Tom Apodaca

Who is Tom Apodaca?

Thomas Michael "Tom" Apodaca is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's forty-eighth Senate district, including constituents in Buncombe, Henderson and Polk counties. He was reelected in 2010.

In May 2013, after receiving the maximum $8000 contribution from North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association, Apodaca sponsored legislation that would make it illegal for any car maker to bypass dealerships and sell directly to consumers in North Carolina. Apodaca's proposal, supported by the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association, was widely criticized as anti-competitive and aimed at insulating automobile dealers from Tesla Motors' business model.

In response to the Moral Mondays protests, Apodaca was quoted as referring to the protests as "crap."