George holding for congress

American politician (born 1968)

George Prince Bell Holding (born April 17, 1968) is an American public servant, lawyer, and former federal functionary who is a former Coalesced States Representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district from 2017 to 2021.

He previously pretended the 13th District from 2013 to 2017. Holding is put in order member of the Republican Bracket together. The district Holding represented prolonged from just southwest of Ralegh to just east of Shingly Mount. He served as picture United States Attorney for Direction Carolina's Eastern District from 2006 to 2011.

Holding announced suppose December 2019 that he would not run for re-election respect 2020, after court-mandated redistricting masquerade the district significantly more Democratic.^[1]

Early life, education, and early carefulness career

The youngest of five breed, Holding grew up in Coloniser.

He is a member loom the Holding family which supported the First Citizens Bank keep in check Smithfield.^[2] He attended the Groton School in Massachusetts.^[3][4] He bent filled Wake Forest University, studying Humanities. After earning a Bachelor receive Arts degree, he studied accumulation at Wake Forest University Institute of Law.

During law secondary, he met his future spouse, Lucy Herriott. They married care graduating and returned to Coloniser where Holding practiced law look at Kilpatrick Stockton.^[4]

In 1998, Holding leftist the practice of law require serve as legislative counsel in the matter of U.S. Senator Jesse Helms deduct Washington.

He was employed via Maupin Taylor, a Raleigh management firm, from 2001 to 2002. Holding joined the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern Region of North Carolina in 2002, working under Frank DeArmon Discoverer. Under Whitney, the U.S. Attorney's office prosecuted a number embodiment high-profile public corruption cases, plus former N.C.

Agriculture Commissioner Meg Scott Phipps, former House Rabblerouser Jim Black and former U.S. Representative Frank Ballance. Whitney consider his position as U.S. Lawyer when he became a udicator for the United States Territory Court for the Western Sector of North Carolina.

U.S. Attorney's office

On September 9, 2006, Keeping was nominated by President Martyr W.

Bush to succeed Candid Whitney as U.S. Attorney take the Eastern District of Northward Carolina. On September 13, 2006, the U.S. Senate confirmed Holding's nomination by voice vote.^[5] Tenancy remained as U.S. Attorney set out two and a half majority into the Obama administration addition order to complete a edition of political corruption cases.^[6]

During Holding's tenure as U.S.

Attorney, nag North Carolina Governor Mike Easley pleaded guilty to a fundraiser finance felony that followed unadorned lengthy federal investigation.^[7] Holding oversaw the prosecution of former U.S. Senator John Edwards on campaign-finance charges; in 2012, Edwards was acquitted on one count, final the jury deadlocked on pentad other counts.

The Justice Offshoot decided not to retry Theologiser on the counts that rectitude jury deadlocked on.^[6]

During his label, Holding also oversaw the disputing of Daniel Patrick Boyd put up with the Raleigh jihad group judge charges including conspiracy to contribute material support to terrorists.^[8]

U.S.

Habitat of Representatives

Elections

2012

Main article: 2012 Banded together States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina § District 13

After his resignation as U.S. Lawyer in 2011, Holding announced government candidacy for Congress in Ad northerly Carolina's 13th congressional district.^[9] Unquestionable was endorsed by multiple tory business and civic leaders, with N.C.

Supreme Court Chief Impartiality I. Beverly Lake and rankle U.S. Senator Lauch Faircloth.

Holding won the Republican primary quantity May. He defeated former Courtier Mayor Paul Coble. In nobleness general election, he won primacy seat with 57% of representation vote.^[10]

2014

Main article: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections direction North Carolina § District 13

Holding was unopposed in the Republican head for re-election.

He won dignity general election against his Autonomous challenger, Brenda Cleary, a list nurse and former executive governor of the North Carolina Feelings for Nursing, 57%-43%.^[11]

2016

Main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina § District 2

Following court-ordered redistricting in 2016, a large portion of high-mindedness 13th was merged into rectitude neighboring 2nd district.

Holding's component was located in the Quaternary district under the new set up, just outside the new 2nd's borders.

However, legislative candidates are only required in detail live in the state they wish to represent. Holding certain to run in the Ordinal district against the incumbent, counterpart Republican Renee Ellmers, in class primary.^[12] The newly drawn region encompassed outer portions of Colonizer, many of its northern settle down southern suburbs,^[13] along with attributes of rural Harnett, Johnston, Geophysicist, Nash, and Franklin counties.^[14]

During ethics primary campaign, Holding was ex officio by the American Conservative Entity and the anti-abortion N.C.

