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The Moore County Republican Men’s Club is pleased to announce that Joe Stewart, Vice President for Government Affairs, Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina. Joe, who has been with us before, will present a post-election analysis. He has nearly 40 years of experience in government, politics, association management, issue advocacy, campaigns and fundraising in North Carolina, Baltimore and Washington, DC. In July 2019, he won the Bob Slocum Award from the Association Executives of NC, recognizing his consistent outstanding professional conduct in advocacy and political engagement. In October 2019 he received the IIANC Chairman’s Citation for his work on hands-free driving legislation, and in April 2021 the IIANC Governmental Affairs program won the Maurice G. Herndon Legislative Award from the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America for exemplary work on legislative issues and political engagement. In 2024, a poll of state legislators conducted by the North State Journal ranked Joe as one of the five most effective trade association lobbyists in North Carolina.
Congressman Bishop has been elected three times to the U.S. House, beginning with a
special election in 2019. He was previously elected to the North Carolina House and Senate and
the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. In the 118th Congress, Dan serves on the
Committees on the Judiciary and Homeland Security, the Select Subcommittee on the
Weaponization of the Federal Government, and chairs the Subcommittee on Oversight,
Investigations, and Accountability of the Committee on Homeland Security. He is also a
member of the executive board of the House Freedom Caucus and was one of 20 members who
contested the election of the speaker in January to negotiate for reforms in House procedure,
personnel, and policy for the new Republican majority.