1. George Edward Bell Holding was born on April 17,1968 and is an American politician, lawyer, and former federal prosecutor who is a former United States Representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district from 2017 to 2021.
22 Facts About George Holding
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George Holding previously represented the 13th District from 2013 to 2017.
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The district Holding represented stretched from just southwest of Raleigh to just east of Rocky Mount.
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George Holding served as the United States Attorney for North Carolina's Eastern District from 2006 to 2011.
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George Holding announced in December 2019 that he would not run for re-election in 2020, after court-mandated redistricting made the district significantly more Democratic.
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The youngest of five children, George Holding grew up in Raleigh.
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George Holding is a member of the Holding family which founded the First Citizens Bank in Smithfield.
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In 1998, George Holding left the practice of law to serve as legislative counsel to US Senator Jesse Helms in Washington.
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George Holding was employed by Maupin Taylor, a Raleigh law firm, from 2001 to 2002.
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George Holding joined the US Attorney's office for the Eastern District of North Carolina in 2002, working under Frank DeArmon Whitney.
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George Holding remained as US Attorney for two and a half years into the Obama administration in order to complete a number of political corruption cases.
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George Holding oversaw the prosecution of former US Senator John Edwards on campaign-finance charges; in 2012, Edwards was acquitted on one count, and the jury deadlocked on five other counts.
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George Holding's home was located in the 4th district under the new map, just outside the new 2nd's borders.
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George Holding decided to run in the 2nd district against the incumbent, fellow Republican Renee Ellmers, in the primary.
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Ellmers made much of the fact that George Holding lived outside the 2nd district, although the new district was actually geographically and demographically more similar to George Holding's old 13th district than to Ellmers' old 2nd district.
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George Holding's district was made significantly more Democratic than its predecessor.
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In December 2019, George Holding announced he would retire at the end of his term, saying the new map was a factor in his decision.
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In 2017, George Holding voted for legislation to ban abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy.
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George Holding opposes the Affordable Care Act and supported the 2017 House Republican bill to repeal and replace the ACA.
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On December 18,2019, George Holding voted against both articles of impeachment against Trump.
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George Holding was a member of the Republican Study Committee, Congressional Western Caucus, International Conservation Caucus, and US-Japan Caucus.
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George Holding was the House Republican chair of the British-American Parliamentary Group, which maintained ties between the US Congress and the British Parliament, and was co-chair of the Congressional UK Caucus; in theses roles, George Holding had led congressional delegations to Britain and commented on Brexit.