GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - An anesthesiologist will replace recently sworn-in U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy in the North Carolina House.
The state Republican Party says Pitt County GOP activists on Monday chose Dr. Perrin Jones to serve out the remainder of Murphy’s two-year term representing the 9th House District. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is now obligated by state law to appoint Jones to the seat.
The seat became open after Murphy won the 3rd Congressional District seat in a special election two weeks ago following the February death of U.S. Rep. Walter Jones Jr.
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Jones is a Charlotte native who went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University medical school. He is past president of the North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists.
The House is in recess until next week.
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