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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B1" title="روی کوپر – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="روی کوپر" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Roy Cooper" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper_(politik)" title="Roy Cooper (politik) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Roy Cooper (politik)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Roy Cooper" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CF%8C%CE%B9_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81" title="Ρόι Κούπερ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ρόι Κούπερ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Roy Cooper" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B1" title="روی کوپر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="روی کوپر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Roy Cooper" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EC%9D%B4_%EC%BF%A0%ED%8D%BC" title="로이 쿠퍼 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="로이 쿠퍼" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Roy Cooper" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Roy Cooper" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%99_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A8" title="רוי קופר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="רוי קופר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Roy Cooper" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Roy Cooper" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1" title="روى كوبر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="روى كوبر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Roy Cooper" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC" title="ロイ・クーパー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ロイ・クーパー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Roy Cooper" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Roy Cooper" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80,_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B9" title="Купер, Рой – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Купер, Рой" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Roy Cooper" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Roy Cooper" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Roy Cooper" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Рой Купер – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Рой Купер" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li 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href="/wiki/Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Governor of North Carolina">Governor of North Carolina</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1, 2017 – January 1, 2025</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Forest" title="Dan Forest">Dan Forest</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mark_Robinson_(American_politician)" title="Mark Robinson (American politician)">Mark Robinson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pat_McCrory" title="Pat McCrory">Pat McCrory</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Stein" title="Josh Stein">Josh Stein</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">50th <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Attorney_General" title="North Carolina Attorney General">Attorney General of North Carolina</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 6, 2001 – January 1, 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol 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class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />July 17, 1997 – January 1, 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Richard Conder</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Rand" title="Tony Rand">Tony Rand</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">North Carolina Senate</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_10th_Senate_district" title="North Carolina's 10th Senate district">10th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />February 21, 1991 – January 1, 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ezzell" title="Jim Ezzell">Jim Ezzell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/A._B._Swindell" title="A. B. Swindell">A. B. Swindell</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="North Carolina House of Representatives">North Carolina House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_72nd_House_district" title="North Carolina's 72nd House district">72nd</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />February 9, 1987 – February 21, 1991</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Allen_Barbee" title="Allen Barbee">Allen Barbee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Edward McGee</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Roy Asberry Cooper III</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1957-06-13</span>) </span>June 13, 1957<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 67)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_North_Carolina" title="Nashville, North Carolina">Nashville, North Carolina</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th 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class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Roy Asberry Cooper III</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ʊ/: 'u' in 'push'">ʊ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">KUUP</span>-ər</i></a>;<sup id="cite_ref-pronunciation_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pronunciation-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> born June 13, 1957) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 75th <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_North_Carolina" title="List of governors of North Carolina">governor of North Carolina</a> from 2017 to 2025. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, he served as the 50th <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Attorney_General" title="North Carolina Attorney General">attorney general of North Carolina</a> from 2001 to 2017, and in the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_General_Assembly" title="North Carolina General Assembly">North Carolina General Assembly</a>, in both the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="North Carolina House of Representatives">House</a>, from 1987 to 1991, and the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">Senate</a>, from 1991 to 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cooper graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a> in 1979. He began his career as a lawyer and in 1986 was elected to represent the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_72nd_House_district" title="North Carolina's 72nd House district">72nd district</a> in the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="North Carolina House of Representatives">North Carolina House of Representatives</a>. In 1991, he was appointed a member of the North Carolina Senate, a position he held until 2001. He was elected North Carolina Attorney General in <a href="/wiki/2000_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2000 North Carolina Attorney General election">2000</a> and reelected in <a href="/wiki/2004_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2004 North Carolina Attorney General election">2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2008 North Carolina Attorney General election">2008</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2012_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2012 North Carolina Attorney General election">2012</a>, serving for nearly 16 years, the longest tenure for an attorney general in the state's history. </p><p>Cooper defeated <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> incumbent <a href="/wiki/Pat_McCrory" title="Pat McCrory">Pat McCrory</a> for the governorship in a close race in the <a href="/wiki/2016_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2016 North Carolina gubernatorial election">2016 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-forgov_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forgov-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This election made Cooper the first challenger to defeat a sitting governor in the state's history. Cooper was reelected in <a href="/wiki/2020_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election">2020</a> against the Republican nominee, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina">Lieutenant Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Dan_Forest" title="Dan