In a special April 3 election, Buncombe County Democratic leaders picked longtime community activist Terry Van Duyn to serve as the area’s new North Carolina senator.
Van Duyn will complete the unexpired term of Sen. Martin Nesbitt, the state senate minority leader who died in March after representing District 49 in the General Assembly since 2003.
She’ll be sworn in May 8 at 5 p.m. at a public ceremony at the Buncombe County Courthouse (see invitation above via the Buncombe County Democratic Party’s email newsletter).
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