Background
Brock was born in 1974 in Mocksville, North Carolina. He is a lifelong resident of Davie County; he lives on the farm that has been in his family since 1790. Burr Brock, Sr., Senator Brock’s grandfather, served in the North Carolina House of Representatives, as well as the Senate. Brock is a graduate of Davie County High School.
In 1998 Brock graduated from Western Carolina University, in Cullowhee, NC, where he majored in Economics and Political Science. While at Western, Brock was elected Student Body President. He served as Vice-Chairman, and subsequently Chairman of the WCU College Republicans, and Founder of the Public Policy Institute. While a student at WCU, Brock interned in the North Carolina General Assembly as an Assistant Sergeant-At-Arms.
After college Brock was employed by the Conference on Poverty to work toward welfare reform for the State of North Carolina. He then went on to work for Senator Lauch Faircloth in his re-election campaign for the United States Senate. Subsequently former Congressman Bill Cobey hired Brock to work as campaign manager on his campaign for Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party. He worked for the Republican Party of North Carolina in various capacities. Brock later worked as campaign manager for U.S. Congressman Walter B. Jones.
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