Forest">Dan Forest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Republican-dominated legislature passed bills in a special session to reduce the power of the governor's office before he took office, but Cooper continued to emphasize increases in education and healthcare funding throughout his tenure, culminating in successful negotiations of statewide <a href="/wiki/Medicaid_coverage_gap" title="Medicaid coverage gap">Medicaid expansion</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Roy Asberry Cooper III was born in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_North_Carolina" title="Nashville, North Carolina">Nashville, North Carolina</a>, on June 13, 1957, to Beverly Thorne (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a> Batchelor</span>) (1929–2013), a teacher and Roy Asberry Cooper II (1927–2015), a lawyer and Democratic Party <a href="/wiki/Political_consulting" title="Political consulting">operative</a> who was a close advisor to <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hunt" title="Jim Hunt">Jim Hunt</a>; he later co-chaired Hunt's successful <a href="/wiki/1976_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="1976 North Carolina gubernatorial election">1976 gubernatorial campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorth_Carolina_Manual2011190_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorth_Carolina_Manual2011190-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ouhgo4_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ouhgo4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cooper attended public schools and worked on his parents' tobacco farm during summers.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended <a href="/wiki/Northern_Nash_High_School" title="Northern Nash High School">Northern Nash High School</a> and as a senior was selected to represent <a href="/wiki/Nash_County,_North_Carolina" title="Nash County, North Carolina">Nash County</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Model_Congress" title="Model Congress">Youth Legislative Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorth_Carolina_Manual2011190_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorth_Carolina_Manual2011190-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cooper received the <a href="/wiki/Morehead-Cain_Scholarship#History" title="Morehead-Cain Scholarship">Morehead Scholarship</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a> for his undergraduate studies. As an undergraduate at UNC, he was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Chi_Psi" title="Chi Psi">Chi Psi</a> fraternity and was elected president of the university's <a href="/wiki/Young_Democrats_of_America" title="Young Democrats of America">Young Democrats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-camp_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-camp-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He earned a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_School_of_Law" title="University of North Carolina School of Law">University of North Carolina School of Law</a> in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorth_Carolina_Manual2011190_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorth_Carolina_Manual2011190-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While Cooper was still in law school, then-Governor <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hunt" title="Jim Hunt">Jim Hunt</a> appointed him to the State Goals and Policy Board, an advisory group that sought to achieve long- and short-range goals and policies for the state.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the youngest person ever to serve on the board.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hunt also appointed Cooper to the Interim Balance Growth Board and the North Carolina 2000 Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-tob5_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tob5-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a member of the Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce and <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">UNC-Chapel Hill</a>'s Board of Visitors.<sup id="cite_ref-er5o3_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-er5o3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1982, Cooper joined the law firm Fields, Cooper & Henderson in Nashville, North Carolina, the same firm his father had been a founding member of.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three years later, he was named a partner in the firm.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1984, Cooper served as the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mount,_North_Carolina" title="Rocky Mount, North Carolina">Rocky Mount</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nash_County,_North_Carolina" title="Nash County, North Carolina">Nash County</a> chairman of <a href="/wiki/Lauch_Faircloth" title="Lauch Faircloth">Lauch Faircloth's</a> unsuccessful <a href="/wiki/1984_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="1984 North Carolina gubernatorial election">gubernatorial campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tob5_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tob5-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_legislature">State legislature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: State legislature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Senator_Roy_A._Cooper_III.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Senator_Roy_A._Cooper_III.gif" decoding="async" width="180" height="230" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="230" /></a><figcaption>Cooper as a state senator</figcaption></figure> <p>On November 19, 1985, Cooper filed to run for the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="North Carolina House of Representatives">North Carolina House of Representatives</a> in the 72nd district.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He challenged 12-term incumbent <a href="/wiki/Allen_Barbee" title="Allen Barbee">Allen Barbee</a> in the Democratic primary and ran on a campaign of supporting <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a> and resolving a school merger dispute in Nash County.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cooper won the primary with 76% of the vote to Barbee's 24%, including more than a six times gap in votes for Nash county (5,966 vs 884), and he was unopposed in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cooper continued to practice law while serving in the legislature.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nonpartisan North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research ranked him the most effective freshman representative.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1989, he joined Republicans and 20 other dissident Democrats to unseat Speaker <a href="/wiki/Liston_B._Ramsey" title="Liston B. Ramsey">Liston B. Ramsey</a> in favor of <a href="/wiki/Josephus_L._Mavretic" title="Josephus L. Mavretic">Josephus Mavretic</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-jallow_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jallow-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who appointed Cooper chair of the House Judiciary Committee, of which he had been a member during his first term.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cooper also voted with all House Republicans and 15 Democrats in favor of an unsuccessful attempt to amend the constitution to grant the governor <a href="/wiki/Veto" title="Veto">veto power</a> over legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-anderson1_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anderson1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1991, after State Senator <a href="/wiki/Jim_Ezzell" title="Jim Ezzell">Jim Ezzell</a> was killed in a car crash, Cooper was appointed to the Senate to serve the remainder of Ezzell's term representing the 10th district, which encompassed parts of <a href="/wiki/Edgecombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Edgecombe County, North Carolina">Edgecombe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halifax_County,_North_Carolina" title="Halifax County, North Carolina">Halifax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nash_County,_North_Carolina" title="Nash County, North Carolina">Nash</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wilson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wilson County, North Carolina">Wilson</a> Counties.