R.C. Soles, Jr.

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Sen. Soles has led a distinguished career serving the people of North Carolina.  He is a former member of the Army Reserve, the current Senate Majority Chairman, and a practicing attorney at Soles, Phipps, Ray, and Prince Law Firm.  In 2006, the N.C. Bar Association inducted him into the General Practice Hall of Fame.  Recently, the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research named him the 8th most effective member of the legislature.

Soles is the Founding President of the Southeastern Community College Foundation, a former member of the Governor's Crime Commission, and former board member of the Columbus County Community Foundation and Opera Company of North Carolina.

Soles graduated with a B.A. from Wake Forest University and received his J.D. from UNC - Chapel Hill.