Edgar V. Starnes

Representative
Edgar Starnes
Majority Leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 2013  January 1, 2015
LeaderThom Tillis
Preceded byPaul Stam
Succeeded byMike Hager
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 1997  January 13, 2015
Preceded byGeorge Robinson
Succeeded byGeorge Robinson
Constituency91st District (1997-2003)
87th District (2003-2015)
In office
January 1, 1987  January 1, 1989
Preceded byGeorge Robinson
Succeeded byGeorge Robinson
David Flaherty
Constituency46th District
Personal details
Born
Edgar Vance Starnes

(1956-09-03) September 3, 1956
Granite Falls, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Residence(s)Granite Falls, North Carolina, U.S.
OccupationSelf Employed Real Estate Investor
Edgar Starnes Campaign WebsiteProject Vote Smart Biography

Edgar Vance Starnes is a North Carolina politician and an investor in real estate. He served as a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for a total of approximately 20 years, from 1987 to 1988 and from 1997 through January 2015. He then resigned to become legislative liaison for North Carolina State Treasurer Janet Cowell. At the time of his resignation, Starnes represented the state's eighty-seventh House district (Caldwell County).