Rosa Gill
{{Short description|American politician from North Carolina}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Rep. Rosa U. Gill.jpg
| imagesize = 180px
| name = Rosa Gill
| state_house = North Carolina
| state = North Carolina
| district = 33rd
| term_start = June 18, 2009
| term_end = January 1, 2025
| predecessor = Dan Blue
| successor = Monika Johnson-Hostler
| party = Democratic
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|6|5}}
| birth_place = Apex, North Carolina
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Shaw University (BS)
| spouse = Jimmie
| children = 2
| residence = Raleigh, North Carolina
| occupation = educator
}}
Rosa U. Gill (born June 5, 1943) is a Democratic former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives.{{cite web|url=http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/membersByDistrict.pl?sChamber=H&nDistrict=33|title=North Carolina General Assembly - Representative Rosa U. Gill (Democrat, 2017-2018 Session)|first=NC General Assembly|last=webmasters|website=www.ncleg.net|access-date=16 March 2018}} She represented the 33rd district (including constituents in eastern Wake County) from her initial appointment in 2009 until 2025.{{cite web |url=http://www.nccppr.org/drupal/content/article-ii/legislator-reports/3883/2011-2012-report-for-rep-rosa-u-gill |title=NCCPPR | North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research |access-date=2015-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423094908/http://www.nccppr.org/drupal/content/article-ii/legislator-reports/3883/2011-2012-report-for-rep-rosa-u-gill |archive-date=2015-04-23 }}
Career
A longtime Wake County mathematics teacher, Gill ran unsuccessfully for the Wake County Board of Commissioners in 1988. She later was elected to the Wake County School Board, where she served from 1999 to 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/112716/rosa-gill|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|accessdate=February 5, 2022}} Following the death of Senator Vernon Malone, then State Rep. Dan Blue was appointed to fill the balance of Malone's term in the Senate. Gill was then appointed to Blue's former House seat, where she has served since 2009. Gill has been re-elected to the seat a total of 7 times, most recently in 2022.
Electoral history
=2022=
{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd district Democratic primary election, 2022[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=05/17/2022&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1580] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rosa Gill (incumbent)
| votes = 6,257
| percentage = 86.13%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Nate Blanton
| votes = 1,008
| percentage = 13.87%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 7,265
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd district general election, 2022[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/08/2022&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1194] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rosa Gill (incumbent)
| votes = 19,471
| percentage = 59.60%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Stephanie Dingee
| votes = 12,191
| percentage = 37.32%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| candidate = Chris Costello
| votes = 1,008
| percentage = 3.09%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 32,670
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2020=
{{Election box begin no change
|title = North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd district Democratic primary election, 2020[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/03/2020&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=2007] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rosa Gill (incumbent)
| votes = 10,028
| percentage = 66.07%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Antoine Marshall
| votes = 5,150
| percentage = 33.93%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 15,178
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title = North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd district general election, 2020[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/03/2020&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1202] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rosa Gill (incumbent)
| votes = 33,194
| percentage = 70.76%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Frann Sarpolus
| votes = 11,659
| percentage = 24.85%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| candidate = Sammie Brooks
| votes = 2,057
| percentage = 4.38%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 46,910
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2018=
{{Election box begin no change
|title = North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd district Democratic primary election, 2018[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=05/08/2018&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1107] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rosa Gill (incumbent)
| votes = 3,514
| percentage = 60.22%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Antoine Marshall
| votes = 1,442
| percentage = 24.71%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Shirley E. Hicks
| votes = 879
| percentage = 15.06%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 5,835
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title = North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd district general election, 2018[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/06/2018&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1036] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rosa Gill (incumbent)
| votes = 23,900
| percentage = 78.70%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Anne Murtha
| votes = 6,468
| percentage = 21.30%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 30,368
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2016=
{{Election box begin no change
|title = North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd district Democratic primary election, 2016[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=03/15/2016&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1322] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rosa Gill (incumbent)
| votes = 8,603
| percentage = 64.05%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Shirley E. Hicks
| votes = 3,097
| percentage = 23.06%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Bernard Allen II
| votes = 1,731
| percentage = 12.89%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 13,431
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title = North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd district general election, 2016[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/08/2016&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1108] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rosa Gill (incumbent)
| votes = 33,094
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 33,094
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2014=
{{Election box begin no change
|title = North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd district general election, 2014[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/04/2014&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1217] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rosa Gill (incumbent)
| votes = 18,552
| percentage = 87.27%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Perry Whitlock
| votes = 2,707
| percentage = 12.73%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 21,259
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2012=
{{Election box begin no change
|title = North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd district Democratic primary election, 2012[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=05/08/2012&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1042] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rosa Gill (incumbent)
| votes = 8,158
| percentage = 78.66%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Bernard Allen II
| votes = 2,213
| percentage = 21.34%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 10,371`
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title = North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd district general election, 2012[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/06/2012&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1215] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rosa Gill (incumbent)
| votes = 31,386
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 31,386
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2010=
{{Election box begin no change
|title = North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd district Democratic primary election, 2010[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=05/04/2010&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1038] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rosa Gill (incumbent)
| votes = 3,048
| percentage = 71.57%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Bernard Allen II
| votes = 1,133
| percentage = 26.60%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Doctor K. Aal Anubia
| votes = 78
| percentage = 1.83%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 4,259
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title = North Carolina House of Representatives 33rd district general election, 2010[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/02/2010&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1211] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Rosa Gill (incumbent)
| votes = 18,426
| percentage = 77.79%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Paul Terrell
| votes = 5,262
| percentage = 22.21%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 23,688
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Committee assignments
=2023–2024 session=
- Appropriations
- Appropriations - Education
- Pensions and Retirement (Vice-Chair)
- Education - K-12
- Insurance
- Judiciary II
=2021–2022 session=
- Appropriations
- Appropriations - Education
- Pensions and Retirement (Vice-Chair)
- Education - K-12
- Insurance
- Judiciary I
=2019–2020 session=
- Appropriations
- Appropriations - Education
- Pensions and Retirement
- Education - K-12
- Education - Community Colleges
- Insurance
- Judiciary
=2017–2018 session=
- Appropriations
- Appropriations - Education
- Pensions and Retirement
- Education - K-12
- Insurance (Vice Chair)
- Alcoholic Beverage Control
- Homelessness, Foster Care, and Dependency
- State and Local Government I
=2015–2016 session=
- Appropriations
- Appropriations - Education (Vice Chair)
- Insurance (Vice Chair)
- Pensions and Retirement
- Alcoholic Beverage Control
- Children, Youth and Families
- Elections
=2013–2014 session=
- Appropriations
- Education
- State Personnel (Vice Chair)
- Government
- Public Utilities
- Transportation
=2011–2012 session=
- Appropriations
- Education
- Government
- Public Utilities
- Transportation
=2009–2010 session=
- Appropriations
- Education
- Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
- Judiciary II
- State Government/State Personnel
References
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{{s-bef|before=Dan Blue}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 33rd district|years=2009–2025}}
{{s-aft|after=Monika Johnson-Hostler}}
{{s-end}}
{{North Carolina House of Representatives|status=collapsed}}
{{Authority control}}
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