Source: WILMINGTON STAR NEWS, 2/1/17

Wilmington attorney Deb Butler was selected to fill the N.C. House seat vacated last week by former Rep. Susi Hamilton.
"Well, it is certainly a privilege and an honor," said Butler, who was selected Wednesday night by a four-member panel of Democrats comprising an executive committee from New Hanover and Brunswick counties in a forum at the Leland town hall. "I will do my dead-level best to serve you with honor and with dignity."

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