RALEIGH, N.C. — A state senator representing eastern North Carolina has been charged with driving while impaired in Raleigh, according to arrest records.

Sen. Norman Sanderson, 74, of Pamlico County, was arrested Saturday near the intersection of Edwards Mill Road and Trinity Road in Raleigh and charged with DWI, records show.

Sanderson also faces misdemeanor charges of failure to obey a traffic officer and transporting an open container of alcohol. He posted a $2,000 bond, and a court date is scheduled for Nov. 7, according to records.

Sanderson, a Republican, represents Carteret, Chowan, Halifax, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Warren and Washington counties, according to the N.C. General Assembly.

This story was originally published by WRAL in Raleigh.

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