Michael Lazzara
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Michael Lazzara | |
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| Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 6th district | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Harry Brown |
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| Born | Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
| Party | Republican |
Michael A. Lazzara is a North Carolina politician.[1]
Lazzara was born in Palermo, Sicily, and raised in Chicago.[2]
Military career
Lazzara served in the United States Marine Corps from 1982-1986 and was stationed at Camp Lejeune.[3] He was promoted to corporal.
Career
Lazzara is the owner of Lazzara Pizza Inc.[3] By 2021, Lazzara has been in the pizza industry for 30 years.[4] In 2005, Lazzara first started serving as Mayor Pro Tem of Jacksonville, North Carolina. On the Jacksonville city council, he represented the 3rd ward.[5] Lazzara is chairman of the Jacksonville Tourism Development Authority.[2] In 2020, Mayor Pro Tem Lazzara, along with Chief Michael Yaniero, accepted a Law Enforcement Agency of the Year awarded to the Jacksonville Police Department by the North Carolina Police Executives Association.[6] On November 3, 2020, Lazzara was elected to the North Carolina Senate seat representing the 6th district. He resigned from the city council as result.[5] Lazarra assumed office on January 1, 2021.[7] Lazarra and was sworn in with a virtual ceremony on January 2 alongside George G. Cleveland and Jimmy Dixon due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9][10] Lazzara was appointed to three committees in the state senate: Appropriations on General Government, State and Local Government, Education, and Judiciary. In January 2021, Lazzara advocated for a state senate bill sponsored by Deanna Ballard that sought to reopen North Carolina schools, with a virtual option, amid the pandemic.[11]
