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Malcolm Graham
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Member of the Charlotte City Council
Assumed office
December 2, 2019
Preceded by Justin Harlow
Constituency 2nd District
In office
1999–2004
Preceded by Nasif Majeed
Succeeded by Greg Phipps
Constituency 4th District
Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 40th district
In office
January 1, 2005 – January 1, 2015
Preceded by Constituency established
Succeeded by Joyce Waddell
Personal details
Born (1963-01-14) January 14, 1963 (age 61)
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse Kim
Alma mater Johnson C. Smith University (BA)
Profession business consultant

Malcolm Graham (born January 14, 1963) is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate, US, where he represented District 40 (Mecklenburg County). He was first elected in 2004, defeating former senator Fountain Odom in the Democratic primary and Republican Brian Sisson in the general election. He served in the Senate until 2014, when he ran unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives in District 12.

From 1999 until his election to the Senate in 2004, Graham served as a Charlotte City Council Member representing the city's 4th District.

In 2019, Graham ran for the Charlotte City Council again. He won the Democratic primary for the District 2 seat on September 10, and the general election on November 5. He was sworn into office on December 2, 2019.

Personal life and family

Graham was born in Charleston, South Carolina and first came to Charlotte in 1981 to attend Johnson C. Smith University on a tennis scholarship. He is the founder of the Center for Supplier Diversity and has served in leadership roles for Bank of America and Time-Warner Cable. Graham currently serves as Special Assistant to the President for Government and Community Relations at Johnson C. Smith University.

Graham and his wife, Kim, have two daughters, Cortney and Nicole. His sister Cynthia was murdered by white supremacist Dylann Roof in the Charleston church shooting in 2015.

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