Ray Rapp
{{Short description|American politician from North Carolina}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ray Rapp
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| state_house=North Carolina
| state=North Carolina
| district = 118th
| term_start = January 1, 2003
| term_end = January 1, 2013
| preceded = Margaret Carpenter (Redistricting)
| succeeded = Michele Presnell
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| office1 = Mayor of Mars Hill, North Carolina
| term_start1 = 1997
| term_end1 = 2003
| preceded1 = Gordan Randolph
| succeeded1 = John L. Chandler
| party = Democrat
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|02|11}}
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| spouse = Dorothy Rapp
| alma_mater = University of North Carolina
| profession = Retired College Professor
| residence = Mars Hill, North Carolina
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Ray Rapp is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's one hundred eighteenth House district, including constituents in Haywood, Madison and Yancey counties. He served as Minority Whip.{{cite web| url = http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&nUserID=424 | title = Representative Ray Rapp (Dem) | accessdate = 2010-12-04 | publisher = General Assembly of North Carolina}} A college administrator from Mars Hill, North Carolina, Rapp servered four terms in the state House. Rapp is a former Mayor of the town of Mars Hill from 1997 to 2003.{{cite web | url = http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/11_02/11_06_02/elect_queen_rapp.html | title = Queen, Rapp beat incumbents | accessdate = 2010-12-04 | date = 2002-06-11 | publisher = The Smokey Mountain News | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110209192516/http://smokymountainnews.com/issues/11_02/11_06_02/elect_queen_rapp.html | archivedate = 2011-02-09 }}{{cite web |title=The Town Of Mars Hill North Carolina |url=https://townofmarshill.org/mayors.php |website=townofmarshill.org |access-date=21 January 2024}}
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- [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=40885 Project Vote Smart bio page]
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Category:Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Category:People from Mars Hill, North Carolina
Category:Mayors of places in North Carolina
Category:21st-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly
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