Eric Miller Reeves

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Eric Miller Reeves was a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly who represented the state's sixteenth Senate district, including constituents in Wake county. An attorney from Raleigh, North Carolina, Reeves resigned from his chair after the (2003-2004 session) which was his fourth term in the state Senate.

Reeves graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas 1982. There he wrestled for the St. Marks wrestling team, winning the Texas State Championship in his weight class. During his wrestling carrer, he and his team mattes were the school cheerleaders. Reeves earned a bachelor's degree in history from Duke University in 1986 and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Wake Forest University in 1989. He practiced law in Raleigh and was elected to the Raleigh City Council in 1993. He was first elected to the State Senate in 1996 and served as co-chair of the Senate Information Technology Committee.