Carolyn G Logan

Current office and 2026 campaign

Carolyn G. Logan is the Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for District 101, a Mecklenburg County seat. The General Assembly's member record lists her at 4 terms in the House and gives her occupation as retired ¹.

Logan filed on December 1, 2025 for a two-year term. No other candidate filed in District 101, so there was no primary and she has no opponent on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot ⁴. WUNC reported in December 2025 that Logan was among about 20 state legislators with no opponent in the 2026 election — all but one of them Democrats — and one of eight Mecklenburg County legislators running unopposed ⁷.

Her campaign site states her reasons for running in her own words: "I'm running to give women a strong voice in North Carolina. I value education, equal rights for all, equal treatment in the workplace and just and fair elections. Help me turn NC Blue!" ⁸

Background and education

Logan's campaign biography states that she grew up in Asheville, North Carolina ⁸. It states that she studied criminal justice at Belmont Abbey College, has completed the Administrative Officers Management Program through N.C. State University, and is a Certified Basic Law Enforcement Instructor ⁸. Vote Smart's compiled record dates her Belmont Abbey attendance to 2013-2017 ⁹.

Career

Logan's campaign biography states that in 1977 she joined the Asheville Police Department, "becoming the first black female police officer in Asheville," and that in 1984 she "was recruited to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, becoming the first black female trooper in the state of North Carolina" ⁸. It states that in 1985 she was transferred to serve Mecklenburg County, was eventually promoted to sergeant, served Gaston County and then Union County as a traffic safety specialist, and "was the only black female trooper in the state of North Carolina for 14 years" ⁸. It states that in 2007 "she was the first female of any race to retire from the North Carolina Highway Patrol with the required 30-year minimum" ⁸. Vote Smart's record lists her as a North Carolina State Highway Patrol sergeant from 1984 to 2007 ⁹.

Writing about that career on her campaign site, Logan says: "While employed with the police and the highway patrol, I experienced harassment, ridicule, and unfair treatment but I stayed when asked to leave, and fought back when told no." ⁸

Her campaign biography credits her with the Order of The Long Leaf Pine from the state of North Carolina "for extraordinary service to the state," the Trailblazer Award from the Black Women's Caucus, and the Pioneer Award from the North Carolina State Law Enforcement Officers Association ⁸; Vote Smart lists the last of these as an award of the "North State Law Enforcement Officers Association" ⁹.

The campaign biography states that she was elected to three terms as president of the Black Women's Caucus of Charlotte Mecklenburg and previously served as a member and as vice chair of the Mecklenburg County Commissioners' Criminal Justice Advisory Committee, and that she is a member of the Black Political Caucus in Charlotte and of the Charlotte Women's March ⁸. It states that she represents North Carolina troopers on the National Board of State Directors of the American Association of State Troopers ⁸; Vote Smart lists her as that association's North Carolina state director ⁹.

Office history

Logan's campaign biography states that she won her first race for House District 101 in 2018 after the retirement of Rep. Beverly Earle, who served from 1995 to 2019, and was sworn in in January 2019 for her first term ⁸. In the November 2022 general election she received 16,035 votes to Republican Steve Mauney's 5,377 ⁶. She was unopposed in the November 2024 general election, receiving 34,424 votes ⁵.

Legislative record and accomplishments

In the 2025-2026 session Logan serves on Appropriations; Appropriations, Capital and Information Technology; Energy and Public Utilities; Homeland Security and Military and Veterans Affairs; State and Local Government; the House Select Committee on Helene Recovery; the House Select Committee on North Carolina's Transportation Future; and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government ².

General Assembly records list Logan as a primary sponsor of 37 bills in the 2025-2026 session ³. They include House Bill 662, Support the State Highway Patrol; House Bill 1105, North Carolina Transportation Safety Act; House Bill 1204, Require Seat Belts on School Buses; House Bill 989, Build Safer Communities and Schools Act; House Bill 168, North Carolina CROWN Act; House Bill 366, Reenact & Expand Pistol Purchase Permit; House Bill 90, State & Local Gov't Retirees COLA; and House Bill 1161, Omnibus Artificial Intelligence Protections ³. House Bill 199, Authorize Municipal Deannexation, was placed on the House calendar for August 4, 2026 ³.

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