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==Electoral history== ==Electoral history==
===State legislature===
Adams was originally appointed to the North Carolina House District 26 seat in 1994 to replace ], who died in office. She had previously already announced that she was going to challenge Gist for that seat in the Democratic primary that year.<ref name="Gist seat">{{cite news|last=Barstow|first=Thomas A.|title=Alma Adams Gets Gist's Seat|newspaper=Greensboro News & Record|date=March 31, 1994}}</ref> After being appointed to the seat, Adams faced conservative businessman and retired engineer O. C. Stafford in the Democratic primary. Stafford was a perennial candidate that had run for various offices, sometimes as a Democrat and other times as a ]. He previously had challenged Gist as a Republican in the 1992 general election. In 1994, running as a Democrat,<ref>{{cite news|title=O. C. Stafford: Running as a Democrat|newspaper=Greensboro News and Record|date=January 27, 1994|page=B8}}</ref> he was defeated by Adams in the primary. Adams went on to win a full term in the general election, beating Republican Roger G. Coffer. She faced a rematch with Stafford in the general elections of 1996 and 1998 when Stafford ran as a Republican.<ref>{{cite news|last=Alexander|first=Lex|title=Rematch Set for District 26|newspaper=Greensboro News and Record|date=October 14, 1998|page=B1}}</ref> Adams won both elections.<ref>{{cite web|title=NC House|url=ftp://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/data/ElectResults/1996_11_05/19961105_results_NC_House.pdf|work=1996 General Election Results|publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections|accessdate=January 22, 2013|format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=House 26|url=ftp://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/data/ElectResults/1998_11_03/19981103_results_NC_House_26.pdf|work=1998 General Election Results|publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections|accessdate=January 22, 2013|format=PDF}}</ref> Next, the 2000 election saw Adams again faced with no primary. She went on to defeat Republican real estate broker Jim Rumley in the general election.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Key Year in the House|newspaper=Greensboro News and Record|date=October 30, 2000|page=A8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=House District 26|url=ftp://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/data/ElectResults/2000_11_07/20001107_results_NC_House_26.pdf|work=2000 General Election Results|publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections|accessdate=January 19, 2013|format=PDF}}</ref> Adams was originally appointed to the North Carolina House District 26 seat in 1994 to replace ], who died in office. She had previously already announced that she was going to challenge Gist for that seat in the Democratic primary that year.<ref name="Gist seat">{{cite news|last=Barstow|first=Thomas A.|title=Alma Adams Gets Gist's Seat|newspaper=Greensboro News & Record|date=March 31, 1994}}</ref> After being appointed to the seat, Adams faced conservative businessman and retired engineer O. C. Stafford in the Democratic primary. Stafford was a perennial candidate that had run for various offices, sometimes as a Democrat and other times as a ]. He previously had challenged Gist as a Republican in the 1992 general election. In 1994, running as a Democrat,<ref>{{cite news|title=O. C. Stafford: Running as a Democrat|newspaper=Greensboro News and Record|date=January 27, 1994|page=B8}}</ref> he was defeated by Adams in the primary. Adams went on to win a full term in the general election, beating Republican Roger G. Coffer. She faced a rematch with Stafford in the general elections of 1996 and 1998 when Stafford ran as a Republican.<ref>{{cite news|last=Alexander|first=Lex|title=Rematch Set for District 26|newspaper=Greensboro News and Record|date=October 14, 1998|page=B1}}</ref> Adams won both elections.<ref>{{cite web|title=NC House|url=ftp://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/data/ElectResults/1996_11_05/19961105_results_NC_House.pdf|work=1996 General Election Results|publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections|accessdate=January 22, 2013|format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=House 26|url=ftp://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/data/ElectResults/1998_11_03/19981103_results_NC_House_26.pdf|work=1998 General Election Results|publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections|accessdate=January 22, 2013|format=PDF}}</ref> Next, the 2000 election saw Adams again faced with no primary. She went on to defeat Republican real estate broker Jim Rumley in the general election.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Key Year in the House|newspaper=Greensboro News and Record|date=October 30, 2000|page=A8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=House District 26|url=ftp://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/data/ElectResults/2000_11_07/20001107_results_NC_House_26.pdf|work=2000 General Election Results|publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections|accessdate=January 19, 2013|format=PDF}}</ref>


