Political Career
Daughtry served in the North Carolina Senate from 1989 through 1993. He was elected to the state House in 1994, where he was elected Majority Leader in his first term. After Republicans lost control of the House in the 1998 elections, he became Minority Leader. The 2008 election is the only race when he has faced an opponent. Daughtry was a candidate for Governor of North Carolina in the 2000 election, losing the primary to Richard Vinroot.
He has been a Delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996.
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