Yvonne Lewis Holley
Yvonne Lewis Holley is an American politician. She was first elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2012. A Democrat, she serves the 38th district.
She is the daughter of Raleigh broadcast personality J.D. Lewis of WRAL-TV. She attended William G. Enloe High School and Howard University, graduating in 1974 with a BA in Political Science and Government. Before her career as a state legislator, she worked for the North Carolina Department of Administration, Division of Purchase and Contract, as a Procurement and Contract Specialist.
Holley is running for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina in the 2020 election. She placed first in the Democratic primary on March 3, 2020, but with less than the 30 percent required to avoid the possibility of a runoff. The second-place finisher Terry Van Duyn declined to call for a runoff, however, making Holley the Democratic nominee.