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In 2010, Adams was challenged in the Democratic primary by Ralph C. Johnson. She defeated Johnson with 76.56% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 Primary Results|url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/15705/29325/en/vts.html?cid=13058000|publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections|accessdate=January 19, 2013}}</ref> Adams next faced Republican Darin H. Thomas in the general election, beating him 63.15%–36.85%.<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 General Election|url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/22580/41687/en/vts.html?cid=4058000|publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections|accessdate=January 19, 2013}}</ref> In 2012, Adams once again did not face any primary opposition and again faced Olga Wright in the general election. This time Adams won with an even wider margin, 79.86%–20.14%.<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 General Election Results|url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/42923/114379/Web01/en/summary.html|publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections|accessdate=January 19, 2013}}</ref> In 2010, Adams was challenged in the Democratic primary by Ralph C. Johnson. She defeated Johnson with 76.56% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 Primary Results|url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/15705/29325/en/vts.html?cid=13058000|publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections|accessdate=January 19, 2013}}</ref> Adams next faced Republican Darin H. Thomas in the general election, beating him 63.15%–36.85%.<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 General Election|url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/22580/41687/en/vts.html?cid=4058000|publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections|accessdate=January 19, 2013}}</ref> In 2012, Adams once again did not face any primary opposition and again faced Olga Wright in the general election. This time Adams won with an even wider margin, 79.86%–20.14%.<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 General Election Results|url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/42923/114379/Web01/en/summary.html|publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections|accessdate=January 19, 2013}}</ref>

===Congress===
{[seealso|United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2014#District 12}}
In April 2013, ], the only congressman to have served the 12th District since its creation in 1993, was appointed as director of the ]. Adams was one of the first to announce that if Watt was confirmed, she would run in the ensuing special election. After Watt as confirmed in December, Adams formally filed paperwork to run in both the Democratic primary for a full two-year term in the ] and the special election for the balance of Watt's 11th term.<ref name=kickoff>{{cite web|last=Cahn |first=Emily |url=http://atr.rollcall.com/watt-confirmation-kicks-off-north-carolina-special-election/ |title=Roll Call: Watt Confirmation Kicks Off North Carolina Special Election |publisher=Atr.rollcall.com |date= |accessdate=December 16, 2013}}</ref>

It was initially thought that Adams was at a geographic disadvantage. Adams is from Greensboro, but the bulk of the district's population is in Charlotte. However, three Charlotteans in the race split that region's vote. This allowed Adams to win the primary with 43 percent of the vote, a few thousand votes over the 40 percent threshold to avoid a runoff. She will face Republican Vince Coakley, a former television and radio broadcaster from Matthews, in both the general and special elections, which will be held on the same day in November. However, the 12th is a heavily Democratic, black-majority district with a ] of D+26, and Adams will be overwhelmingly favored in the general election.

If Adams wins as expected, she will be the second woman of color to represent North Carolina in the House. The first was ], who represented much of eastern North Carolina from 1992 to 2002.


==Legislative career== ==Legislative career==

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Alma Adams
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 58th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
1994
Preceded byHerman Gist
Personal details
BornAlma Shealey
(1946-05-27) May 27, 1946 (age 78)
High Point, North Carolina
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceGreensboro, North Carolina
Alma materNorth Carolina A&T State University, Ohio State University
Professioneducator
Websitewww.absolutelyalma.com

Alma Shealey Adams (born May 27, 1946) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fifty-eighth House district since her appointment in April 1994. Her district includes constituents in Guilford County. Adams is a college administrator from Greensboro, North Carolina, and is noted for the many distinctive hats that she wears. Adams won the 2014 Democratic Primary for the open seat in North Carolina's 12th congressional district.

Early life and education

Adams was born on May 27, 1946. Her parents were Benjamin Shealey and the former Mattie Stokes. She graduated from West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, in 1964. Adams received her B.S. degree in 1969 and her M.S. degree in 1972, both from North Carolina A&T University and both in Art Education. She continued her studies to receive her Ph.D. in Art Education/Multicultural Education from Ohio State University in 1981.

Electoral history

State legislature

Adams was originally appointed to the North Carolina House District 26 seat in 1994 to replace Herman Gist, who died in office. She had previously already announced that she was going to challenge Gist for that seat in the Democratic primary that year. After being appointed to the seat, Adams faced conservative businessman and retired engineer O. C. Stafford in the Democratic primary. Stafford was a perennial candidate that had run for various offices, sometimes as a Democrat and other times as a Republican. He previously had challenged Gist as a Republican in the 1992 general election. In 1994, running as a Democrat, he was defeated by Adams in the primary. Adams went on to win a full term in the general election, beating Republican Roger G. Coffer. She faced a rematch with Stafford in the general elections of 1996 and 1998 when Stafford ran as a Republican. Adams won both elections. Next, the 2000 election saw Adams again faced with no primary. She went on to defeat Republican real estate broker Jim Rumley in the general election.

In 2002, after redistricting, Adams' seat was changed from the 26th district to the 58th district. Her only challenger that year was Libertarian lawyer David Williams who actually withdrew from the race in October because he was moving to Colorado. His name still appeared on the ballot, but Adams won with nearly 86% of the vote.

