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'''George Grant Cleveland''' (born May 9, 1939), is a Republican member of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]], representing the 14th District since 2004. He is a 25 year veteran of the [[United States Marine Corps]].<ref>http://www.jdnews.com/news/2.3193/candidate-profiles/george-grant-cleveland-1.32304</ref>
'''George Grant Cleveland''' (born May 9, 1939), is a Republican member of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]], representing the 14th District since 2004. He is a 25-year veteran of the [[United States Marine Corps]].<ref>http://www.jdnews.com/news/2.3193/candidate-profiles/george-grant-cleveland-1.32304</ref>


He currently resides in Jacksonville, North Carolina, where he has lived for over 25 years.<ref>http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/membersByDistrict.pl?sChamber=H&nDistrict=14</ref> In 2012, Cleveland generated controversy when he stated that the state of North Carolina has "no one in the state of North Carolina living in extreme poverty" during a debate in the House regarding preschool funding.<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/02/george-cleveland-poverty-north-carolina_n_1317554.html</ref>
He currently resides in Jacksonville, North Carolina, where he has lived for over 25 years.<ref>http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/membersByDistrict.pl?sChamber=H&nDistrict=14</ref> In 2012, Cleveland generated controversy when he stated that the state of North Carolina has "no one in the state of North Carolina living in extreme poverty" during a debate in the House regarding preschool funding.<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/02/george-cleveland-poverty-north-carolina_n_1317554.html</ref>

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George Cleveland
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 14th district
Assumed office
2004
Personal details
Born
George Grant Cleveland

(1939-05-09) May 9, 1939 (age 85)
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Political partyRepublican
SpouseNancy Leatherman Cleveland
Childrenfour
Alma materUniversity of Maryland, College Park

George Grant Cleveland (born May 9, 1939), is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing the 14th District since 2004. He is a 25-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps.[1]

He currently resides in Jacksonville, North Carolina, where he has lived for over 25 years.[2] In 2012, Cleveland generated controversy when he stated that the state of North Carolina has "no one in the state of North Carolina living in extreme poverty" during a debate in the House regarding preschool funding.[3]

In February 2017, Cleveland joined with Representatives Michael Speciale (R-Craven), and Larry Pittman (R-Cabarrus) in proposing a constitutional amendment that would allow North Carolina voters to repeal Article I, Section 4 of the North Carolina Constitution. This article declares "This State shall ever remain a member of the American Union; the people thereof are part of the American nation," and prohibits the state from seceding from the United States of America, and its inclusion in North Carolina’s 1868 constitution was a condition for being readmitted into the Union after the Civil War. [4]

References

[4] http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article134037589.html