A top budget writer and Republican leader in the North Carolina House says he will resign next month. Rep. Jason Saine of Lincoln County confirmed on Monday that he will step down from his 97th House District seat effective Aug. 12. Saine joined the House in 2011.
FILE - North Carolina state Rep. Jason Saine, R-Lincoln, right, speaks with Rep. Terence Everitt, D-Wake, after a House Commerce Committee at the Legislative Office Building on March, 21, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. Saine confirmed Monday, July 15, 2024, that he will step down from his 97th House District seat effective Aug. 12. RALEIGH, N.C.
Saine, 50, said he’s “stepping away from public life to embrace new professional opportunities” that will allow him to keep advocating for issues he is passionate about. Saine, whose nonlegislative job has included public relations and marketing, said in a text that he was considering a marketing position with a mental health company. Saine said he also wanted to spend more time with his family, which includes a teenage son.
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