Honorific-Prefix: | Senator |
Jim Burgin | |
State Senate: | North Carolina |
State: | North Carolina |
District: | 12th |
Term Start: | January 1, 2019 |
Predecessor: | Ronald Rabin |
Office1: | Member of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners from the 3rd District |
Term Start1: | 2008 |
Term End1: | 2016 |
Successor1: | Howard Penny Jr. |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Name: | James Andrew Burgin |
Birth Date: | 20 May 1956 |
Birth Place: | Knoxville, Tennessee |
Alma Mater: | University of Tennessee (BS) |
Spouse: | Ann |
Children: | 3 |
Residence: | Angier, North Carolina |
Occupation: | businessman |
James Andrew "Jim" Burgin (born May 20, 1956) is a Republican member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing the 12th district. He was elected in the 2018 elections. Burgin previously served on the Harnett County Board of Commissioners.[1] [2] [3]
Burgin supports Medicaid expansion, one of only a few Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly to do so. During the 2021-2022 session, Burgin and Sen. Kevin Corbin announced they were working on a bill to do so.[4]