Joyce Krawiec is a Republican politician born on June 14, 1945, who served in the North Carolina Senate representing the 31st district from 2014 to 2024. The district includes Davie County and parts of Forsyth County, such as communities like Advance, Belews Creek, Bermuda Run, Cooleemee, Clemmons, Kernersville, Mocksville, Walkertown, and Winston-Salem. A small business owner in commercial real estate with her husband Ray, she is a lifelong conservative and Christian activist, former North Carolina Republican Party Vice-Chair, wife, mother of two grown daughters, and member of First Christian Church in Kernersville, where they have lived for over 40 years. She retired from the Senate after her term ended in 2024 and has been recognized for her compassion and bipartisan work.

Education and Political Experience

Specific details on her formal education are not publicly detailed in available records. Her political career began unexpectedly: appointed to the North Carolina House after Representative Larry Brown's death, then to the Senate in early 2014 following Senator Pete Brunstetter's resignation; she was subsequently re-elected. Notable achievements include sponsoring a bill requiring health insurance to cover children with autism , Burt’s Law to address abusive nursing home staff, and a Voter ID bill for election security . She has been a leading Senate voice on health care and social services.