Inflation, the NC GOP Way

Speaker Tim Moore

Republican NC Senate leader Phil Berger and Republican NC House Speaker Tim Moore each have more than a dozen "partisan" staff members serving their manifest needs. Personnel data from the Financial Services Office at the General Assembly show the staffs' combined salaries total more than $2 million.

The top four partisan staffers in Moore's office:

Clayton Somers, chief of staff, $158,500

Andy Munn, deputy chief of staff, $120,000

Mitch Gillespie, senior policy adviser, $100,000

Sarah Newton, senior policy adviser, $85,000

The top four partisan staffers in Berger's office:

Jim Blaine, chief of staff, $158,500

Andrew Tripp, general counsel, $147,500

Amy Auth, deputy chief of staff for communications and operations, $112,500

Jeffrey Warren, policy analyst, $108,000