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SenatorAustin Allran
Member of the Catawba County Commission
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 2020
Preceded byDan A. Hunsucker
Member of the North Carolina Senate
In office
January 1, 1987 – January 1, 2015
Preceded byCass Ballenger
Succeeded byAndy Wells
Constituency26th district (1987–2003)
44th district (2003–2005)
42nd district (2005–2015)
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 1981 – January 1, 1987
Preceded byCarl William Rullman
Succeeded byWalter Stine Isenhower
Constituency37th district (1981–1983)
45th district (1983–1987)
Personal details
BornAustin Murphy Allran
(1951-12-13) December 13, 1951 (age 73)
Hickory, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Residence(s)Archdale, North Carolina
Alma materDuke University (BA)
Southern Methodist University (JD)
North Carolina State University (MA)
Occupationlawyer

Austin Murphy Allran (born December 13, 1951) is a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's forty-second Senate district, including constituents in Iredell and Catawba counties. He currently serves in a local capacity as a Catawba County Commissioner (December 2020 – present). An attorney from Hickory, North Carolina, Allran served for twelve terms in the state Senate. He was Vice-Chairman of the Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Committee and the Judiciary II (Criminal) Committee. He was also a member of four other committees - Education/Higher Education, Finance, Health Care, and Ways and Means.

Allran was born in Hickory, North Carolina. He graduated from Hickory High School in 1970 and then earned degrees in English and history from Duke University. Allran attended law school at Southern Methodist University, earning his degree in 1978. He married Judy Mosbach on September 27, 1980. They have two children, Elizabeth and Catherine. In 1981, Allran was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives and in 1986 to the North Carolina Senate. He served as Republican minority whip during the 1995–1996 session. In March 2005, Allran called for the game of Solitaire to be erased from the Microsoft Windows computers of state employees in his North Carolina constituency, claiming that such a move would save millions of dollars and improve productivity due to the working time lost while state employees play the game.

References

  1. Annable, Virginia. "Republicans Beatty, Allran win seats on board of commissioners; "I want to see us get back to normal," Allran said". HDR | Hickory Daily Record.
  2. "North Carolina manual [serial]".  : North Carolina Historical Commission – via Internet Archive.
  3. "North Carolina manual [serial]".  : North Carolina Historical Commission – via Internet Archive.
  4. "The Voter's Self Defense System".
  5. "USATODAY.com - Is that a spreadsheet on your screen or solitaire?". usatoday30.usatoday.com.

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North Carolina House of Representatives
Preceded byCarl William Rullman Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 37th district
1981–1983
Served alongside: Julius Reid Poovey 		Succeeded byJames Erwin Lambeth Jr.
John Wesley Varner
Betsy Lane Cochrane
Preceded byJeff Hailen Enloe Jr. Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 45th district
1983–1987
Served alongside: Julius Reid Poovey, Doris Rogers Huffman 		Succeeded byWalter Stine Isenhower
North Carolina Senate
Preceded byCass Ballenger Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 26th district
1987–2003 		Succeeded byPhil Berger
Preceded byConstituency established Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 44th district
2003–2005 		Succeeded byJim Jacumin
Preceded byJames Forrester Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 42nd district
2005–2015 		Succeeded byAndy Wells
Members of the North Carolina State Senate
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