Candidate Biography (submitted by campaign):

Personal: Date of Birth - September 1, 1939, Wake County, NC; Parents - Walter Rand, Jr. and Geneva Yeargan Rand (both deceased); Wife - Karen S. Rand and Children - Ripley Eagles and Craven McLean Rand

Education: BA in Political Science University of North Carolina, 1961; J.D. University of North Carolina Law School, 1964

Religion: St. John's Episcopal Church, Fayetteville; Lay Reader

Profession: Consultant -- Sonorex, Inc.; President -- Rand & Gregory, P.A.

Professional Associations: Admitted to practice in North Carolina, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Supreme Court of the United States; Member: NC Bar Association, American Bar Association.

Boards, Commissions, Councils: Board of Directors and Treasurer, General Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina UNC-CH; Carolina First Campaign Committee; Legislative Advisory Committee, N.C. Bar Association; Board of Directors, State Legislative Leaders Foundation; Board of Directors, Fayetteville Alternative Sentencing Center; Member, N.C. Institute of Medicine; Board Member, Institute of Political Leadership; Member, Advisory Board of the Center for the Study of the American South; Member, Advisory Budget Commission; Kiwanis; Order of the Golden Fleece; AHEPA; Cumberland County Business Council; Wake County Chitins' Club; Board Member. New Century Bancorp; Board of Directors, Law Enforcement Associates.

Political Activities: North Carolina Senate representing 19th District -- Majority Leader, NC Senate; Committees: Chairman, Rules and Operations of the Senate and Select Committee on Employee Hospital and Medical Benefits; Vice Chairman, Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship; Co-chairman, Select Committee on Government and Election Reform, Employee Hospital and Medical Benefits Committee and Health Care Oversight Committee; Member, Appropriations/Base Budget, Appropriations on Justice and Public Safety, Education/Higher Education, Finance, Health Care, Judiciary I, Legislative Services Commission, Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee

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