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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.
Roy Asberry Cooper III was born in Nashville, North Carolina, on June 13, 1957, to Beverly Thorne (née Batchelor) (1929–2013), a teacher and Roy Asberry Cooper II (1927–2015), a lawyer and Democratic Party operative who was a close advisor to Jim Hunt; he later co-chaired Hunt's successful 1976 gubernatorial campaign.
Between 1877 and 1972 all of North Carolina's governors were Democrats, with the exception of Republican Daniel L. Russell, who won a single term to office in 1896. [86] As Republican strength grew in North Carolina after 1950, the state's gubernatorial elections became increasingly competitive.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper thanks his wife Kristin Cooper as he declares victory at the North Carolina Democratic Party Headquarters on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 in Raleigh, N.C. Cooper ...
North Carolina is gearing up to host the biggest governor's race of the 2024 election between Democrat Josh Stein and Republican Mark Robinson.
Republican Mark Robinson and Democrat Josh Stein are dueling it out for the North Carolina's top office.
Joshua Harold Stein (born September 13, 1966) [1] is an American lawyer and politician who has served since 2025 as the 76th governor of North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Stein served from 2017 to 2025 as the 51st attorney general of North Carolina and from 2009 to 2016 in the North Carolina Senate. Born in Washington, D.C ...
Democrat Josh Stein talks Cooper, Robinson and the race to be NC’s next governor. Mike Morgan. Morgan is the long-shot candidate, partly because he got into the race so late and has raised so ...