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-biwbre_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biwbre-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, Cooper negotiated a compromise bill to schedule a referendum to amend the constitution and grant the governor veto power.<sup id="cite_ref-anderson1_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anderson1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 1997, he was elected Majority leader of the Senate upon Richard Conder's abrupt resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his last term in the Senate, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Bar_Association" title="North Carolina Bar Association">North Carolina Bar Association</a>'s Board of Governors, a position he held until June 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-er5o3_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-er5o3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cooper's accomplishments in the legislature include implementing penalties for minors who bring guns to school, making public records more accessible, toughening the state's open meetings law, and giving the governor more veto power.<sup id="cite_ref-biwbre_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biwbre-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="North_Carolina_Attorney_General">North Carolina Attorney General</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: North Carolina Attorney General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2000, Cooper filed with the state <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Board_of_Elections" title="North Carolina State Board of Elections">Board of Elections</a> to launch a campaign for North Carolina attorney general.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the November <a href="/wiki/2000_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2000 North Carolina Attorney General election">general election</a>, he defeated Republican lawyer Dan Boyce and <a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_the_United_States_of_America" title="Reform Party of the United States of America">Reform Party</a> candidate Margaret Palms.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took office on January 6, 2001, and was reelected <a href="/wiki/2004_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2004 North Carolina Attorney General election">in 2004</a>. He was easily reelected in <a href="/wiki/2008_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2008 North Carolina Attorney General election">2008</a>, defeating Republican Bob Crumley and garnering more votes than any other statewide candidate that year.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cooper ran unopposed for a fourth term in <a href="/wiki/2012_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2012 North Carolina Attorney General election">2012</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and received 2,828,941 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both state and national Democrats attempted to recruit Cooper to run for governor in <a href="/wiki/2008_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2008 North Carolina gubernatorial election">2008</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> in <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2010 United States Senate election in North Carolina">2010</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and again for governor in <a href="/wiki/2012_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2012 North Carolina gubernatorial election">2012</a>, but he declined each time.<sup id="cite_ref-WRAL_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WRAL-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2009 <a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a> survey matching him against incumbent U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Richard_Burr" title="Richard Burr">Richard Burr</a> showed Cooper leading Burr by four points.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Barack_Obama_delivers_remarks_announcing_the_finalization_of_a_$26_billion_settlement.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/President_Barack_Obama_delivers_remarks_announcing_the_finalization_of_a_%2426_billion_settlement.jpg/250px-President_Barack_Obama_delivers_remarks_announcing_the_finalization_of_a_%2426_billion_settlement.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/President_Barack_Obama_delivers_remarks_announcing_the_finalization_of_a_%2426_billion_settlement.jpg/375px-President_Barack_Obama_delivers_remarks_announcing_the_finalization_of_a_%2426_billion_settlement.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/President_Barack_Obama_delivers_remarks_announcing_the_finalization_of_a_%2426_billion_settlement.jpg/500px-President_Barack_Obama_delivers_remarks_announcing_the_finalization_of_a_%2426_billion_settlement.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Attorney General Roy Cooper (second from the left) standing behind President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> as he delivers a speech, February 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2001, Cooper initiated legislation that established new mentoring and tutoring programs for middle and high school students out on short-term suspension.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Governor <a href="/wiki/Mike_Easley" title="Mike Easley">Mike Easley</a> signed the bill in June of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, a controversy arose after the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Division_of_Motor_Vehicles" title="North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles">North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles</a> was accused of covering up the speeding citation issued for Democratic <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House</a> candidate James Ferguson during the 2000 campaign, and the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party of North Carolina">North Carolina Republican Party</a> called on Cooper to launch an investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Faced with potential fallout for investigating members of his own party, Cooper called on federal prosecutors to convene an investigative grand jury, arguing that they had powers to compel testimony not available to the state.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2007, when Durham District Attorney <a href="/wiki/Mike_Nifong" title="Mike Nifong">Mike Nifong</a> asked to be recused from dealing with the <a href="/wiki/Duke_lacrosse_case" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke lacrosse case">Duke lacrosse case</a>, Cooper's office assumed responsibility for the case. On April 11, 2007, after revelations of Nifong's withholding of evidence, fabrications, and other ethics violations, Cooper dismissed the case against the Duke lacrosse team players, taking the extraordinary step of declaring them "innocent" and victims of a "tragic rush to accuse".<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision won him bipartisan praise.<sup id="cite_ref-camp_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-camp-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cooper-Valentine2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Cooper-Valentine2014.jpg/330px-Cooper-Valentine2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Cooper-Valentine2014.jpg/500px-Cooper-Valentine2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Cooper-Valentine2014.jpg/960px-Cooper-Valentine2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1058" data-file-height="914" /></a><figcaption>Cooper and former U.S. Representative <a href="/wiki/Tim_Valentine" title="Tim Valentine">Tim Valentine</a> in August 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>Days after the 2007 <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_shooting" title="Virginia Tech shooting">Virginia Tech shooting</a>, Cooper created the Campus Safety Task Force to analyze <a href="/wiki/School_shooting" title="School shooting">school shootings</a> and make policy recommendations to help the government prevent and respond to them. The task force delivered its report in January 2008. After the release of its findings, Cooper assisted members of the North Carolina General Assembly in passing a law that required court clerks to record <a href="/wiki/Involuntary_commitment" title="Involuntary commitment">involuntary commitments</a> in a national gun permit database.