Ray Rapp

{{Short description|American politician from North Carolina}}

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| 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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