Alumni in Government

UNC Charlotte is proud of alumni representing North Carolina and thankful for their service.

Are you a UNC Charlotte graduate serving in public office? We want to know! Please contact Betty Doster (Special Assistant to the Chancellor for External Relations and Partnerships) at betty.doster@charlotte.edu.

Senator Ted Alexander (R)
Senator Ted Alexander (R)
(Cleveland)
B.A., Political Science | 1982
Rep. Dean Arp (R)
Rep. Dean Arp (R)
(Union)
M.S., Civil Engineering | 1999
Rep. Mary Belk (D)
Rep. Mary Belk (D)
(Mecklenburg)
B.A., Political Science | 2006
Rep. Cecil Brockman (D)
Rep. Cecil Brockman (D)
(Guilford)
B.A., Political Science | 2006
Rep. Terry Brown (D)
Rep. Terry Brown (D)
(Mecklenburg County)
B.A., Political Science | 2009
Judge Jeff Carpenter (R)
Judge Jeff Carpenter (R)
(Seat 7, NC Court of Appeals)
B.A., Political Science | 1994
Rep. Tricia Cotham (R)
Rep. Tricia Cotham (R)
(Mecklenburg, District 112)
B.A., History | 2001
Senator David W. Craven, Jr. (R)
Senator David W. Craven, Jr. (R)
(Randolph and Guilford)
B.A., Political Science, B.S., Business Administration and Accounting | 2012
Rep. Kevin Crutchfield (R)
Rep. Kevin Crutchfield (R)
(Cabarrus, Rowan)
George Dunlap (D)
George Dunlap (D)
(Mecklenburg County Commission)
B.S., Criminal Justice and MPA | 1991, 2003
Judge Fred Gore (R)
Judge Fred Gore (R)
(Seat 5, NC Court of Appeals)
B.S., Business Administration, Marketing | 1998
Rep. Kelly Hastings (R)
Rep. Kelly Hastings (R)
(Cleveland, Gaston)
Teaching Certificate | 2009
Congressman Richard Hudson (R)
Congressman Richard Hudson (R)
(District 8)
B.A., History | 1996
Rep. Jake Johnson (R)
Rep. Jake Johnson (R)
(Henderson, Polk, Transylvania)
B.A., Political Science | 2016
Joey Lemons
Joey Lemons
(Sheriff of Stokes County)
B.A., History | 2010
Senator Mujtaba Mohammed (D) 
Senator Mujtaba Mohammed (D) 
(Mecklenburg)
B.A., History | 2008
Marjorie Molina (D)
Marjorie Molina (D)
(Charlotte City Council, District 5)
M.S., Management | 2022
Susan Rodriguez-McDowell (D)
Susan Rodriguez-McDowell (D)
(Mecklenburg County Commission)
B.A., Fine Arts | 1993
Senator DeAndrea Salvador (D)
Senator DeAndrea Salvador (D)
(Mecklenburg County)
B.S., Economics | 2013
Senator Vickie Sawyer (R) 
Senator Vickie Sawyer (R) 
(Iredell)
B.A., Special Education |1997
Senator Joyce Waddell (D)
Senator Joyce Waddell (D)
(Mecklenburg)
M.A., Education | 1973
Victoria Watlington (D)
Victoria Watlington (D)
(Charlotte City Council, District 3)
M.S., Engineering Management | 2013