Robert Rucho | |
Office: | Member of the North Carolina Senate |
Term Start: | June 9, 2008 |
Term End: | January 1, 2017 |
Preceded: | Robert Pittenger |
Succeeded: | Dan Bishop |
Constituency: | 39th district |
Term Start1: | January 1, 1997 |
Term End1: | January 1, 2005 |
Preceded1: | Jerry Blackmon |
Succeeded1: | Robert Pittenger |
Constituency1: | 35th district (1997–2003) 39th district (2003–2005) |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Name: | Robert Anthony Rucho |
Birth Date: | 8 December 1948 |
Birth Place: | Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Northeastern University University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
Residence: | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
Occupation: | Dentist |
Robert Anthony Rucho (born December 8, 1948), a dentist from Matthews, North Carolina, is a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's thirty-ninth Senate district, including parts of Mecklenburg County.[1]
Rucho served as co-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee until his abrupt resignation in June 2013 in a dispute with Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger over tax reform policy.[2] Berger never accepted the resignation and the next month, Rucho resumed his chairmanship.[3]
Rucho gained much criticism, including from within his own party, after he tweeted "Justice Robert's pen & Obamacare has done more damage to the USA then [sic] the swords of the Nazis, Soviets & terrorists combined" on December 15, 2013.[4] [5]
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