Source: ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 1/3/12
 

A former House member from the North Carolina mountains is returning to the General Assembly to replace a fellow Republican who resigned last weekend to head the state probation system. Republican leaders in Transylvania, Polk and Henderson counties chose five-term House member Trudi Walend of Brevard to succeed outgoing Rep. David Guice on the second ballot Monday night.

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