Margaret Carpenter

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Margaret Carpenter

| image = Representative Margaret Carpenter.gif

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| state_house = North Carolina

| state = North Carolina

| district = 52nd

| term_start = January 1, 2001

| term_end = January 1, 2003

| preceded = Liston Ramsey

| succeeded = Ray Rapp (Redistricting)

| alongside = Phil Haire

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|08|03}}

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan

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| birthname = Margaret Mary

| nationality = American

| party = Republican

| spouse = C.A. Bryant, Jr. (deceased 1985)
Dale Richard Carpenter

| children = Heather

| residence = Waynesville, North Carolina

| alma_mater = University of Alabama (BS 1975)
University of South Alabama (MEd 1989)

| profession = Teacher (Special Education)

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Margaret Mary Carpenter (born {{Birth date|1950|08|03}} in Detroit, Michigan{{cite web|title=Marquis Who's Who on the Web|url=http://search.marquiswhoswho.com/|accessdate=2008-05-22|isbn=|oclc=51327232}}) was a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the fifty-second district (Madison, Haywood, Graham, Swain, and part of Jackson counties) for one term (2001–2002).{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/northcarolinaman20012002nort/page/508/mode/2up|title = North Carolina manual [serial]| year=1916 }} Carpenter, a resident of Waynesville, North Carolina, defeated Haywood County Commissioner and former Hazelwood Mayor, Mary Ann Enloe, by a narrow margin in 2000.

Carpenter was defeated by Mars Hill Mayor Ray Rapp for the newly drawn 118th district (Haywood, Madison, and Yancey counties) in 2002.

She is the daughter-in law of former State Senator Bob Carpenter of Macon County.

Electoral history

=2006=

{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 119th district general election, 2006[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/07/2006&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=272] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Phil Haire (incumbent)

| votes = 13,158

| percentage = 58.61%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Margaret Carpenter

| votes = 9,292

| percentage = 41.39%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 22,450

| percentage = 100%

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{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

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=2004=

{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 119th district general election, 2004[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/02/2004&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=167] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Phil Haire (incumbent)

| votes = 14,147

| percentage = 51.74%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Margaret Carpenter

| votes = 13,195

| percentage = 48.26%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 27,342

| percentage = 100%

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{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

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=2002=

{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 118th district general election, 2002[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/05/2002&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=174] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Ray Rapp

| votes = 13,717

| percentage = 53.34%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Margaret Carpenter (incumbent)

| votes = 11,476

| percentage = 44.62%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| candidate = Barry Williams

| votes = 525

| percentage = 2.04%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 25,718

| percentage = 100%

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{{Election box gain with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

| loser = Republican Party (United States)

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=2000=

{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 52nd district general election, 2000{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=781723|title=NC State House 052|publisher=Our Campaigns|accessdate=August 18, 2022}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Phil Haire (incumbent)

| votes = 24,983

| percentage = 27.50%

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Margaret Carpenter

| votes = 23,485

| percentage = 25.85%