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Daniel Terry "Dan" Blue, Jr. is a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate, representing the state's 14th Senate district, and is the Senate minority leader. ==House of Representatives== Blue served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1981 through 2002 and from 2006 through his 2009 Senate appointment. Blue was the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1991 until 1994, when the Democrats lost control of the House to Republicans. Blue was the first African American to hold the post of Speaker in North Carolina. From 1998 to 1999, Blue served as the first African-American President of the National Conference of State Legislatures. He sought unsuccessfully to regain his position as Speaker when the Democrats got back the majority in 1999, by forming a coalition of Democrats and Republicans that fell two votes shy of a majority. Blue remained in the House until he ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in 2002, in which he came in second place behind nominee Erskine Bowles and ahead of Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall.〔(2002 Primary Election Results, US Senate ), ''North Carolina Board of Elections〕 Blue returned to the practice of law and was hired by Jeanne Bonds (former Mayor) to be a lobbyist for cities on energy issues affecting working families. He was selected by his local Democratic Party to return to what was essentially his former seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives, after his successor, Bernard Allen, died while running unopposed in the November 2006 election.〔(Blue selected for Allen's seat in state House ), Matthew Eisley, ''The News & Observer'', October 26, 2006〕 Democrats also voted to allow Allen's votes in the election to go toward Blue.〔(Forum lifts Blue as leader for seat ), Ryan Teague Beckwith, ''The News & Observer'', October 22, 2006〕 Governor Mike Easley, obligated to accept the nomination of the party, appointed Blue to the legislature on November 2, 2006.〔(''WRAL News'' )〕 He served the remaining months of Allen's term and then took his seat for a full term in January 2007. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daniel T. Blue, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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