Our Congress consists of the Senate and House of Representatives. Every state has two Senators and as many House of Representatives as there are for the amount of people in them. For the state of North Carolina our two Senators are Richard Burr and Thom Tillis. The House of Representative that we have may vary because of the different districts, the one that I have is Craig Horn. Craig Horn has been in the House since 2011 and is up for reelection in 2016. Prior to getting elected for the House of Representative he was Maryland’s Council Member. He is married to Lorraine and they have four children. Craig is a member of the Republican Party. I think the interest groups that will like Craig Horn are CREST and National Riffle Association. CREST is an environmental group that focuses on energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable technology information which is one of the topics that Craig supports. Craig also supports citizens having the right to own a gun which is why National Riffle Association believes in. An interest group that will not be for Craig is anyone that has to do with allowing women to say whether or not they can have an abortion, however Craig is not completely against it in cases such as rape. I think that Craig has a future of being reelected again because of some of his viewpoints. Some people are for individuals being able to have guns and helping our environment. He does not seem like too much of a hard core conservative that will get Democrats against him. As I said before Richard Burr is one of the Senators in North Carolina. He is a Republican and became a Senator in 2005. His next election will happen next year, 2016. Before becoming a Senator for North Carolina he was Republican Assistant Whip for the House of Representative from 1994 to 2004. Richard is married and has two sons. He was born in Virginia and got a BA degree from Wake Forest University in 1978. Some interest groups that would favor him are National Riffle Association and Traditional Values Coalitions. Richard is supporter of citizens having the right to own a gun; those views are what the National Riffle Association believes in. Richard is also an individual who believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman. The Traditional Values Coalitions believes that in the bible based traditional values, which is what marriage between a man and woman is. An interest group that will not like Richard are NARAL Pro-Choice America. Richard does not support women having the right to say whether or not they can get abortion if they have not been raped or endangered. The NARAL Pro- Choice America is all for women having a say about whether or not they can terminate the pregnancy. I think he has a future in politics, he has been our Senator for quite a while now and has not done anything that made people dislike him greatly. Thom Tillis is the other Senator for North Carolina and became senator in the recent election which occurred in 2014. Thom will be up for reelection in 2020 and is a Republican. Before becoming a Senator for North Carolina he was the Minority Whip for North Carolina State House of Representative from
