Joseph Heath Shuler (born December 31, 1971) is a businessman, politician and former American football player. He is currently a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing North Carolina's 11th congressional district (map) since 2007. The district includes most of the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina. The largest city in the district is Asheville.
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Joseph Heath Shuler (born December 31, 1971) is a businessman, politician and former American football player. He is currently a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing North Carolina's 11th congressional district (map) since 2007. The district includes most of the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina. The largest city in the district is Asheville.
A former NFL quarterback and real estate investor, Shuler defeated eight-term Republican incumbent Charles H. Taylor in the 2006 congressional elections. He was re-elected by a wide margin in 2008. Shuler is also a member of The Family.
Shuler was born in Bryson City, North Carolina; a small town in the Great Smoky Mountains on the Tennessee border. His father was a mail carrier and his mother a homemaker and volunteer with the Swain County Youth Association; he has a younger brother, Benjie.
He is married to Nikol (née Davis) Shuler, with whom he has two children, Navy (b. 1999) and Island (b...
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