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    BornRoy Asberry Cooper III · June 13, 1957 · Nashville, North Carolina, U.S.
    Political partyDemocratic
    SpouseKristin Bernhardt (m. 1992)
    Children3
    Early life and education

    Roy Asberry Cooper III was born in Nashville, North Carolina, on June 13, 1957, to Beverly Thorne (née Batchelor) (1929–2013), a teacher and Roy Asberry Cooper II (1927–2015), a lawyer and Democrati… See more

    Early career

    While Cooper was still in law school, then-Governor Jim Hunt 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. He was th… See more

    North Carolina Attorney General

    In January 2000, Cooper filed with the state Board of Elections to launch a campaign for North Carolina attorney general. In the November general election, he defeated Republican lawyer Dan Boyce and Reform Party candidate … See more

    Governor of North Carolina

    Cooper ran for governor of North Carolina in the 2016 election against incumbent Republican Pat McCrory. In March 2016, the North Carolina General Assembly passed the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act—commonly … See more

     
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