Roy Cooper
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Roy Asberry Cooper III is an American politician and lawyer who was the 75th governor of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 50th attorney general of North C
Cooper in 2023
Attorney General Roy Cooper (second from the left) standing behind President Barack Obama as he delivers a speech, February 2012
Cooper and former U.S. Representative Tim Valentine in August 2014
Cooper campaigning in October 2016
Pat McCrory
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Patrick Lloyd McCrory is an American politician and businessman who served as the 74th governor of North Carolina from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 53rd
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…tenure as attorney general is the longest in the state's history. Cooper was first elected governor in 2016, narrowly defeating Republican incumbent Pat McCrory; he is the first challenger to defeat a sitting governor in the state's history. He was reelected in 2020. Although the Republican-dominated legislature…
McCrory in 2014
McCrory campaigning in 2008
Gov. McCrory speaks at the Cary Innovation Center in 2012
Pat McCrory celebrating his election victory