Senator Carl Ford Contact information

Carl L. Ford, born on July 11, 1957, is a Republican residing in China Grove, North Carolina. He is a businessman by profession. Currently, he is a member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing the 33rd district. He assumed office on January 1, 2019, and his current term ends on January 1, 2025.

Before his current position, he represented the 76th district in the North Carolina House of Representatives. Carl was the Rowan County Republican of the Year for 2007 and 2008. From 2008-2012, he served as a Rowan County Commissioner, including a 2-year term as Vice-Chair and a 2-year term as Chair. In 2012, Carl was elected to the North Carolina House. He served his third term in the House.

You can contact him at his office phone (919) 733-5665 or email him at Carl.Ford@ncleg.gov. His legislative assistant is Angela Ford. For the 2023-2024 period, he has been assigned to several committees, including the Appropriations on General Government and Information Technology Committee (as Chair), Appropriations/Base Budget Committee, Senate Finance Committee, Pensions and Retirement and Aging Committee (as Chair), Redistricting and Elections Committee, and Senate State and Local Government Committee (as Chair).

In terms of electoral history, he is running for re-election to the North Carolina State Senate to represent District 33. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. The Republican primary for this office on March 5, 2024, was canceled. As of the 2020 Census, North Carolina state senators represented an average of 209,079 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 191,316 residents.