Chris Sgro
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| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 58th district |
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In office 2016–2017 |
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| Preceded by | Ralph C. Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Amos L. Quick, III |
| Constituency | Greensboro, NC |
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| Born | Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Ryan Butler (m. 2006) |
| Residence | Greensboro, NC |
| Alma mater | American University |
Christopher Michael Sgro is an American politician and political strategist best known for his work advocating for LGBT rights in North Carolina. He is a former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and Executive Director of Equality North Carolina.
A native of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, Sgro was formerly director of economic development for US Senator Kay Hagan and a member of the senator's senior staff, a position which he held for more than four years and which took him to 97 of North Carolina’s 100 counties. Prior to that, he was one of the first staffers hired by Hagan to work on her successful 2008 U.S. Senate campaign.
Prior to his work with Hagan, Sgro worked in the Washington, D.C. headquarters for America Votes, a 501 (c)4 organization that aims to coordinate and promote progressive issues, and CARE, a national anti-poverty organization. Additionally, Sgro managed Don Vaughan’s successful N.C. Senate campaign in 2008. Sgro also worked extensively on Jamie Raskin's successful primary bid to defeat the then president pro tem of the Maryland State Senate in 2006.
Sgro lives in Greensboro, North Carolina and is married to Ryan Butler. Sgro met his husband, in a gay and lesbian documentary class, while an undergraduate at American University. The couple had a marriage ceremony in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 2006, but became legally married in North Carolina on October 10, 2014, where they were the second same-sex couple to receive a marriage license in Guilford County, North Carolina.
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