Buck (Buck) Newton (R-SS04)
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Senator
North Carolina State Senate
Room 520 Legislative Office Building 300 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27603

District Office:
300 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
Elected: 2022    Next Election: 2024
Spouse: Hope   
Committee Assignments
Vice ChairJoint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety
MemberSubcommittee on Justice and Public Safety
ChairmanSenate Committee on Judiciary
MemberJoint Legislative Oversight Committee on Emergency Management
MemberJoint Legislative Committee on Ethics
MemberJoint Legislative Oversight Committee on Transportation
MemberSenate Committee on Transportation
MemberSenate Committee on Agriculture, Energy, and Environment
MemberSenate Committee on Education and Higher Education
Ex-OfficioJoint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations
Counties Representing
Greene / Halifax / Nash / Vance / Warren / Wayne / Wilson

Bio

Buck Newton currently serves in the State Senate, representing Johnston, Nash and Wilson counties. Buck was elected in 2010, defeating five-term Democratic incumbent A.B. Swindell. Newton has chaired Judiciary Committees in the N.C. Senate since elected in 2010. Currently, Newton chairs the Judiciary I Committee as well as the Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety. In these roles, he is a key voice in setting policy and funding priorities for North Carolina's judiciary and law enforcement agencies.

A native of Wilson, NC, the 46 year old Newton graduated from Hunt High School before attending Appalachian State University where he received his bachelor's degree in Political Science before going on to graduate from Campbell University School of Law. Newton has previously served as Chairman of the Wilson County Republican Party as well as serving as an aide to Senator Jesse Helms on the Foreign Relations Committee.

Newton has practiced law at his firm, Newton and Lee, in Wilson for the past sixteen years. He is an active member of First United Methodist Church. Buck and his wife Hope have three children- Sharpe, Thomas, and Virginia Grey.