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She chose not to run for re-election in 2010 and is now retired from elected public office.
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Laura Ives Wiley
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A Republican, she represented the state"s 61st legislative district, which at the time encompassed southwestern Guilford County, a majority of the city of High Point, the town of Jamestown, and the unincorporated area of Sedgefield. She was first elected to the North Carolina General Assembly in 2004 after defeating eight-term Republican incumbent Steve Wood in a primary election. In March 2013 she was appointed by the North Carolina House of Representatives to serve a four year term on the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina system.
She serves on the North Carolina Republican Party"s Executive Committee and on the North Carolina 6th United States. Congressional District Committee.
She is a retired educator who worked in Ohio and Tennessee schools prior to moving to North Carolina in 1997. Born in Twenty-Nine Palms, California, she is the daughter of a career United States Marine Corps officer
She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Surgery in Education. They have two adult children.
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She remains active in political and community activities, serving on the WAR Memorial Foundation Board of Directors, the High Point Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, and the Senior Resources of Guilford Board of Directors. Wiley had previously served on the High Point City Council since 2002, and before that was an active volunteer for both the High Point and Guilford County Republican Parties.
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