A Representative from North Carolina. Born in Raleigh, Wake County, N. C. , April 17, 1968. B. A. , Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N. C. J. D. , Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N. C. , 1996. Lawyer, private practice. Staff, United States Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina, 1998-2002. Assistant United States attorney, Eastern District of North Carolina, 2002-2006. United States attorney, Eastern District of North Carolina, 2006-2011. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2013-January 3, 2021). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020.