Larry R. Brown
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Larry R. Brown is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
North Carolina House of Representatives
The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the state senate....

. He won the Republican Primary in 2004 against Michael P. Decker
Michael P. Decker
Michael Paul Decker, Sr. is a former member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's ninety-fourth House district, including constituents in Forsyth County...

, who had spent most of the last term as a Democrat although he had been elected earlier as a Republican.

Brown was in the U.S. Navy from 1965-1968. He has a bachelor's degree from Central Wesleyan College (South Carolina), now known at Southern Wesleyan University
Southern Wesleyan University
Southern Wesleyan University is a four-year and graduate Christian college, with its main campus in the town of Central, South Carolina. The university was founded in 1906 by what is now the Wesleyan Church....

. Brown then worked for the US Postal Service. More recently he has been a real estate broker.

Brown is a Christian. He and his wife Martha are the parents of two children.

Brown was criticized by a gay rights organization for using anti-gay slurs in an e-mail to fellow House members in 2010.

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