Brian Murphy
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina House Republicans elected Destin Hall as the chamber’s next Speaker of the House, handing the gavel the 37-year-old in accordance with a long-agreed to succession plan.
Hall, who will become Speaker in January when the new legislature is officially seated, replaces Tim Moore, who is serving his record fifth term in that role. Moore, 54, was elected to the U.S. House from the Charlotte-area 14th Congressional District earlier this month.
n late October 2023, top Republicans in the House threw their support behind Hall, making the rules committee chairman speaker-in-waiting. House Majority Leader John Bell, who was also in the running to be speaker, will replace Hall as rules committee chair.
The voting was done by Republican members who will be in the body in January — 68 of the 71 were present. Hall and Bell said Tuesday that no other member ran for speaker.