Anthony E. "Tony" Rand is an attorney and former Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly

North Carolina General Assembly

The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The General Assembly drafts and legislates the state laws of North Carolina, also known as the General Statutes...

 who represented the state's nineteenth Senate district from his appointment in 1981 until he unsuccessfully ran for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

The Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is the second highest elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is the only elected official to have powers in both the legislative and executive branches of state government...

 in 1988, and from 1995 until his resignation in 2009. His district included constituents in Bladen

Bladen County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 32,278 people, 12,897 households, and 8,937 families residing in the county. The population density was 37 people per square mile . There were 15,316 housing units at an average density of 18 per square mile...

 and Cumberland

Cumberland County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 302,963 people, 107,358 households, and 77,619 families residing in the county. The population density was 464 people per square mile . There were 118,425 housing units at an average density of 181 per square mile...

 counties. A lawyer and consultant from Fayetteville, North Carolina

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Cumberland County, and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army post located northwest of the city....

, Rand served as Senate Majority Leader from 2001 through 2009. He was succeeded in the leadership post by Sen. Martin Nesbitt

Martin Nesbitt

Martin Luther Nesbitt, Jr. is the Minority Leader of the North Carolina Senate. He represents the 49th district . A Democrat and an attorney from Asheville, North Carolina, Nesbitt was elected to eleven terms in the state House before moving to the state senate in 2004.-Political career:Nesbitt was...

.

After leaving the Senate, Rand was appointed to head the state Post-Release Supervision and Parole

Parole

Parole may have different meanings depending on the field and judiciary system. All of the meanings originated from the French parole . Following its use in late-resurrected Anglo-French chivalric practice, the term became associated with the release of prisoners based on prisoners giving their...

 Commission.

Legislation introduced

In 2007, Rand proposed in Senate Bill S1557 that the state formally apologize for slavery and the denial of civil rights that followed after slavery.

On May 28, 2008, Rand filed North Carolina Senate Bill 2079 requiring North Carolina college students to mentor public school-age children in order to receive a bachelor's degree. The bill was named for Eve Carson

Murder of Eve Carson

Eve Marie Carson was a student at the University of North Carolina who was shot and killed on the morning of March 5, 2008, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. She served as Student Body President and was a recipient of the Morehead-Cain Scholarship...

 and Abhijit Mahato, two students murdered in North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

 in 2008.

External links

• North Carolina General Assembly - Senator Tony Rand official NC Senate website
• Project Vote Smart - Senator Tony Rand (NC) profile
• Follow the Money - Tony Rand
  • 2008 2006 2004 2002 2000 campaign contributions
• News & Observer "Under the Dome" Profile