[2][3][4] During the 2015 legislative session, Alexander was one of 22 African Americans in the North Carolina House of Representatives.

[6] He attended West Charlotte High School and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

[7] He first ran for NC General Assembly in 2008 and won, taking his oath in 2009.

[9] Alexander was the first African American to be appointed to the Airport Advisory Committee from 1978 to 1984.

He was involved in preventing an NC amendment that would allow state assemblymen to serve for four terms instead of two.