1. David Grier Martin III was born on October 21,1968 and is an American politician and attorney.
16 Facts About Grier Martin
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Grier Martin served several terms as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly, representing the state's 34th district.
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Grier Martin's district included the northern part of Raleigh in Wake County.
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Grier Martin resigned in 2023 to serve as Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.
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In 2024, Martin was appointed Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs by Governor Roy Cooper.
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Martin's grandfather, David Grier Martin, served as the 13th president of Davidson College.
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Grier Martin graduated from Davidson College and the University of North Carolina School of Law, where he served as a Note Editor of the North Carolina Law Review.
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Grier Martin is a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserve and served in Afghanistan in 2002 and 2003.
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Grier Martin is a graduate of the Army's Airborne School, Air Assault School, and the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course.
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Grier Martin was first elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2004, after defeating incumbent Republican Don Munford.
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Grier Martin chose not to run for re-election in 2012 after redistricting placed him in the same district with fellow Democratic Rep.
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Grier Martin was unopposed for a full term in 2014, and was easily reelected in 2016,2018, and 2020.
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In 2010, Grier Martin was named "Defender of the Environment" by the League of Conservation Voters of NC.
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In 2011, Grier Martin was appointed by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to serve on the Reserve Forces Policy Board.
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On June 2,2022, Grier Martin announced that he would be resigning his seat in the NC House to take a job at the Pentagon as Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.
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Grier Martin had been planning to run for re-election in 2022, but his name will be replaced on the general election ballot by another candidate chosen by the Wake County Democratic Party.