(The Center Square) – State Rep. Joe John, Democrat from Wake County, has penned a letter of resignation to the North Carolina House of Representatives.
“After a courageous and arduous battle with cancer,” John writes in the Sunday letter, “I have been informed by my doctors that all treatment options have been exhausted, and I now face a terminal diagnosis.”
John, 85, won his fifth term in November. The longtime public official said he made the decision “with the intention of focusing on my health and spending cherished time with my family during this challenging period.”
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A lawyer by trade, John before coming to the Legislature previously was a judge in Superior Court and District Court; state Court of Appeals justice; and directed the crime
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