Deb Butler
Deb Butler is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, where she has served since 2017. She represents the 18th House District as a member of the Democratic Party.
Butler was appointed in 2017 to succeed Susi Hamilton, after Hamilton was appointed to head the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources by Governor Roy Cooper. She was reelected to another term in office in the 2018 state legislative election.
Butler identifies as lesbian. She will be one of four openly LGBT officeholders currently serving in the North Carolina state legislature, alongside caucus colleagues Marcia Morey, Allison Dahle and Cecil Brockman.
