{"biography":"Julia Craven Howard is the incumbent Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for District\u202f77 and is on the ballot for re\u2011election in the November\u202f3,\u202f2026 general election\u202f[1][18]. She currently serves as a senior chair of the House Finance Committee, a role she regained in 2023 after a brief removal during an intra\u2011party dispute\u202f[18]. Howard also chairs the UNC Board of Governors Nominations Committee and holds memberships on several other committees, including Banking, Commerce, Energy and Public Utilities, and Insurance\u202f[1].\n\nBorn on August\u202f20,\u202f1944 in Rowan County, North Carolina, Howard earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Salem College in 2003\u202f[7][9]. She is a licensed real\u2011estate appraiser and realtor, owning and operating Howard Realty in Davie County\u202f[1][9].\n\nHoward\u2019s public service began on the Mocksville Town Board, where she served from 1981 to 1988\u202f[9]. She was first elected to the North Carolina House in 1989, representing District\u202f79 for more than three decades until redistricting moved her to District\u202f77 in 2019\u202f[14][7][4]. Over her tenure she has chaired key committees such as Banking, Finance, and Energy and Public Utilities, and has been a senior chair of the Finance Committee multiple times\u202f[1][14]. Her legislative focus has included welfare reform, small\u2011business support, child\u2011protection laws, and restructuring the state unemployment system during the 2008 recession\u202f[14].\n\nBeyond the state legislature, Howard has been active in national legislative organizations. She served as national vice\u2011chair and later chair\u2011elect of the Council of State Governments (CSG), and chaired the CSG Southern Legislative Conference in 2007\u201108\u202f[14]. She has received recognitions such as the American Legislative Exchange \u201cLegislator of the Year\u201d award and the Rotary Paul Harris Award\u202f[9].\n\nIn 2023, after a three\u2011year hiatus from the Finance Committee leadership, Speaker Tim Moore reinstated Howard as a senior chair, citing her experience and the importance of her role in budgetary matters\u202f[18]. She continues to represent constituents in Rowan, Yadkin, and Davie counties, emphasizing fiscal responsibility and policies that benefit families and small businesses\u202f[1][18].\n\nHoward\u2019s office is located at 300\u202fN. Salisbury St., Room\u202f302, Raleigh, NC\u202f27603\u20115925, with a district mailing address at 330\u202fS. Salisbury St., Mocksville, NC\u202f27028. She can be reached by phone at 919\u2011733\u20115904 or 336\u2011751\u20113538\u202f[11].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Julia Howard - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Julia_Howard)\n- [4] [Representative Julia C. Howard - Biography - North Carolina General Assembly](https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/53)\n- [6] [Representative Julia C. Howard's Introduced Bills - North Carolina General Assembly](https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/IntroducedBills/H/53)\n- [7] [Julia C. Howard - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_C._Howard)\n- [9] [Vote Smart | Facts For All](https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/5988/julia-howard)\n- [11] [State Representative Julia Howard | BillTrack50](https://www.billtrack50.com/legislatordetail/957)\n- [12] [North Carolina State Rep. Julia Howard - Biography | LegiStorm](https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/192853/Julia_Craven_Howard.html)\n- [13] [Julia Howard - North Carolina House Republican Caucus](https://www.nchouserepublicans.com/members/julia-howard)\n- [14] [Rep. Julia Howard - Issuu](https://issuu.com/csg.publications/docs/ci_issue_1_2023_final_3-8/s/20502082)\n- [15] [NC Representative Julia Howard | Government Services - Davie County Chamber and Tourism](https://business.daviechamber.com/list/member/nc-representative-julia-howard-699)\n- [16] [Julia Howard - North Carolina Candidate - Transparency USA](https://www.transparencyusa.org/nc/candidate/julia-howard)\n- [18] [North Carolina House member back in leading committee position 3 years after removal](https://www.wunc.org/politics/2024-08-01/julia-howard-nc-house-finance-committee)","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_077","county":"davie","county_count":3,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 077"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Julia","fullname":"Julia Craven Howard","lastname":"Howard","middlename":"Craven","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_077","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 077","county":"davie","county_count":3,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"state_house_077","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 077","county":"davie","county_count":3,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Julia Howard is a long\u2011serving Republican NC House member for District\u202f77, senior chair of the Finance Committee, running for re\u2011election in 2026.","terms":[],"token":"2eb0c3087b3e4c6f"}