Jean Farmer-Butterfield is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly, representing the state's twenty-fourth House district since 2003. Her district includes constituents in Edgecombe and Wilson counties. From Wilson, North Carolina, Farmer-Butterfield was one of the Majority Whips from 2007 to 2011, when the GOP took control of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She is the ex-wife of U.S. Congressman G. K. Butterfield.