FAYETTEVILLE -- North Carolina State Rep. Margaret Dickson has been elected to fill the unexpired term of former Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand.
An executuve committee of four Democrats living in Senate District 19 elected Dickson by a unanimous vote.
Rand resigned on Dec. 31 to lead the state parole commission.
According to party officials, Gov. Bev Perdue is required by law to appoint the committee's selection within seven days.
Dickson was first elected to the state House in 2002, when she defeated a three-term Republican.
Speaking to an audience at the old Cumberland County courthouse, she called the job a sacred trust and that she didn't take the job lightly in any way.
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