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Charles Jeter

Charles Jeter, is an American politician and business executive. He is known for having founded Team Racing Auto Circuit (TRAC). He also is the President of Intermodal FCL, Inc. A Republican, he represented District 92 in the North Carolina House of Representatives from Jan. 2013 until his abrupt resignation on July 25, 2016.

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Charles Jeter
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 92nd district
In office
January 1, 2013 – July 25, 2016
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJustin Moore1
Personal details
BornCharles Roper Jeter Jr.
(1973-08-30) August 30, 1973
PartyRepublican
SpouseJennifer Cox (m. 2000)
Children3
Alma materWofford College (BA)
OccupationPolitician, Business Executive

Charles Jeter, is an American politician and business executive. He is known for having founded Team Racing Auto Circuit (TRAC). He also is the President of Intermodal FCL, Inc. A Republican, he represented District 92 in the North Carolina House of Representatives from Jan. 2013 until his abrupt resignation on July 25, 2016.2

Early life

Jeter was born in Columbia, South Carolina on August 30, 1973. He was born with a cleft lip & palate which has led to 26 corrective surgeries in his life. The first was at six weeks old and the final corrective surgery was in 1996 at age 23.

His father, Charles R. Jeter, was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to be Regional Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1981.

Jeter received a Bachelor of Arts in business economics from Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1995.

Career

Jeter is a close friend of syndicated radio personality Terry Hanson and former employee of Hanson's company Hanson Enterprises.

Jeter has started seven companies. The first in 1998 was Team Racing Auto Circuit (TRAC), which was a combination of NASCAR with the spirit of team-based sports such as the NFL. During his time with TRAC, he served as the company's Executive Vice President and successfully negotiated an 11-year contract with ESPN and a contract with Speedway Motorsports to use all six of their race tracks. In 2004, after selling his interest in TRAC, he left to create a domestic and international trucking and logistics company called Intermodal FCL, Inc., where he has served as president since. The company is based in Cornelius, NC. In 2009, he created a new community newspaper named The Lake Norman Citizen. The Citizen operates in Huntersville, NC and serves the communities of Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville and Mooresville, NC. His most recent venture has been Noob Incorporated, a communications firm offering marketing, public relations, and production services to traveling circuses and carnival workers.

Politics

Jeter formerly served three terms as a Huntersville Town Commissioner. He ran in 2010 as an at-large candidate for the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners. He then won his seat in the North Carolina General Assembly in 2012 and was re-elected in 2014.

In 2016, Jeter won the Republican primary for his House seat by only 35 votes out of 7,427 cast. He was going to face Democrat Chaz Beasley in the November 2016 general election,3 but then withdrew from the race when he resigned from his seat.4

Committee Assignments

5

2015–2016 session

  • Banking (Chair)
  • Alcoholic Beverage Control (Vice Chair)
  • Children, Youth and Families
  • Finance
  • Local Government
  • Transportation
  • Wildlife Resources

2013–2014 session

  • Appropriations
  • Banking
  • Commerce and Job Development
  • Education
  • Public Utilities
  • Transportation

Electoral history

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 92nd district Republican primary election, 20166
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles Jeter (incumbent) 3,731 50.24%
Republican Tom Davis 3,696 49.76%
Total votes 7,427 100%

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 92nd district general election, 20147
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles Jeter (incumbent) 11,757 52.54%
Democratic Robin Bradford 10,621 47.46%
Total votes 22,378 100%
Republican hold

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 92nd district Republican primary election, 20128
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles Jeter 2,947 54.17%
Republican Tom Davis 2,493 45.83%
Total votes 5,440 100%
North Carolina House of Representatives 92nd district general election, 20129
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles Jeter 18,843 51.40%
Democratic Robin Bradford 17,820 48.60%
Total votes 36,663 100%
Republican win (new seat)

2010

Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners At-large Republican primary election, 201010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Pendergraph 15,550 29.90%
Republican Dan Ramirez 12,732 24.49%
Republican Corey Thompson 6,616 12.72%
Republican Charles Jeter 5,989 11.52%
Republican Tim McLeod 5,213 10.03%
Republican Darryl Broome 2,594 4.99%
Republican Larry Shannon 2,077 3.99%
Republican David Michael Rice 1,227 2.36%
Total votes 51,998 100%

Family

He was married in 2000 to Jennifer Marie Cox. Together, they have three children: Caroline (born in 2001); Ellie (born in 2003) & Charlie (born in 2006).

References

References

  1. "Our Campaigns - NC State House 092 Race - Nov 04, 2014".
  2. WRAL.com: Rep. Charles Jeter resigns
  3. WFAE
  4. Charlotte Observer
  5. "Charles Jeter". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
  6. [1] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  7. [2] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  8. [3] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  9. [4] North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  10. [5] North Carolina State Board of Elections.