Charles Jeter: Difference between revisions

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Charles Jeter

| image = CJeter.jpg

| state_house = North Carolina

| district = 92nd

| term_start = January 1, 2013

| term_end = July 25, 2016

| predecessor =''Constituency Established''

| successor = Justin Moore<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=797168|title = Our Campaigns - NC State House 092 Race - Nov 04, 2014}}</ref>

| birth_name = Charles Roper Jeter, Jr.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|8|30|mf=y}}

| birth_place = [[Columbia, South Carolina]], [[United States|U.S.]]

| occupation = [[Politician]], [[Business Executive]]

| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]

'''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.<ref>[http://www.wral.com/rep-charles-jeter-resigns/15876136/ WRAL.com: Rep. Charles Jeter resigns]</ref>

Jeter was born in [[Columbia, SC]]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]]inbusiness economics from [[Wofford College]] in [[Spartanburg, SC]] in 1995.

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.

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,<ref>[http://wfae.org/post/recount-confirms-primary-wins-jeter-rivas WFAE]</ref> but then withdrew from the race when he resigned from his seat.<ref>[http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article91683267.html Charlotte Observer]</ref>

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*Lanier, Josh. [http://www.carolinaweeklynewspapers.com/story/20100212/jeter-vies-large-county-commissioner-seat "Jeter vies for at-large county commissioner seat"]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Carolina Weekly'', Huntersville, NC February 12, 2010.

*Marusak, Joe. [http://www.charlotteobserver.com/politics/story/1233504.html "Jeter announces bid for Mecklenburg commission"]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, "The Charlotte Observer'', Charlotte, NC February 8, 2010.

*Wilner, Barry. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-106096830.html "TRAC, a team-oriented stock car series, is set to start its engines next year, but it still needs owners, drivers, and venues. "]{{dead link|date=May 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''Auto Racing Digest'' October 1, 2003.

*Jeter, Charles. "Personal." VoteJeter.com. 1 Feb 2010. Commissioner Charles Jeter. 19 Feb 2010. <https://web.archive.org/web/20091023064149/http://www.votejeter.com/personal.html%3E.

*https://web.archive.org/web/20091111115745/http://www.epa.gov/history/admin/reg04/jeter.htm

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