Julie Mayfield

American attorney and politician
Julie Mayfield
Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 49th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2021
Preceded byTerry Van Duyn
Personal details
Born (1967-04-05) April 5, 1967 (age 57)
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materEmory University School of Law (JD)
Davidson College (BA)

Julie Virginia Mayfield (born April 5, 1967) is an American attorney and politician serving as a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate from the 49th district.

Early life and education

Mayfield was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Northside High School, then Davidson College with a Bachelor of Arts in religion, and earned her Juris Doctor from the Emory University School of Law.[1]

Career

Mayfield worked as an Intern/Death Penalty Program Assistant at Amnesty International USA between 1989 and 1991. She was a program assistant at the Atlanta Community Food Bank between 1992 and 1993.[1] In 1993, she worked as an intern at the Georgia Justice Project. Mayfield was an associate of Kilpatrick Stockton Limited Liability Partnership between 1996 and 1999. In 1999, she worked as a law clerk for Chief Judge Robert Castellani. She was a director at the Turner Environmental Law Clinic at the Emory University School of Law between 1999 and 2003.[1]

Mayfield was Vice President/General Counsel of the Georgia Conservancy between 2003 and 2008. Since 2008, she has been executive director of MountainTrue.[1]

Political career

In 2015, Mayfield was elected to the Asheville City Council as a member of the Democratic Party.[2]

Mayfield announced her candidacy for state senate at the county Democratic Party's annual convention on March 23, 2019.[3] She won the Democratic Primary on March 3, 2020.[4][5] Mayfield went on to win the general on November 3, 2020 to represent the 49th Senate district.[6] She was sworn into office on January 1, 2021.[5] She sits on the Appropriations on Agriculture, Natural and Economic Resources Committee, the Senate State and Local Government Committee, and the Senate Transportation Committee.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Julie Mayfield's Biography". justfacts.votesmart.org. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Young, Haynes, Mayfield win City Council seats". Citizen Times. November 2, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  3. ^ "Asheville City Council member Julie Mayfield announces run for NC Senate". wlos.com. March 24, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  4. ^ Brown, Elizabeth Anne (March 3, 2020). "Julie Mayfield nabs Democratic nomination for NC 49th Senate seat". Citizen Times. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Julie Mayfield". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  6. ^ Kepley-Steward, Kristy (November 3, 2020). "Vote 2020: Mayfield projected winner for NC Senate District 49 seat". wlos.com. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  7. ^ "SENATOR JULIE MAYFIELD (DEM)". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

External links

  • Official website
North Carolina Senate
Preceded by
Terry Van Duyn
 Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 49th district
2021-present 		Incumbent
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156th General Assembly (2023–2024)
President of the Senate
Mark Robinson (R)
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Phil Berger (R)
Majority Leader
Paul Newton (R)
Minority Leader
Dan Blue (D)
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  2. ▌Jim Perry (R)
  3. ▌Bobby Hanig (R)
  4. ▌Buck Newton (R)
  5. ▌Kandie Smith (D)
  6. ▌Michael Lazzara (R)
  7. ▌Michael Lee (R)
  8. ▌Bill Rabon (R)
  9. ▌Brent Jackson (R)
  10. ▌Benton Sawrey (R)
  11. ▌Lisa Stone Barnes (R)
  12. ▌Jim Burgin (R)
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  15. ▌Jay Chaudhuri (D)
  16. ▌Gale Adcock (D)
  17. ▌Sydney Batch (D)
  18. ▌Mary Wills Bode (D)
  19. ▌Val Applewhite (D)
  20. ▌Natalie Murdock (D)
  21. ▌Tom McInnis (R)
  22. ▌Mike Woodard (D)
  23. ▌Graig Meyer (D)
  24. ▌Danny Britt (R)
  25. ▌Amy Galey (R)
  26. ▌Phil Berger (R)
  27. ▌Michael Garrett (D)
  28. ▌Gladys Robinson (D)
  29. ▌Dave Craven (R)
  30. ▌Steve Jarvis (R)
  31. ▌Joyce Krawiec (R)
  32. ▌Paul Lowe Jr. (D)
  33. ▌Carl Ford (R)
  34. ▌Paul Newton (R)
  35. ▌Todd Johnson (R)
  36. ▌Eddie Settle (R)
  37. ▌Vickie Sawyer (R)
  38. ▌Mujtaba Mohammed (D)
  39. ▌DeAndrea Salvador (D)
  40. ▌Joyce Waddell (D)
  41. ▌Natasha Marcus (D)
  42. ▌Rachel Hunt (D)
  43. ▌Brad Overcash (R)
  44. ▌Ted Alexander (R)
  45. ▌Dean Proctor (R)
  46. ▌Warren Daniel (R)
  47. ▌Ralph Hise (R)
  48. ▌Tim Moffitt (R)
  49. ▌Julie Mayfield (D)
  50. ▌Kevin Corbin (R)