Philip Edward Berger (born August 8, 1952) is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's thirtieth Senate district, which includes Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, and Surry counties.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals deemed the laws to "target African Americans with almost surgical precision[5] in an opinion written by Diana Motz, an appointee of President Bill Clinton.
[9] In 2019, a North Carolina judge offered an opinion that the General Assembly was illegally constituted and unable to make law.
[11] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Berger led Republican opposition to North Carolina Board of Elections recommendations to make voting by mail easier.
[12] After the 2024 elections when Democratic candidates won the races for Governor and Attorney General and Republicans lost their supermajority in the North Carolina legislature, North Carolina Republicans in the legislature passed a sweeping bill to strip the state’s incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of key powers.