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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 ...
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]
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.
Gov. Roy Cooper talks with The News & Observer about how he’ll spend 2024, the final year of his second term as governor. Gov. Roy Cooper talks with The News & Observer about how he’ll spend ...
It received unanimous approval within hours, with a 47-0 vote in the state Senate and a 113-0 vote in the House, sending it to the desk of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. Cooper quickly signed the ...
Gov. Roy Cooper, left, shakes hands with House Speaker Tim Moore, center and Senate Leader Phil Berger prior to Cooper’s biennial State of the State address to a joint session of the General ...
Cooper worked as a staff attorney with the Oklahoma Legislature and the North Carolina General Assembly. [4] She was a member of North Carolina's committee on inaugural ceremonies and, in 1997, attended the swearing-in as North Carolina Secretary of State of Campbell Law School classmate Elaine Marshall, who had become the first woman in North Carolina elected to statewide office.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has made his career in public service since 1987. After spending time in both the House and Senate, he was elected as attorney general in 2000. He was reelected in ...