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{{short description|American politician from North Carolina (1959–2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Representative
| name = Ruth Samuelson
| image = Ruth Samuelson.jpg
| image_size = 180px
| alt = Portrait of Ruth Samuelson
| state_house = North Carolina
| state = North Carolina
| district = [[North Carolina's 104th House district|104th]]
| term_start = January 1, 2007
| term_end = January 1, 2015
| predecessor = [[W. Edwin McMahan|Ed McMahan]]
| successor = [[Dan Bishop]]
| office1 = Member of the [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg County]] Board of Commissioners <br/> from the 5th district
| term_start1 = 2000
| term_end1 = 2004
| predecessor1 = Tom Cox<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=862249|title = Our Campaigns - Mecklenburg County Commissioner - District 5 Race - Nov 07, 2000}}</ref>
| successor1 = [[Dan Bishop]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=862250|title = Our Campaigns - Mecklenburg County Commissioner - District 5 Race - Nov 05, 2002}}</ref>
| birth_name = Ruth Culbertson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1959|11|4}}
| birth_place = [[Charleston, South Carolina]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|1|23|1959|11|4}}
| death_place = [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse = Ken Samuelson<ref name="17OCT2006">{{cite journal | last1 = Morrill | first1 = Jim | date = 17 October 2006 | title = Fight is on to replace McMahan - in House District 104, Democratic Newcomer Faces Ex-Commissioner | journal = The Charlotte Observer | pages = 2B | location = Charlotte, North Carolina | publisher = McClatchy}}</ref>
| children = Three sons, one daughter<ref name="17OCT2006"/>
| alma_mater = [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]<ref name="17OCT2006"/>
}}

'''Ruth Culbertson Samuelson''' (November 4, 1959 – January 23, 2017) was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[North Carolina General Assembly]], representing the 104th district in the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]] from 2007 to 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nccppr.org/drupal/content/article-ii/legislator-reports/3943/2011-2012-report-for-rep-ruth-samuelson|title=2011-2012 Report for Rep. Ruth Samuelson - NCCPPR|publisher=|access-date=23 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315083647/http://www.nccppr.org/drupal/content/article-ii/legislator-reports/3943/2011-2012-report-for-rep-ruth-samuelson|archive-date=15 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="charlotteobserver.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article128167464.html|title=Ruth Samuelson, former lawmaker, dies at 56|publisher=|access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref> From 2000 to 2004, Samuelson served as a member of the [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg County]] Board of Commissioners, representing the Fifth District. In 2004, she ran for an At-Large seat on the Board of Commissioners, but lost in a tight general election race.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://charmeck.org/mecklenburg/county/BOE/data/Documents/general04.pdf | title = Mecklenburg County North Carolina November 2, 2004 Election Results | publisher = Mecklenburg County North Carolina Board of Elections | location = Charlotte, North Carolina | page = 103 | access-date = 12 November 2013}}</ref>

In November 2006, Samuelson was elected to the North Carolina House succeeding five-term incumbent [[W. Edwin McMahan|Ed McMahan]]. Samuelson was elected with 67% of the vote in the election, beating [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Paula McSwain.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://charmeck.org/mecklenburg/county/BOE/data/Documents/general06.pdf | title = Mecklenburg County North Carolina 7 November 2006 Election Results | publisher = Mecklenburg County North Carolina Board of Elections | location = Charlotte, North Carolina | pages = 130–131 | access-date = 12 November 2013}}</ref>

She announced on October 15, 2013, that she would not seek re-election for a fifth term and would leave office at the end of her term, after the 2014 elections.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/10/15/4390946/ruth-samuelson-says-she-wont-run.html | title = Ruth Samuelson says she won't run for re-election in 2014 | first = Jim | last = Morrill | date = 15 October 2013 | publisher = The Charlotte Observer | location = Charlotte, North Carolina | quote = Charlotte Republican Rep. Ruth Samuelson, one of North Carolina’s highest profile lawmakers and a top contender for House speaker, said Tuesday that she won’t run for a fifth term. | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131110144539/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/10/15/4390946/ruth-samuelson-says-she-wont-run.html | archive-date = 10 November 2013 }}</ref>

Samuelson revealed in June 2016 that she had been diagnosed with [[ovarian cancer]].<ref name="CLTOBSJAN232017">{{cite news | title = Ruth Samuelson, former lawmaker, dies at 57 | first = Bruce | last = Henderson | url = http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article128167464.html | newspaper = The Charlotte Observer | publisher = McClatchy | location = Charlotte, North Carolina | date = 23 January 2017}}</ref> Later that year she entered hospice care at home.<ref name="nsjonline.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nsjonline.com/article/2017/01/samuelson-former-lawmaker-receives-hospice-care-at-home|title=Samuelson, former lawmaker, receives hospice care at home|date=13 January 2017|publisher=|access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref>

Samuelson died on January 23, 2017, at the age of 57.<ref name="CLTOBSJAN232017" />
A hiking trail in Mecklenburg County has been named in Samuelson's honor.<ref name="nsjonline.com"/>

==Electoral history==
===2012===
{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 104th district general election, 2012<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/06/2012&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1174] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Ruth Samuelson (incumbent)
| votes = 31,319
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 31,319
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010===
{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 104th district Republican primary election, 2010<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=05/04/2010&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1023] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Ruth Samuelson (incumbent)
| votes = 3,489
| percentage = 83.03%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Jerry Drye
| votes = 713
| percentage = 16.97%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 4,202
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 104th district general election, 2010<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/02/2010&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1170] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Ruth Samuelson (incumbent)
| votes = 20,001
| percentage = 74.74%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Frank Deaton
| votes = 6,758
| percentage = 25.26%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 26,759
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2008===
{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 104th district general election, 2008<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/04/2008&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1177] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Ruth Samuelson (incumbent)
| votes = 29,349
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 29,349
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2006===
{{Election box begin no change|title=North Carolina House of Representatives 104th district general election, 2006<ref>[https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/07/2006&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=257] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Ruth Samuelson
| votes = 14,668
| percentage = 67.03%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Paula McSwain
| votes = 7,215
| percentage = 32.97%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 21,883
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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{{s-off}}
{{s-bef|before=Tom Cox}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member of the [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg County]] Board of Commissioners <br/> from the 5th district|years=2000–2004}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Dan Bishop]]}}
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{{s-par|us-nc-hs}}
{{s-bef|before=[[W. Edwin McMahan|Ed McMahan]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]] <br/> from the [[North Carolina's 104th House district|104th]] district|years=2007–2015}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Dan Bishop]]}}
{{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Samuelson, Ruth}}
[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:2017 deaths]]
[[Category:Politicians from Charleston, South Carolina]]
[[Category:Politicians from Charlotte, North Carolina]]
[[Category:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century American women politicians]]
[[Category:Women state legislators in North Carolina]]
[[Category:County commissioners in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Republican Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Deaths from ovarian cancer in the United States]]
[[Category:21st-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly]]

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