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWest2014116_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWest2014116-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a 2010 decision by a three-judge panel to exonerate Gregory Taylor, who had served nearly 17 years for the <a href="/wiki/First-degree_murder" class="mw-redirect" title="First-degree murder">first-degree murder</a> of Jaquetta Thomas, Cooper ordered an audit after it was learned that officials at the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation">North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation</a> forensic lab had withheld information.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This suppression of evidence had contributed to Taylor's conviction for murder. The audit was released in 2010; it found that it had been common practice for two decades for a select group of agents at the State Bureau of Investigation to withhold information.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, they did not keep up with scientific standards and the latest tests. The two investigators, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Swecker" title="Chris Swecker">Chris Swecker</a> and Micheal Fox, cited almost 230 cases tainted by these actions. Three people convicted in such cases had been executed; 80 convicts were still in prison. A massive state effort was undertaken to follow up on their cases. </p><p>In 2011 Cooper argued his first case before the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Supreme Court">United States Supreme Court</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/J._D._B._v._North_Carolina" title="J. D. B. v. North Carolina">J. D. B. v. North Carolina</a></i>, a case related to <a href="/wiki/Miranda_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Miranda rights">Miranda rights</a> in juvenile cases.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Court ruled 5–4 against North Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, after a major <a href="/wiki/Coal_ash" class="mw-redirect" title="Coal ash">coal ash</a> spill in the <a href="/wiki/Dan_River_(Virginia)" title="Dan River (Virginia)">Dan River</a>, then-Governor Pat McCrory accused Cooper of politicizing the incident after Cooper criticized <a href="/wiki/Duke_Energy" title="Duke Energy">Duke Energy</a>, the company responsible for the spill.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCrory later accused Cooper of "fighting against" efforts to clean up the spill, a claim <a href="/wiki/WRAL-TV" title="WRAL-TV">WRAL-TV</a> called "nonexistent".<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor_of_North_Carolina">Governor of North Carolina</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Governor of North Carolina"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_2">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2016">2016</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2016_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2016 North Carolina gubernatorial election">2016 North Carolina gubernatorial election</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Election_2016_(32951033395).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/US_Election_2016_%2832951033395%29.jpg/250px-US_Election_2016_%2832951033395%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/US_Election_2016_%2832951033395%29.jpg/330px-US_Election_2016_%2832951033395%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/US_Election_2016_%2832951033395%29.jpg/500px-US_Election_2016_%2832951033395%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Cooper campaigning in October 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>Cooper ran for governor of North Carolina in the 2016 election against incumbent Republican Pat McCrory.<sup id="cite_ref-forgov_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forgov-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2016, the North Carolina General Assembly passed the <a href="/wiki/Public_Facilities_Privacy_%26_Security_Act" title="Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act">Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act</a>—commonly known as "House Bill 2"—which McCrory signed into law.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELink2018477_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELink2018477-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeichelt2018241_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeichelt2018241-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Numerous corporations began boycotting the state in protest of the law, cancelling job investment and expansion plans.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeichelt2018241_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeichelt2018241-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cooper denounced the law as unconstitutional and refused to defend it in court in his capacity as attorney general.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELink2018478_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELink2018478-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of the economic damage the law caused, McCrory's approval rating fell dramatically in the months before the election.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeichelt2018241_58-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeichelt2018241-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When initial election results showed Cooper leading, McCrory claimed without evidence that the election had been manipulated by voter fraud. Recounts resulted in slightly higher margins of victory for Cooper,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELink2018479_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELink2018479-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and after an extended legal battle, McCrory conceded the election on December 5.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Out of 4.7 million total ballots, Cooper won by 10,227 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2020">2020</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2020_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election">2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election</a></div> <p>On December 5, 2019, Cooper announced his candidacy for reelection.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won the November 3 election, defeating Republican nominee Lieutenant Governor <a href="/wiki/Dan_Forest" title="Dan Forest">Dan Forest</a> by 4.5 points.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transition">Transition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Transition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dismayed by Cooper's win, in late 2016 the General Assembly passed special legislation before he was inaugurated to reduce the power of the governor's office.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In what <i>The New York Times</i> described as a "surprise special session", Republican legislators moved to strip Cooper's powers before he assumed the governorship.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout December, Cooper oversaw an attempt to repeal the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act. The repeal attempt failed after a deal between state Republican and Democratic lawmakers and <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a> officials fell apart. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure_2">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Governor_Cooper_Swearing-in_Ceremony.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Governor_Cooper_Swearing-in_Ceremony.jpg/250px-Governor_Cooper_Swearing-in_Ceremony.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Governor_Cooper_Swearing-in_Ceremony.jpg/330px-Governor_Cooper_Swearing-in_Ceremony.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Governor_Cooper_Swearing-in_Ceremony.jpg/500px-Governor_Cooper_Swearing-in_Ceremony.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Cooper being sworn in as governor of North Carolina</figcaption></figure> <p>Cooper was sworn in as governor on January 1, 2017, in a small ceremony. His planned public inauguration was canceled due to a snowstorm.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After taking office, as of January 6, 2017, Cooper requested federal approval for <a href="/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a> coverage expansion in North Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Effective January 15, a federal judge halted Cooper's request, an order that expired on January 29.