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Marc Basnight (born May 13, 1947) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's first Senate district, including constituents in Beaufort, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pasquotank, Tyrrell, and Washington counties. A small business owner, Basnight is currently (2007-2008 session) serving in his twelfth term in the state Senate, where he holds the position of President pro tempore. Basnight was first elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1984 and has served as its president pro-tempore since 1993. In December 2006, Senate Democrats officially backed him for a record eighth term in that post.
Basnight was born in Manteo, North Carolina and graduated from Manteo High School in 1966. He married Sandy Tillett on 23 March 1968; they have two children. Basnight chaired the Dare County tourist bureau from 1974 to 1976, and was a member of the North Carolina Board of Transportation from 1977 to 1983. Though Basnight never attended college, he received an honorary bachelor's degree from East Carolina University in 1996 and was awarded honorary membership in the Society of the Seven in that same year. Basnight is a member of the Masons.