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Roy Asberry Cooper III (/ ˈ k ʊ p ər / KUUP-ər [1] [a]; born June 13, 1957) is an American attorney and politician serving since 2017 as the 75th governor of North Carolina.A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of North Carolina from 2001 to 2017, and in the North Carolina General Assembly, in both the House, from 1987 to 1991, and the Senate, from 1991 ...
Democratic incumbent Roy Cooper was re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican lieutenant governor Dan Forest. Cooper became the first North Carolina governor to win re-election since Mike Easley in 2004.
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 69 governors of North Carolina, with six serving non-consecutive terms, totaling 75 terms. The current governor is Democrat Roy Cooper, who took office on January 1, 2017.
Incumbent Roy Cooper was first elected in 2016, defeating then-incumbent governor Pat McCrory by about 0.2 points. Cooper was re-elected in 2020 by 4.5 percentage points. [6] [7] The Democratic nominee is Josh Stein, the current state attorney general. The Republican nominee is Mark Robinson, the current lieutenant governor. [8]
Governor Roy Cooper delivering his oath of office, 2017. As with other state officials, only registered voters in North Carolina are eligible to be elected governor. Unlike most other candidates for statewide executive office, who must be at least 21 years of age, any potential governor must be at least 30 years of age. [36]
Democratic state attorney general Roy Cooper won his first term in office, defeating Republican incumbent Pat McCrory. Primary elections were held March 15. [1] Both McCrory and Cooper won their primaries by overwhelming margins. [2] Lon Cecil, a consultant and electrical engineer, was the Libertarian nominee.
In 2016, Roy Cooper ran for Governor of North Carolina and was elected over Republican incumbent Pat McCrory. [10] He assumed the governorship on January 1, 2017. [ 17 ] Kristin Cooper held a Bible under the new governor's hand when he was ceremonially sworn in on January 6. [ 18 ]
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