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his first months in office, Cooper focused on repealing the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act. After long negotiations with Republican state legislators, Cooper agreed in late March to sign a law prohibiting North Carolina cities from passing local ordinances pertaining to public accommodations or employment practices for three years in exchange for the reversal of the facilities act.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 9, 2017, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_united_states" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the united states">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> appointed Cooper to a commission tasked with reducing <a href="/wiki/Opioid" title="Opioid">opioid</a> addiction.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a> declared North Carolina's legislative maps unconstitutional,<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cooper called for a special <a href="/wiki/Redistricting" title="Redistricting">redistricting</a> session on June 7, 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the House and Senate canceled the session, calling it unconstitutional.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 29, Cooper signed the STOP Act, an overhaul of the prescribing and dispensing regulations of opioids.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_meets_leaders_of_storm-ravaged_North_Carolina_at_MCAS_Cherry_Point_180919-Z-DZ751-464_(44838212625).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/President_meets_leaders_of_storm-ravaged_North_Carolina_at_MCAS_Cherry_Point_180919-Z-DZ751-464_%2844838212625%29.jpg/250px-President_meets_leaders_of_storm-ravaged_North_Carolina_at_MCAS_Cherry_Point_180919-Z-DZ751-464_%2844838212625%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/President_meets_leaders_of_storm-ravaged_North_Carolina_at_MCAS_Cherry_Point_180919-Z-DZ751-464_%2844838212625%29.jpg/330px-President_meets_leaders_of_storm-ravaged_North_Carolina_at_MCAS_Cherry_Point_180919-Z-DZ751-464_%2844838212625%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/President_meets_leaders_of_storm-ravaged_North_Carolina_at_MCAS_Cherry_Point_180919-Z-DZ751-464_%2844838212625%29.jpg/500px-President_meets_leaders_of_storm-ravaged_North_Carolina_at_MCAS_Cherry_Point_180919-Z-DZ751-464_%2844838212625%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2002" /></a><figcaption>Governor Cooper, Lieutenant Governor <a href="/wiki/Dan_Forest" title="Dan Forest">Dan Forest</a> and Senator <a href="/wiki/Thom_Tillis" title="Thom Tillis">Thom Tillis</a> meet with President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, September 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>On July 1, Cooper signed into law a bill that allows alcohol sales after 10 AM on Sundays, nicknamed the "Brunch Bill".<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 11, he signed "Britny's Law", which makes homicide first-degree murder if the killing was committed with malice and the defendant has been convicted of domestic violence or stalking the victim. He also signed bills to allow domestic violence protective orders granted by a judge to fully go into effect even when they are under appeal and to expand the state's "revenge porn" law from cases involving former lovers to those involving strangers.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 12, Cooper signed a bill that would add lessons on what to do when pulled over by law enforcement to the state's driver's education curriculum. The bill passed both chambers unanimously.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 26, 2017, Cooper signed a bill to mount cameras on school buses in order to discourage drivers from illegally passing stopped buses.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 31, 2017, he declared a <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a> due to plummeting gas supply,<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was rescinded on September 18.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fellow Appalachian governors elected Cooper co-chair of the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Regional_Commission" title="Appalachian Regional Commission">Appalachian Regional Commission</a> for 2019, making him the first North Carolina governor to co-chair the ARC since Jim Hunt in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2018 elections, the Republican Party lost seats in the General Assembly, ending its supermajorities in both houses and rendering it unable to override gubernatorial vetoes.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 6, 2019, Cooper proposed a $25.2 billion budget for the year. It included salary increases for public school teachers and state workers, expansion of Medicaid, and a $3.9 billion bond (subject to a referendum) to help fund school construction and local infrastructure projects. Cooper said that he was confident he could get the legislature, without enough Republican members to override a veto, to implement some of his ideas.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gov._Roy_Cooper_speech.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Gov._Roy_Cooper_speech.jpg/250px-Gov._Roy_Cooper_speech.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Gov._Roy_Cooper_speech.jpg/500px-Gov._Roy_Cooper_speech.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1594" data-file-height="920" /></a><figcaption>Governor Cooper giving a speech in <a href="/wiki/Tyrrell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Tyrrell County, North Carolina">Tyrrell County</a>, March 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>On February 11, 2020, Cooper announced the creation of a Novel <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">Coronavirus</a> Task Force for North Carolina ahead of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 10, Cooper declared a <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a> after the seventh reported case was identified in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four days later, he issued an executive order banning gatherings of over 100 people, and closed all K-12 schools for two weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June, he imposed a statewide face mask requirement for all areas open to the public.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was speculated that Cooper might run for the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Republican <a href="/wiki/Richard_Burr" title="Richard Burr">Richard Burr</a> in <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2022 United States Senate election in North Carolina">2022</a>, but he announced in March 2021 that he would not.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 27, 2023, Cooper signed into law landmark legislation expanding Medicaid after the Republican-controlled General Assembly passed the bill through both houses, despite almost a decade of GOP opposition. It is estimated that over 600,000 low-income North Carolinians will become eligible for the state's Medicaid program.<sup id="cite_ref-robertson_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-robertson-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> <a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_of_Joe_Biden_from_the_2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election">withdrew</a> from the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">2024 presidential election</a> and Vice President <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a> announced her <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris_2024_presidential_campaign" title="Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign">presidential campaign</a> in July 2024, Cooper was named as <a href="/wiki/2024_Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="2024 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection">a possible running mate</a> for her.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was reportedly seriously considered for the position and received vetting materials during the process,<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but on July 29, he withdrew his name from consideration without giving a reason.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 31, 2024, a day before leaving office, Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 inmates on <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_North_Carolina" title="Capital punishment in North Carolina">North Carolina's death row</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cooper was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Josh_Stein" title="Josh Stein">Josh Stein</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Vetoes">Vetoes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Vetoes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_1" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_%28video%29.webm/220px--Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_%28video%29.