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North Carolina is a Dillon's rule state, [49] and municipalities are only able to exercise the authority that the General Assembly or state constitution explicitly gives them. [41] All municipalities in North Carolina operate under either mayor-council governments or council-manager government , [ 41 ] with most using the latter. [ 40 ]
The body has its origin in the British colonial government of North Carolina. Under North Carolina's first constitution as a U.S. state, the Council of State comprised seven persons elected by the North Carolina General Assembly to advise the governor. The 1868 constitution redefined the Council of State as the secretary of state, state ...
The governor of North Carolina is the head of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Seventy-five people have held the office since the first state governor, Richard Caswell, took office in 1777. [1] The governor serves a term of four years and chairs the collective body of the state's elected executive officials, the Council of State.
The governor of North Carolina is the head of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. There have been 70 governors of North Carolina, with six serving non-consecutive terms, totaling 76 terms. The current governor is Democrat Josh Stein, who took office on January 1, 2025.
State Senate; State House of Representatives; State delegation to the U.S. Senate; State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives; For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes. Bold indicates present office holders.
Power + Secrecy is a News & Observer investigative series exploring both in North Carolina state government, especially the the N.C. General Assembly since 2011, when Republican lawmakers won ...
The Bath Building, pictured during the March 2023 Raleigh St. Patrick’s Day Parade. A North Carolina state government building that had Department of Health and Human Services office space, will ...
This is a list of U.S. statewide elected executive officials.These state constitutional officers have their duties and qualifications mandated in state constitutions. This list does not include those elected to serve in non-executive branches of government, such as justices or clerks of the state supreme courts or at-large members of the state legislatures.