Linda Hunt Williams
{{Short description|American politician from North Carolina}}
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| name = Linda Hunt Williams
| state_house = North Carolina
| state = North Carolina
| district = 37th
| term_start = January 1, 2017
| term_end = August 31, 2018
| predecessor = Paul Stam
| successor = John Adcock
| party = Republican
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|8|12}}
| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana
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| residence = Holly Springs, North Carolina
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| occupation = Not-for-profit developer, consultant
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Linda Hunt Williams (born August 12, 1948) is an American politician. She was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2016 and she served from 2017 until her resignation on August 31, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Linda_Hunt-Williams|title=Linda Hunt-Williams|website=Ballotpedia|accessdate=August 9, 2022}} A Republican, she represented the 37th district (based in southern Wake County).{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/166617/linda-hunt-williams#.WTHQABMrJ0s|title=Linda Hunt Williams's Biography|last=|first=|date=|website=VoteSmart|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U-7iAAAAMAAJ&q=Linda+Hunt+Williams+1948&pg=PA905|title=Biography and Genealogy Master Index: A Consolidated Index to More Than 3,200,000 Biographical Sketches in Over 350 Current and Retrospective Biographical Dictionaries|last=Mossman|first=Jennifer|date=2000|publisher=Gale Research Company|isbn=978-0-7876-2997-7|location=|pages=|language=en}}
Honors
In 2018, Williams was listed as a Champion of the Family in the [https://www.ncvalues.org/scorecard NC Values Coalition Scorecard].{{cite web|title=NC Values Coalition Legislative Scorecard |url=https://www.ncvalues.org/scorecard |accessdate=April 23, 2018}}
Committee assignments
- Commerce and Job Development
- Education - Community Colleges
- Finance
- Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs
- Homelessness, Foster Care, and Dependency
- State and Local Government II
Electoral history
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Linda Hunt Williams
| votes = 27,448
| percentage = 52.29%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Randy Barrow
| votes = 22,569
| percentage = 43.00%
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| candidate = Robert Rose
| votes = 2,474
| percentage = 4.71%
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 52,491
| percentage = 100%
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{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
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References
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Category:Republican Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Category:Politicians from New Orleans
Category:People from Holly Springs, North Carolina
Category:Women state legislators in North Carolina
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly