Pearl Burris-Floyd

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| honorific-prefix = Representative

| name = Pearl Burris-Floyd

| image = Representative Pearl Burris-Floyd.jpg

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| state_house = North Carolina

| state = North Carolina

| district = 110th

| term_start = January 1, 2009

| term_end = January 1, 2011

| predecessor = Debbie Clary

| successor = Kelly Hastings

| party = Republican

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| alma_mater = University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BS)
UNC School of Medicine (MD)

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| children = 1

| residence = Dallas, North Carolina

| occupation = Cytologist

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Pearl Burris-Floyd is an American politician who previously served in the North Carolina House of Representatives representing the 110th district (including constituents in Gaston and Cleveland counties) from 2009 until 2011. A Cytologist and former Gaston County Commissioner, she now serves as the Secretary of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.

Career

Burris-Floyd was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2008 to succeed fellow Republican Debbie Clary, who retired to run for the North Carolina Senate. in 2010 she ran for re-election to a 2nd term, but was narrowly defeated in the primary by Kelly Hastings. She ran for the seat again in 2012, where she lost to Hastings in the primary by a much wider margin. In 2020 she ran for the open office of North Carolina Commissioner of Labor being vacated by Cherie Berry. In the March primary, she came in first in her home county of Gaston, as well as in Craven, Carteret, and Lee Counties, but overall she finished 3rd behind State Representative Josh Dobson (who won the nomination) and Chuck Stanley.{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Pearl_Burris_Floyd|title=Pearl Burris Floyd|accessdate=2021-12-05}} in 2015, Burris-Floyd was appointed to the University of North Carolina Board of Governors. She was re-appointed to the seat in 2019 for a term ending in 2023. She currently serves as the Board's Secretary.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2021/04/unc-board-of-governors|title=Who are the voting members on the UNC Board of Governors?|author=Will Melfi, Rachel Crumpler|publisher=The Daily Tar Heel|date=April 16, 2021|accessdate=December 5, 2021}}

Electoral history

=2020=

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|title = North Carolina Commissioner of Labor Republican primary election, 2020[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=03/03/2020&county_id=0&office=COS&contest=1045] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Josh Dobson

| votes = 274,379

| percentage = 40.29%

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Chuck Stanley

| votes = 257,883

| percentage = 37.87%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Pearl Burris-Floyd

| votes = 148,710

| percentage = 21.84%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 680,972

| percentage = 100%

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=2012=

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|title = North Carolina House of Representatives 110th district Republican primary election, 2012[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=05/08/2012&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1025] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Kelly Hastings (incumbent)

| votes = 4,948

| percentage = 63.99%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Pearl Burris-Floyd

| votes = 2,784

| percentage = 36.01%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 7,732

| percentage = 100%

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=2010=

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|title = North Carolina House of Representatives 110th district Republican primary election, 2010[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=05/04/2010&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1024] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Kelly Hastings

| votes = 1,368

| percentage = 52.68%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Pearl Burris-Floyd (incumbent)

| votes = 1,229

| percentage = 47.32%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 2,597

| percentage = 100%

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=2008=

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|title = North Carolina House of Representatives 110th district general election, 2008[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/04/2008&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1184] North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Pearl Burris-Floyd

| votes = 14,683

| percentage = 50.88%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Davy Lowman

| votes = 14,173

| percentage = 49.12%