |Republican
| Matthews
| Mecklenburg (part)
| 1996
|-
! 36th
| John H. Carrington
| |Republican
| Raleigh
| Wake (part)
| 1994
|-
! 37th
| Walter H. Dalton
| |Democratic
| Rutherfordton
| Rutherford, Cleveland (part)
| 1996
|-
! 38th
| Stan Bingham
| |Republican
| Denton
| Forsyth (part), Davie, Davidson (part), Rowan (part)
| 2000
|-
! 39th
| James Forrester
| |Republican
| Stanley
| Gaston (part), Lincoln (part), Iredell (part)
| 1990
|-
! 40th
| Dan Clodfelter
| |Democratic
| Charlotte
| Mecklenburg (part)
| 1998
|-
! 41st
| Larry Shaw
| |Democratic
| Fayetteville
| Cumberland (part)
| 1996
|-
! 42nd
| Robert C. Carpenter
| |Republican
| Franklin
| Graham, Cherokee, Clay, Macon (part), Jackson (part), Haywood (part), Buncombe (part), Transylvania (part), Henderson (part), Polk
| 1988
|}
- ↑: Member was first appointed to office.
See also
- List of North Carolina state legislatures