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Wib Gulley

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Wib Gulley
Member of the North Carolina Senate
In office
January 1, 1993 – March 19, 2004
Preceded byRalph Hunt
Kenneth Claiborne Royall Jr.
Succeeded byRalph Hunt
Constituency13th District (1993-2003)
18th District (2003-2004)
Mayor of Durham, North Carolina
In office
1985–1989
Preceded byCharles Markham
Succeeded byChester Jenkins
Personal details
Born (1948-07-31) July 31, 1948 (age 76)
Little Rock, Arkansas
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseCharlotte[1]
Children2
Alma materDuke University (BA)
Northeastern University (JD)[2]

Wilbur P. (Wib) Gulley (born July 31, 1948) is an attorney and former state and local elected official from Durham, North Carolina.[3]

Mayor

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Gulley served as Mayor of Durham for two terms, from December 1985 to December 1989. As Mayor, Gulley initiated Durham's affordable housing program, led neighborhood protection and center city revitalization efforts, and negotiated the City's acquisition of the local bus system from the Duke Power Company.

Gulley had won election in 1985 with 55% of the vote, was reelected in 1987 with 60% of the vote. He did not run for reelection in 1989.

State senator

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First elected to the State Senate in November 1992, he began serving in January 1993 and served six (two year) terms in the North Carolina Senate. He represented constituents in Durham, Granville and Person counties.[4] During his time in the state Senate, Gulley sponsored legislation that led to North Carolina's and the nation's first public financing of election campaigns for judicial office (for NC Supreme Court and NC Court of Appeals seats), as well as numerous campaign law reforms. He also led the Senate's Transportation Appropriations committee for five years, working to expand overall transportation funding with an emphasis on public transit and road maintenance. Gulley also sponsored and led efforts to prohibit predatory lending in North Carolina, helping end "payday" lending in the state, as well as being the lead sponsor for several key environmental measures.

Post-Political Career

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In March 2004, Gulley announced that his retirement from the General Assembly, effective 19 March 2004. He went on to serve as the General Counsel for the Triangle Transit, the regional public transit agency. In that capacity he is helping lead regional efforts to initiate passenger rail service and expanded transit options. He retired from that position in 2014.

Since retiring from Triangle Transit, Gulley has worked as an adjunct professor at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy in Durham, North Carolina.

Electoral history

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2002

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North Carolina Senate 18th district general election, 2002[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wib Gulley (incumbent) 27,335 46.23%
Republican Tom Davidson 19,706 40.53%
Libertarian Mark Kitchens 1,576 3.24%
Total votes 48,617 100%
Democratic hold

2000

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North Carolina Senate 13th district general election, 2000[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wib Gulley (incumbent) 82,509 37.54%
Democratic Jeanne Hopkins Lucas (incumbent) 76,064 34.61%
Republican Wallace Bradsher 52,113 23.71%
Libertarian Sean Haugh 9,102 4.14%
Total votes 219,788 100%
Democratic hold
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ "North Carolina manual [serial]".
  2. ^ "North Carolina manual [serial]".
  3. ^ "North Carolina Manual". 2001.
  4. ^ "North Carolina manual [serial]".
  5. ^ [1]North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  6. ^ "NC State Senate 13". Our Campaigns. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
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Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Durham, North Carolina
1985–1989
Succeeded by
North Carolina Senate
Preceded by Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 13th district

1993–2003
Served alongside: Jeanne Hopkins Lucas
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 18th district

2003–2004
Succeeded by
Ralph Hunt