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="12" data-mwtitle="Cooper’s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_(video).webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_(video).webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_%28video%29.webm/Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_%28video%29.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_%28video%29.webm/Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_%28video%29.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_%28video%29.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_%28video%29.webm/Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_%28video%29.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_%28video%29.webm/Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_%28video%29.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_%28video%29.webm/Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_%28video%29.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_%28video%29.webm/Cooper%E2%80%99s_veto_of_Senate_Bill_20_%28video%29.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>Cooper completing his veto of NC Senate Bill 20 in May 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>During his first two years in office, Cooper faced a Republican supermajority in the General Assembly capable of overriding his vetoes, thereby limiting his legislative influence.<sup id="cite_ref-hartman_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hartman-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first veto as governor was of a bill that would make elections to the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Superior_Court" title="North Carolina Superior Court">North Carolina Superior Court</a> and to the District Court partisan, after being conducted on a nonpartisan basis for many years.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The House overrode the veto on March 22, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Senate followed suit on March 23, resulting in the bill becoming law over Cooper's objection.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cooper vetoed a bill on April 21, 2017, to reduce the size of the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Court_of_Appeals" title="North Carolina Court of Appeals">North Carolina Court of Appeals</a> by three judges.<sup id="cite_ref-vetoes042117_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vetoes042117-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The veto was overridden on April 26.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also vetoed a bill on April 21, 2017, that would create a new <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Board_of_Elections_and_Ethics_Enforcement" class="mw-redirect" title="North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement">State Board of Elections</a> (and new county boards of elections) split evenly between the Republicans and the Democrats. It would replace the longstanding system that gave the governor's party a majority on the board.<sup id="cite_ref-vetoes042117_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vetoes042117-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both houses of the legislature voted to override the veto on April 24 and 25.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pete_Buttigieg%26RoyCooper2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Pete_Buttigieg%26RoyCooper2023.jpg/185px-Pete_Buttigieg%26RoyCooper2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="185" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Pete_Buttigieg%26RoyCooper2023.jpg/278px-Pete_Buttigieg%26RoyCooper2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Pete_Buttigieg%26RoyCooper2023.jpg/370px-Pete_Buttigieg%26RoyCooper2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="681" data-file-height="885" /></a><figcaption>Cooper walking with U.S. Transportation Secretary <a href="/wiki/Pete_Buttigieg" title="Pete Buttigieg">Pete Buttigieg</a> in 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>Cooper also vetoed a bill that would limit individuals' ability to sue hog farms.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legislature also overrode this veto.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 27, Cooper vetoed the proposed state budget, which he had called "irresponsible" the day before.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his veto message, he cited the budget's income tax cuts and argued it "lacks structural integrity by failing to account for population growth, inflation and looming federal reductions, by using one-time revenue for recurring expenses, and by adopting a tax plan that will cause the state to fail to fund promised teacher salary increases in future years". He said the proposed bill included "provisions that infringe upon the governor's ability to faithfully execute the laws, including the administration of this Act, as required by the Constitution, and violating the separation of powers". The legislature overrode his veto the next day.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2017, Cooper vetoed a bill to authorize nonprofit organizations to operate "game nights", saying it would unintentionally create a new opportunity for the <a href="/wiki/Video_poker" title="Video poker">video poker</a> industry.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2018, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill that would require new primary elections if a do-over election was called in the <a href="/wiki/2018_North_Carolina%27s_9th_congressional_district_election" title="2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election">9th district election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cooper vetoed the bill due to a provision that made campaign finance investigations less public, but the General Assembly overrode his veto.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total, during his first two years in office, Cooper vetoed 28 bills, 23 of which were overridden by the legislature.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the 2018 legislative elections, the Republicans lost their supermajority in the General Assembly, thus giving Cooper and legislative Democrats more leverage in legislative negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-hartman_97-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hartman-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2019, Cooper vetoed a bill that proposed punishments in the form of prison time and fines against physicians and nurses who do not resuscitate newborns that survive an abortion.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said that the "bill is an unnecessary interference between doctors and their patients"<sup id="cite_ref-Cooper-veto_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooper-veto-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that laws "already protect newborn babies".<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Election_2016_(32570136370).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/US_Election_2016_%2832570136370%29.jpg/250px-US_Election_2016_%2832570136370%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/US_Election_2016_%2832570136370%29.jpg/330px-US_Election_2016_%2832570136370%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/US_Election_2016_%2832570136370%29.jpg/500px-US_Election_2016_%2832570136370%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Roy Cooper and his family at a campaign rally, November 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>Roy Cooper is married to <a href="/wiki/Kristin_Cooper" title="Kristin Cooper">Kristin Cooper</a> (née Bernhardt), who worked as a <a href="/wiki/Guardian_ad_litem" class="mw-redirect" title="Guardian ad litem">guardian ad litem</a> for foster children in <a href="/wiki/Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wake County, North Carolina">Wake County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have three daughters, who all graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cooper has taught Sunday school classes, serving as a <a href="/wiki/Deacon" title="Deacon">deacon</a> and elder at White Memorial Presbyterian Church,<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is an avid fan of the <a href="/wiki/NHL" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL">NHL</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cooper has accepted a teaching position at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_of_surname">Pronunciation of surname</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Pronunciation of surname"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2023, Cooper said that <a href="/wiki/Cooper_(surname)" title="Cooper (surname)">his last name</a> should actually be pronounced <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ʊ/: 'u' in 'push'">ʊ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span>, with the letters "oo" resembling the "oo" sound in "foot", as opposed to the more conventional <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span>, which most people have called him for many years. He explained that the former is a local pronunciation of "Cooper" in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_North_Carolina" title="Eastern North Carolina">Eastern North Carolina</a>, where he grew up in <a href="/wiki/Nash_County,_North_Carolina" title="Nash County, North Carolina">Nash County</a>, and his name was always said this way until he went to college. But he said that he is fine with people using the latter, more common pronunciation.