Adams has been challenged for her seat for many years by Republican legal assistant and party activist Olga Morgan Wright. Wright has run for the seat held by Adams in nearly every election since 2004. Adams defeated Wright and Libertarian challenger Walter Sperko with 66% of the vote in 2004. The next election saw Adams once again faced with no primary and going on to defeat Wright in the general election 66%–34%. In 2008, another rematch saw Adams defeat Wright 71.35%–28.65%

In 2010, Adams was challenged in the Democratic primary by Ralph C. Johnson. She defeated Johnson with 76.56% of the vote. Adams next faced Republican Darin H. Thomas in the general election, beating him 63.15%–36.85%. In 2012, Adams once again did not face any primary opposition and again faced Olga Wright in the general election. This time Adams won with an even wider margin, 79.86%–20.14%.

Congress

{[seealso|United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2014#District 12}} In April 2013, Mel Watt, the only congressman to have served the 12th District since its creation in 1993, was appointed as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Adams was one of the first to announce that if Watt was confirmed, she would run in the ensuing special election. After Watt as confirmed in December, Adams formally filed paperwork to run in both the Democratic primary for a full two-year term in the 114th Congress and the special election for the balance of Watt's 11th term.

It was initially thought that Adams was at a geographic disadvantage. Adams is from Greensboro, but the bulk of the district's population is in Charlotte. However, three Charlotteans in the race split that region's vote. This allowed Adams to win the primary with 43 percent of the vote, a few thousand votes over the 40 percent threshold to avoid a runoff. She will face Republican Vince Coakley, a former television and radio broadcaster from Matthews, in both the general and special elections, which will be held on the same day in November. However, the 12th is a heavily Democratic, black-majority district with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+26, and Adams will be overwhelmingly favored in the general election.

If Adams wins as expected, she will be the second woman of color to represent North Carolina in the House. The first was Eva Clayton, who represented much of eastern North Carolina from 1992 to 2002.

Legislative career

Adams was previously a member of the Greensboro City School Board from 1984 to 1986 and a Greensboro City Council member from 1987 until her appointment to the house seat in 1994.

In 2008, Adams was elected to a second term as chair of the North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus.

She is vice-chair of the Government Committee in the state House and previously has been chair of the Appropriations Committee as well as vice-chair of the Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee.

Other work

Adams has been a professor of art at Bennett College, in Greensboro as well as the director of the Steel Hall Art Gallery.

In 1990, Adams helped co-found, with Eva Hamlin Miller, the African American Atelier, an organization established to advance awareness and appreciation for visual arts and cultures of African Americans.

She is currently the chairperson of the North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus Foundation which gives out scholarships to students who are attending one of North Carolina's Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Personal life

Adams is divorced, the mother of two children. She is well noted for the many distinctive hats that she wears.

References

  1. "Adams, Coakley to compete for 12th District congressional seat in November". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
  2. ^ The North Carolina Manual 2009-2010. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Secretary of State. 2009. p. 365. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  3. ^ Beckwith, Ryan Teague. "Alma Adams". Raleigh News & Observer. Retrieved June 18, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Barstow, Thomas A. (March 31, 1994). "Alma Adams Gets Gist's Seat". Greensboro News & Record.
  5. "O. C. Stafford: Running as a Democrat". Greensboro News and Record. January 27, 1994. p. B8.
  6. Alexander, Lex (October 14, 1998). "Rematch Set for District 26". Greensboro News and Record. p. B1.
  7. "NC House" (PDF). 1996 General Election Results. North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  8. "House 26" (PDF). 1998 General Election Results. North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  9. "A Key Year in the House". Greensboro News and Record. October 30, 2000. p. A8.
  10. "House District 26" (PDF). 2000 General Election Results. North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  11. "Greensboro Lawyer is Dropping Out of House Race". Greensboro News and Record. October 9, 2002. p. B2.
  12. "2002 General Election Results" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  13. "Olga Wright Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  14. "2004 General Election Results" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  15. "2006 General Election Results" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 119, 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  16. "2008 General Election". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  17. "2010 Primary Results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  18. "2010 General Election". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  19. "2012 General Election Results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  20. Cahn, Emily. "Roll Call: Watt Confirmation Kicks Off North Carolina Special Election". Atr.rollcall.com. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  21. News & Observer: Adams to chair Black Caucus again
  22. "Committee Assignments 2013-2014". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  23. "Background". African American Atelier. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
  24. "About the NCLBCF". NC Legislative Black Caucus Foundation. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
  25. Hairston, Otis L., Jr (2003). Black America Series: Greensboro, North Carolina. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-1525-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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