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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 ...
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.
While the state has grown increasingly politically competitive since the mid-20th century, Republicans have had difficulty in winning gubernatorial elections in North Carolina, and the office has usually remained in Democratic hands. The current governor, Democrat Roy Cooper, took office on January 1, 2017.
Cooper has led the Democratic Governors Association, and he has been a frequent surrogate and champion for the Biden-Harris administration. ... N.C. Governor Roy Cooper prepares to crank the ...
Cooper’s term isn’t up until Dec. 31, and the new governor is sworn in in January. Robinson’s opponent is Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein, a longtime friend and colleague of Cooper ...
Cooper has also chaired the Democratic Governors Association. Cooper went to both undergraduate and law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Cooper vs. Republicans in NC.
Going into the election, there were 27 Republican governors and 23 Democratic governors in the United States. This class of governors was made up of 8 Republicans and 3 Democrats. Republicans were defending two governorships in states that Joe Biden won in 2020 (New Hampshire and Vermont) while Democrats were defending one governorship in a ...
Cooper upset the Democratic incumbent in a 1986 state House primary race and was elected to the General Assembly. ... As governor, Cooper quickly reached an agreement with legislators to partially ...