Career

A business owner from Spruce Pine, North Carolina, Frye served in his first state House term during the 2003-2004 session and is currently (2011-2012) serving his fifth term. He announced in 2011 that he would not run again in 2012 after the legislature passed a redistricting bill that put him in the same district with Republican Mitch Gillespie. In December 2007, Frye pled guilty to driving while impaired after being arrested on Christmas Eve.