<sup id="cite_ref-pronunciation_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pronunciation-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Articles">Articles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Articles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/opinion/supreme-court-elections-vote.html">"I'm the Governor of North Carolina. This Fringe Claim Before the Supreme Court Would Upend Democracy"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. December 5, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=I%27m+the+Governor+of+North+Carolina.+This+Fringe+Claim+Before+the+Supreme+Court+Would+Upend+Democracy.&rft.date=2022-12-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2022%2F12%2F05%2Fopinion%2Fsupreme-court-elections-vote.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARoy+Cooper" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_Election"><a href="/wiki/2000_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2000 North Carolina Attorney General election">2000 North Carolina Attorney General Election</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 2000 North Carolina Attorney General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; ; font-size:95%"> <caption>General Election <sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Roy Cooper</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>1,446,793</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>51.21</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dan Boyce </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,310,845 </td> <td style="text-align:right">46.40 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#6A287E;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reform Party (United States)">Reform</a> </td> <td class="fn">Margaret Palms </td> <td style="text-align:right">67,536 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.39 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>2,825,174 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_Election"><a href="/wiki/2004_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2004 North Carolina Attorney General election">2004 North Carolina Attorney General Election</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 2004 North Carolina Attorney General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Roy Cooper ran unopposed in the 2004 <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> primary.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; ; font-size:95%"> <caption>General Election <sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Roy Cooper (inc.)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>1,872,097</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>55.61</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joe Knott </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,494,121 </td> <td style="text-align:right">44.39 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>3,366,218 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_Election"><a href="/wiki/2008_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2008 North Carolina Attorney General election">2008 North Carolina Attorney General Election</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 2008 North Carolina Attorney General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:North_Carolina_Attorney_General_Election_Results_by_County,_2008.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/North_Carolina_Attorney_General_Election_Results_by_County%2C_2008.svg/220px-North_Carolina_Attorney_General_Election_Results_by_County%2C_2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/North_Carolina_Attorney_General_Election_Results_by_County%2C_2008.svg/330px-North_Carolina_Attorney_General_Election_Results_by_County%2C_2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/North_Carolina_Attorney_General_Election_Results_by_County%2C_2008.svg/440px-North_Carolina_Attorney_General_Election_Results_by_County%2C_2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="316" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Roy Cooper ran unopposed in the 2008 <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> primary.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; ; font-size:95%"> <caption>General Election <sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Roy Cooper (inc.)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>2,538,178</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>61.10</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Bob Crumley </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,615,762 </td> <td style="text-align:right">38.90 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>4,153,940 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_Election"><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2012 North Carolina Attorney General election">2012 North Carolina Attorney General Election</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 2012 North Carolina Attorney General Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election_results_by_county,_2012.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election_results_by_county%2C_2012.svg/220px-North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election_results_by_county%2C_2012.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election_results_by_county%2C_2012.svg/330px-North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election_results_by_county%2C_2012.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election_results_by_county%2C_2012.svg/440px-North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election_results_by_county%2C_2012.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="316" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Roy Cooper was the only candidate to file before the state's February 29 deadline, he ran unopposed in both the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> Primary and General Election.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; ; font-size:95%"> <caption>General Election<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Roy Cooper (inc.)