Full Name:
Robert 'Ben' Benjamin Clark III
Gender:
Male
Family:
Married
Birth Date:
1959
Birth Place:
Fort Bragg, NC
Home City:
Raeford, NC
Graduated, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Graduated, Graduate Level Teacher Certification Program, George Washington University
MBA, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
BS, Industrial Technology, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1981
Candidate, Lieutenant Governor, District North Carolina, 2024
Senator, North Carolina State Senate, District 21, 2013-2023
Democratic Caucus Secretary, North Carolina State Senate, 2017-2023
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, North Carolina, District 9, 2022
Candidate, North Carolina State Senate, District 21, 2020
Candidate, North Carolina State Senate, District 13, 2010
Former Member, Appropriations Committee on General Government and Information Technology, North Carolina State Senate
Former Member, Appropriations on Agriculture, Natural, and Economic Resources
Former Member, Education/Higher Education Committee, North Carolina State Senate
Former Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Capital Improvements, North Carolina State Senate
Former Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Unemployment Insurance, North Carolina State Senate
Former Member, Judiciary I Committee, North Carolina State Senate
Former Member, Program Evaluation Committee, North Carolina State Senate
Former Member, Redistricting Committee, North Carolina State Senate
Former Member, Select Committee on Storm-Related River Debris/Damage in North Carolina, North Carolina State Senate
Former Member, Transportation Committee, North Carolina State Senate
High School Engineering Teacher
Income Tax Prepper
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Studies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical Institute
Former Radio Spectrum Manager, Allied Air Forces, Central Europe
Science Teacher, Cumberland County Web Academy
Operations Manager, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, District of Columbia (DC)
Satellite Communications Branch Chief, European Communications Division, United States Air Force
Teacher, Pre-Engineering Technology
Chief, Technical Support Branch, Fort Bragg Mission Training Complex
Served, United States Air Force
Member, Habitat for Humanity, Raeford-Hoke
Member, Hoke County Civic League
Chair, Hoke County Democratic Party
Member, Hoke Reading Literacy Council
Member, Kiwanis Club
Member, State Executive Committee, Hoke County Democratic Party