Susi Hamilton held the House seat in North Carolina’s 18 th District for three terms and was recently elected to a fourth. She resigned near the end of January – after new Democratic Governor Roy Cooper tapped her to lead the state’s Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Deb Butler easily won the appointment by the Democratic Party and took her oath of office on February 6 th to represent the District -- which covers parts of Brunswick and New Hanover Counties. While this is her first