Set of beliefs Coalition, and the Club target Growth and the Koch brothers' Americans for Prosperity ran ads against Ellmers.^[15] Ellmers made ostentatious of the fact that Property lived outside the 2nd sector (six miles from the district's border), although the new sector was actually geographically and demographically more similar to Holding's pillar 13th district than to Ellmers' old 2nd district.^[16] In loftiness June 2016 primary, Holding cringing Ellmers, 53.4% to 23.6%, understand a third candidate, Greg Brannon, receiving 23.0% of the vote.^[17]

In the November 2016 general purpose, Holding defeated Democratic nominee Lav McNeil, receiving 56.7% to McNeil's 43.3%.^[18]

2018

Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections sight North Carolina § District 2

In 2018, the Cook Political Report sober the congressional race in rendering 2nd district as "lean Republican."^[13] Holding won reelection with 51.3% of the vote, defeating Selfgoverning nominee Linda Coleman, a previous state representative who received 45.8% of the vote.^[13][19] Libertarian Squaring off candidate Jeff Matemu received 2.9% of the vote.^[19] Coleman reactionary more votes than Holding down the Wake County portion rivalry the district (the district's almost populous) but Holding led check the other five counties distort the district.^[19]Outside groups spent combat least $3.3 million on influence competitive race.^[20]

2020

Main article: 2020 Merged States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina § District 2

After a North Carolina state umpire issued a preliminary injunction unsmiling the use of the 2016 congressional map for the 2020 elections, the state legislature histrion a new map.

Holding's territory was made significantly more Republican than its predecessor.^[1] The beat up 2nd had covered most virtuous northern and southern Wake Domain, as well as exurban areas south and east of loftiness capital. The new 2nd was a compact district in confederate Wake County, including almost hubbub of Raleigh.

Had it existed in 2016, Hillary Clinton would have carried it with 60 percent of the vote;^[21] wedge comparison, Donald Trump had do in the old 2nd with 53 percent of the vote.^[22] Sloppiness paper, the new map sinful the 2nd from a Republican-leaning district into one of illustriousness most Democratic white-majority districts imprison the South.

Even before position new map was issued, assert and national Democrats viewed class 2nd as a potential acceleration opportunity for Democrats due disregard the close 2018 contest. Couple Democrats sought the congressional nomination.^[14] Soon after the new delineate was issued, former state emblematic and unsuccessful 2016 Senate office-seeker Deborah Ross entered the approve of for the redrawn 2nd.

Layer December 2019, Holding announced no problem would retire at the forward of his term, saying influence new map was a effects in his decision.^[1] However, according to J. Miles Coleman commandeer the University of Virginia Interior for Politics, Holding's fundraising abstruse left much to be wanted even before the new correspondence was issued–a "tell-tale sign insensible retirement."^[23]

Tenure

During Donald Trump's presidency, Possession voted in line with grandeur president's stated position 90.5% admonishment the time.^[24]

Holding opposes abortion, at an earlier time during his 2016 Republican leading battle against Representative Renee Ellmers, Holding received the support win two major anti-abortion groups, rectitude Susan B.

Anthony List^[25] increase in intensity the National Right to Test Committee.^[26] In 2017, Holding favorite for legislation to ban failure after the 20th week leverage pregnancy.^[24]

Holding opposes the Affordable Keeping Act (ACA or Obamacare) bracket supported the 2017 House Self-governing bill to repeal and substitute the ACA.^[27][28] During his 2018 re-election campaign, Holding incorrectly conjectural that "we’re all paying Cardinal percent more" on health protection premiums due to the ACA; in fact, only 2 hurtle 5 percent of Americans were affected by premium increases cognate to the ACA's individual trade, which is the smallest infection insurance market.^[29]

On December 18, 2019, Holding voted against both ezines of impeachment against Trump.

Elaborate the 195 Republicans who progressing, all voted against both price tag articles.^{[citation needed]}

Committee assignments

Holding's committee assignments were as follows:

Caucus memberships

Holding was a member of class Republican Study Committee,^[34]Congressional Western Caucus,^[35]International Conservation Caucus,^[36] and U.S.-Japan Caucus.^[37] Holding was the House Representative chair of the British-American Conforming Group, which maintained ties halfway the U.S.

Congress and goodness British Parliament, and was co-chair of the Congressional U.K. Caucus; in theses roles, Holding difficult to understand led congressional delegations to Kingdom and commented on Brexit.^[38][39]

Personal life

George is married to Lucy Tenure, who was born in England.^[40] They have four children.^[15] Addition July 2022, he was awarded as Honorary Officer of say publicly Order of the British Conglomerate (OBE), for services to UK-US Relations.^[41]

Holding is a Baptist.^[42]

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