Daniel G. Clodfelter

Daniel G. Clodfelter (born 2 June 1950) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the State's Thirty-Seventh Senate district, which includes constituents in Mecklenburg County. An attorney from Charlotte, North Carolina, Senator Clodfelter is currently serving his sixth term in the State Senate (2009-2010 Session).

Daniel "Dan" Clodfelter was born in Thomasville, North Carolina and graduated from Thomasville Senior High School in 1968. He earned a bachelor's degree from Davidson College in 1972 and was named a Rhodes Scholar. Clodfelter earned another bachelor's degree from Oxford University in 1974. He then attended the Yale Law School, earning his law degree in 1977. Clodfelter served as a law clerk for Judge James B. McMillan of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of N.C. from 1977 to 1978, after which he entered private practice in Charlotte with Moore & Van Allen, PLLC. He has been with the firm ever since. Clodfelter served as a member of the Charlotte City Council, representing District One (East Charlotte) from 1987 to 1993. Clodfelter was elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1998 and currently serves as Co-Chair of the powerful Senate Finance Committee and as Vice Chair of the Judiciary One Committee. Clodfelter has been a Trustee of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation since 1982.

Senator Daniel Clodfelter is married to Elizabeth K. Bevan; they have two adult children.

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Members of the North Carolina State Senate
President of the Senate: Walter H. Dalton (D) • President pro Tempore: Phil Berger (R) • Majority Leader: Harry Brown (R) • Minority Leader: Martin Nesbitt (D)
   
  1.    Stan White (D)
  2.    Jean R. Preston (R)
  3.    Clark Jenkins (D)
  4.    Edward Jones (D)
  5.    Louis M. Pate, Jr. (R)
  6.    Harry Brown (R)
  7.    Doug Berger (D)
  8.    Bill Rabon (R)
  9.    Thom Goolsby (R)
  10.    Brent Jackson (R)
  11.    Buck Newton (R)
  12.    David Rouzer (R)
  13.    Michael P. Walters (D)
  1.    Daniel T. Blue, Jr. (D)
  2.    Neal Hunt (R)
  3.    Josh Stein (D)
  4.    Richard Y. Stevens (R)
  5.    Bob Atwater (D)
  6.    Wesley Meredith (R)
  7.    Floyd McKissick, Jr. (D)
  8.    Eric L. Mansfield (D)
  9.    Harris Blake (R)
  10.    Eleanor Kinnaird (D)
  11.    Rick Gunn (R)
  12.    William R. Purcell (D)
  1.    Phil Berger (R)
  2.    Don Vaughan (D)
  3.    Gladys A. Robinson (D)
  4.    Jerry W. Tillman (R)
  5.    Don East (R)
  6.    Peter Brunstetter (R)
  7.    Linda Garrou (D)
  8.    Stan Bingham (R)
  9.    Andrew C. Brock (R)
  10.    Tommy Tucker (R)
  11.    Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. (R)
  12.    Daniel G. Clodfelter (D)
  1.    Charlie Smith Dannelly (D)
  2.    Bob Rucho (R)
  3.    Malcolm Graham (D)
  4.    Chris Carney (R)
  5.    Austin M. Allran (R)
  6.    Kathy Harrington (R)
  7.    Warren Daniel (R)
  8.    Dan Soucek (R)
  9.    Debbie A. Clary (R)
  10.    Ralph Hise (R)
  11.    Tom Apodaca (R)
  12.    Martin Nesbitt (D)
  13.    Jim Davis (R)