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>2,828,941</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>100.00</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>2,828,941 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016_North_Carolina_Gubernatorial_Election"><a href="/wiki/2016_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2016 North Carolina gubernatorial election">2016 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 2016 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2016_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/2016_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/250px-2016_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/2016_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/330px-2016_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/2016_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/500px-2016_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="316" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; ; font-size:95%"> <caption>Democratic Primary <sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Roy Cooper</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>710,658</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>68.70</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Spaulding" title="Kenneth Spaulding">Ken Spaulding</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">323,774 </td> <td style="text-align:right">31.30 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,034,432 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>General Election <sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Roy Cooper </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,309,162 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>49.02 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Pat_McCrory" title="Pat McCrory">Pat McCrory</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,298,881 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.80 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #FED105; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Lon Cecil </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">102,978 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.19 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,711,021 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_North_Carolina_Gubernatorial_Election"><a href="/wiki/2020_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election">2020 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 2020 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2020_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/2020_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/220px-2020_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/2020_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/330px-2020_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/2020_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/440px-2020_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="316" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; ; font-size:95%"> <caption>Primary Election <sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Roy Cooper (inc.)</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>1,128,829</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>87.19</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ernest T. Reeves </td> <td style="text-align:right">165,804 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12.81 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,294,633 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>General Election<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" /><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Roy Cooper (inc.) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,834,790 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.52% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Forest" title="Dan Forest">Dan Forest</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,586,604 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.01% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #FED105; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Steven J. DiFiore </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60,449 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.10% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #A356DE; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)">Constitution</a> </td> <td class="fn">Al Pisano </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,934 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.38% </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>5,502,777 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="#Pronunciation_of_surname">#Pronunciation of surname</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Cooper&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-pronunciation-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pronunciation_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pronunciation_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFain2023" class="citation news cs1">Fain, Travis (November 15, 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wral.com/story/you-re-doing-it-wrong-how-to-actually-pronounce-gov-roy-cooper-s-name/21151001/">"You're doing it wrong: How to actually pronounce Gov. 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font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="North Carolina House of Representatives">North Carolina House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Allen_Barbee" title="Allen Barbee">Allen Barbee</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="North Carolina House of Representatives">North Carolina House of Representatives</a><br />from the 72nd district </b><br />1987–1991 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_McGee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edward McGee (page does not exist)">Edward McGee</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">North Carolina Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ezzell" title="Jim Ezzell">Jim Ezzell</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; 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B. Swindell">A. B. Swindell</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Conder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Conder (page does not exist)">Richard Conder</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Majority Leader of the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">North Carolina Senate</a> </b><br />1997–2001 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Rand" title="Tony Rand">Tony Rand</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Easley" title="Mike Easley">Mike Easley</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Attorney_General" title="North Carolina Attorney General">Attorney General of North Carolina</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2000_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2000 North Carolina Attorney General election">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2004_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2004 North Carolina Attorney General election">2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2008 North Carolina Attorney General election">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_North_Carolina_Attorney_General_election" title="2012 North Carolina Attorney General election">2012</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Stein" title="Josh Stein">Josh Stein</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Walter_H._Dalton" title="Walter H. Dalton">Walter Dalton</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Governor of North Carolina">Governor of North Carolina</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2016_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2016 North Carolina gubernatorial election">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election">2020</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Lujan_Grisham" title="Michelle Lujan Grisham">Michelle Lujan Grisham</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Governors_Association" title="Democratic Governors Association">Democratic Governors Association</a> </b><br />2021–2022 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Murphy" title="Phil Murphy">Phil Murphy</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #DDCEF2;">Legal offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Mike Easley</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Attorney_General" title="North Carolina Attorney General">Attorney General of North Carolina</a> </b><br />2001–2017 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Stein" title="Josh Stein">Josh Stein</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Pat_McCrory" title="Pat McCrory">Pat McCrory</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Governor of North Carolina">Governor of North Carolina</a> </b><br />2017–2025 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Stein" title="Josh Stein">Josh Stein</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cfc;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">U.S. order of precedence</a> (ceremonial) </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Pat McCrory</div><i><b>as Former Governor </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">Order of precedence of the United States</a> </b><br />Within North Carolina </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Castle" title="Mike Castle">Mike Castle</a></div><i><b>as Former Governor </b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Order of precedence of the United States </b><br />Outside North Carolina </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Philip_W._Noel" class="mw-redirect" title="Philip W. 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