Paul Luebke
Paul Luebke | |
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Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
In office January 1, 1991 – October 29, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Sharon Thompson |
Succeeded by | Philip Lehman |
Constituency | 23rd District (1991-2003) 30th District (2003-2016) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1946-01-18)January 18, 1946 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | October 29, 2016(2016-10-29) (aged 70) |
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Valparaiso University (BA) Columbia University (PhD) |
Occupation | educator |
Paul Luebke (January 18, 1946 – October 29, 2016) was a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly, representing the 30th House District, which includes constituents in Durham County. A professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Luebke served eleven[1] consecutive two-year term in the state House of Representatives.
Childhood and education
Luebke was born on January 18, 1946,[2] in Chicago, Illinois, to Paul and Eunice Luebke. His father was a teacher and education administrator and his mother was a homemaker.[citation needed] Luebke spent his childhood living in Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis. During his high school years he moved to Ankara, Turkey, where his father worked as an education advisor to the Turkish government for the U.S. Foreign Aid Program.
While living in Turkey he studied at Privatschule der deutschen Botschaft, a German embassy school in Ankara, from 1959 until 1962.
After high school, Luebke attended Robert College in Istanbul, Turkey.[3] In 1966 he earned a bachelor of arts in government from Valparaiso University in Indiana. He earned a doctorate in political sociology from Columbia University in 1975.[4][5][6]
After graduate school he moved to the Durham area.[2]
Career
Luebke taught sociology at Tougaloo College, a historically black college in Jackson, Mississippi, from 1971 to 1975. He taught sociology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1975 to 1976. Luebke began teaching sociology at UNC Greensboro in 1976 and was awarded tenure in 1982.
He was a member of the sociology faculty at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, specializing in political sociology.[7]
He served on the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority from 1987 until 1991. He served as a board member of the North Carolina Consumers Council as a consumer rights advocate.
He was elected to the state House of Representatives in Durham's District 23, which then had three members, in 1990 and took up his position in 1991.[2]
As of February 2011 Luebke represented District 30[2] and was a member of the following committees:[8]
- Agriculture
- Education
- Finance
- Government
- Public utilities
- Rules, calendar and operations of the House
He was a chairman of the Finance committee and of the select committee on Municipal Annexation,[9] as well as vice-chairman of the Election Law, Campaign Finance Reform and Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House committees. He was also a member of the Energy and Energy Efficiency committee and the Environmental and Natural Resources committee.
He thought of himself as a "Progressive Democrat" and said that "I am especially proud that, during the 1990s, I led the bipartisan effort to eliminate the state sales tax on groceries; and that, in 2009, I was a primary House sponsor of the Racial Justice Act."[2] Luebke died of lymphoma on October 29, 2016, at the age of 70, while still in office.[10]
Books
Luebke wrote of two books about North Carolina politics: Tar Heel Politics: Myths and Realities (1990)[11] and Tar Heel Politics 2000 (1998).[12]
Electoral history
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Luebke (incumbent) | 37,094 | 73.85% | |
Republican | Elissa Fuchs | 13,132 | 26.15% | |
Total votes | 50,226 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Luebke (incumbent) | 23,535 | 100% | |
Total votes | 23,535 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Luebke (incumbent) | 33,697 | 100% | |
Total votes | 33,697 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Luebke (incumbent) | 13,442 | 64.52% | |
Republican | Jason Chambers | 7,393 | 35.48% | |
Total votes | 20,835 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Luebke (incumbent) | 25,265 | 85.78% | |
Libertarian | Sean Haugh | 4,189 | 14.22% | |
Total votes | 29,454 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Luebke (incumbent) | 12,033 | 100% | |
Total votes | 12,033 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Luebke (incumbent) | 21,245 | 88.10% | |
Libertarian | Sean Haugh | 2,870 | 11.90% | |
Total votes | 24,115 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Luebke (incumbent) | 14,017 | 84.64% | |
Libertarian | Terry Mancour | 2,543 | 15.36% | |
Total votes | 16,560 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Luebke (incumbent) | 15,105 | 31.15% | |
Democratic | Mickey Michaux (incumbent) | 14,256 | 29.40% | |
Democratic | Paul Miller | 10,238 | 21.12% | |
Democratic | George W. Miller Jr. (incumbent) | 8,886 | 18.33% | |
Total votes | 48,485 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Luebke (incumbent) | 57,471 | 33.70% | |
Democratic | Mickey Michaux (incumbent) | 51,329 | 30.10% | |
Democratic | Paul Miller | 44,521 | 26.11% | |
Libertarian | Robert Dorsey | 9,819 | 5.76% | |
Libertarian | Raymond Ubinger | 7,397 | 4.34% | |
Total votes | 170,537 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Democratic hold |
Committee assignments
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2015-2016 session
- Finance (Vice Chair)
- Environment
- Local Government
- Public Utilities
2013-2014 session
- Finance (Vice Chair)
- Agriculture
- Education
- Environment
- Government
- Public Utilities
2011-2012 session
- Finance
- Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Agriculture
- Education
- Government
- Public Utilities
2009-2010 session
- Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
- Energy and Energy Efficiency
- Environment and Natural Resources
- Finance
- Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
References
- ^ House Principal Clerk's Office (2011-01-07). "House of Representatives Terms served in General Assembly, House and Senate including 2011". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ^ a b c d e "Candidate questionnaires: Paul Luebke". Independent Weekly. Durham, NC. 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ^ "Board Selects Heads Of Publications, WVUR". The Torch. Apr 21, 1964. Retrieved Nov 8, 2016.
- ^ "Rep. Paul Luebke (D-NC 30th District)". Congress.org. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ^ "Alumni authors". Valparaiso University. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ^ "North Carolina manual [serial]". 1916.
- ^ "Faculty and publications". The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ^ "Committee Assignments". Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ^ "Annexation public hearing moved to larger room". SalisburyPost.com. Post Publishing Co. 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ^ "Long-serving Durham legislator Paul Luebke dies at 70". The News & Observer. Oct 30, 2016. Retrieved Oct 30, 2016.
- ^ Luebke, Paul (1990). Tar Heel Politics: Myths and Realities. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807818848.
- ^ Luebke, Paul (1998). Tar Heel Politics 2000. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807847565.
- ^ [1] North Carolina State Board Of Elections.
- ^ [2] North Carolina State Board Of Elections.
- ^ [3] North Carolina State Board Of Elections.
- ^ [4] North Carolina State Board Of Elections.
- ^ [5] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
- ^ [6] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
- ^ [7] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
- ^ [8] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
- ^ "NC State House 023 - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
- ^ "NC State House 023". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ^ "Paul Luebke". ballotpedia. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
External links
- NC General Assembly, "North Carolina General Assembly - Representative Paul Luebke". ncleg.net. Retrieved on 2011-02-10
North Carolina House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by Sharon A. Thompson | Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 23rd district 1991–2003 Served alongside: Mickey Michaux, George W. Miller Jr., Paul Miller | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 30th district 2003–2016 | Succeeded by |