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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 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.
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 its inception in 1776. The governor serves a term of four years and chairs the collective body of the state's elected executive officials, the Council of State.
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 ...
North Carolina is gearing up to host the biggest governor's race of the 2024 election between Democrat Josh Stein and Republican Mark Robinson.
Profession: Lieutenant governor of North Carolina, previously worked in furniture manufacturing, at his wife's nonprofit Balanced Nutrition Inc. and he also served in the US Army Reserve.
The average age of governors at the time of their inauguration was about 59 years old. Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest current governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest. [16] As of the 2022 elections, there are 12 female state governors currently serving.
Gov. Roy Cooper talks with The News & Observer about how he’ll spend 2024, the final year of his second term as governor. What NC Gov. Cooper wants for the final year of his term, from elections ...
The 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the governor of North Carolina. Democratic state attorney general Josh Stein won his first term in office, defeating Republican lieutenant governor Mark Robinson to succeed Democratic incumbent Roy Cooper , who was term-limited.