W. Brent Jackson

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Senator
Brent Jackson
Member of the North Carolina Senate
Assumed office
January 1, 2011
Preceded byCharles Albertson
Constituency10th District (2011–2023)
9th District (2023–Present)
Personal details
Born (1957-11-08) November 8, 1957 (age 66)
Clinton, North Carolina, US
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceAutryville, North Carolina

William Brent Jackson (born November 8, 1957) is an American politician and businessman serving as a Republican member of the North Carolina Senate, representing the 9th district, which includes Jones, Duplin, Pender, Bladen, and Sampson counties.[1][2]

Career

Business

Jackson is the founder of Jackson Farming Company, an agricultural business that grows watermelons, cantaloupes, honeydews, strawberries, pumpkins, squash, slicer cucumbers, sweet potatoes, corn, wheat, soybeans, peanuts, and flue-cured tobacco. Jackson owns two country grain elevators for the purpose of purchasing and storing corn, small grains, and wheat from his farm and area farmers. In 2005, he expanded and built a liquid fertilizer plant, which supplies his farms and area farmers with drip fertilizer.

North Carolina Senate

Jackson is co-chairman of the Senate Appropriations/Base Budget Committee, and the immediate past co-chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural and Economic Resources and the Senate Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Committee. He is also co-chairman of the Joint Environmental Review Commission, Joint Agriculture and Forestry Awareness Study Commission and the Agriculture and Rural Caucus of the North Carolina General Assembly. Additionally, Jackson sits on the Senate Finance Committee, Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee, and Senate State and Local Government Committee. In 2014, he was elected to the Legislative Board of the international organization, State Agriculture and Rural Leaders.[3]

In 2015, Jackson authored an ag-gag bill subsequently made law after the legislature overrode a veto by Governor Pat McCrory. The bill allows for prosecution of individuals who go undercover to expose animal cruelty and other illegal activity in the North Carolina factory animal farming industries.[4]

In May 2019, a building owned by Jackson Farming Company suffered significant fire damage and was destroyed.[5]

Electoral history

2022
North Carolina Senate 9th district general election, 2022[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brent Jackson (incumbent) 50,252 100%
Total votes 50,252 100%
Republican hold
2020
North Carolina Senate 10th district general election, 2020[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brent Jackson (incumbent) 56,740 65.09%
Democratic Vernon R. Moore 30,425 34.91%
Total votes 87,165 100%
Republican hold
2018
North Carolina Senate 10th district general election, 2018[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brent Jackson (incumbent) 33,366 62.46%
Democratic Vernon R. Moore 20,057 37.54%
Total votes 53,423 100%
Republican hold
2016
North Carolina Senate 10th district general election, 2016[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brent Jackson (incumbent) 56,610 100%
Total votes 56,610 100%
Republican hold
2014
North Carolina Senate 10th district general election, 2014[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brent Jackson (incumbent) 31,239 62.46%
Democratic Donald B. Rains 18,779 37.54%
Total votes 50,018 100%
Republican hold
2012
North Carolina Senate 10th district Republican primary election, 2012[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brent Jackson (incumbent) 12,380 74.54%
Republican Mike Osbourne 4,228 25.46%
Total votes 16,608 100%
North Carolina Senate 10th district general election, 2012[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brent Jackson (incumbent) 48,772 100%
Total votes 48,772 100%
Republican hold
2010
North Carolina Senate 10th district Democratic primary election, 2010[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dewey Hudson 5,868 61.76%
Democratic Gordon E. Vermillion 3,633 38.24%
Total votes 9,501 100%
North Carolina Senate 10th district Republican primary election, 2010[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brent Jackson 4,374 53.06%
Republican Chris Humphrey 3,869 46.94%
Total votes 8,243 100%
North Carolina Senate 10th district general election, 2010[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brent Jackson 25,342 52.24%
Democratic Dewey Hudson 23,167 47.76%
Total votes 48,509 100%
Republican gain from Democratic

Personal life

Jackson was born in Clinton, North Carolina and lives in Autryville with Debbie, his wife of 41 years. He is active in his church, Union Grove Baptist Church, and is the father of three sons and grandfather of three grandchildren.

References

  1. ^ "S.L. 2022-2 Senate" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "Senator Brent Jackson - Biography". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Brent Jackson (North Carolina State Senator)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  4. ^ Binker, Mark; Leslie, Laura (June 3, 2015). "Lawmakers override McCrory veto on controversial 'ag-gag' bill". WRAL.com. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  5. ^ "Fire destroys building at family-owned farm in Sampson County". cbs17.com. May 12, 2019. Archived from the original on June 5, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  6. ^ [1] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  7. ^ [2] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  8. ^ [3]North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  9. ^ [4]North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  10. ^ [5]North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  11. ^ [6]North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  12. ^ [7]North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  13. ^ [8]North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  14. ^ [9]North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  15. ^ [10] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
North Carolina Senate
Preceded by Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 10th district
2011–2023 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 9th district
2023–Present 		Incumbent
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