Roy Asberry Cooper III is an American attorney and politician who served as the 75th governor of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 50th attorney general of North Carolina from 2001 to 2017,and in the North Carolina General Assembly,in both the House,from 1987 to 1991,and the Senate,from 1991 to 2001.
The attorney general of North Carolina is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The attorney general is a constitutional officer responsible for representing state agencies in legal matters,supplying other state officials and prosecutors with legal advice,and leading the North Carolina Department of Justice. The incumbent attorney general,Jeff Jackson,assumed office on January 1,2025. The position of attorney general dates back to North Carolina's colonial history. North Carolina's 1776 constitution established the office as an official appointed by the North Carolina General Assembly. The state's 1868 constitution made the attorney general an elected executive official with their duties prescribed by law. Since 1971,the officer has sat on the North Carolina Council of State.
The North Carolina Cabinet is the group of unelected heads of the executive departments of the Government of North Carolina. It is separate and distinct from the North Carolina Council of State,the members of which are elected statewide,and which makes up the rest of the executive leadership of the government. All cabinet secretaries are appointed by the governor.
Aldona Zofia Wos DeJoy is a Polish-American former physician and Republican politician who served in various positions at several government agencies under Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump and nonprofit organizations. She was the United States Ambassador to Estonia from 2004 until early December 2006,the fifth since the country regained its independence in 1991. From 2013 until 2015,she was Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. From 2017 to 2021,Wos served as vice-chairwoman of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships,which is tasked with reviewing candidates for White House fellowships.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is a large state government agency in the U.S. state of North Carolina,analogous to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The NCDHHS has more than 18,000 employees. The NCDHHS has its origins in the former North Carolina Department of Human Resources (DHR). The head of NCDHHS (Secretary) is appointed by the governor of North Carolina,confirmed by the North Carolina Senate,and is a member of the North Carolina Cabinet in the executive branch of the North Carolina government. The NCDHHS was created in 1971.
The commissioner of labor is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The commissioner is a constitutional officer who leads the state's Department of Labor. North Carolina's general statues provide the commissioner with wide-ranging regulatory and enforcement powers to tend to the welfare of the state's workforce. They also sit on the North Carolina Council of State. The incumbent is Luke Farley,who assumed office in January 2025.
Joshua Harold Stein is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the 76th governor of North Carolina since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party,Stein served from 2017 to 2025 as the 51st attorney general of North Carolina and from 2009 to 2016 in the North Carolina Senate.
Ace Speedway is a 0.400 mi (0.644 km) oval stock car racing track in Altamahaw,North Carolina. The track was constructed by Roy Maddren and opened in 1956 as a 0.333 mi (0.536 km) dirt oval. In 1984,the track was expanded to a 0.375 mi (0.604 km) dirt oval. In 1990,under the ownership of Fred and Jim Turner,the track was paved and was under the NASCAR Winston Racing Series banner. In 1999,the track was re-expanded to a 0.400 mi (0.644 km) mile paved oval,the pits was expanded and other stuff was added to the track such as new bleachers.
Gregory Francis Murphy is an American politician and urologist representing North Carolina's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019. He served as a representative in the North Carolina General Assembly from 2015 to 2019.
Anita Earls is an American civil rights attorney who has served as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court since 2019. She previously served as the executive director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice,as well as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice during the Clinton administration. On November 6,2018,Earls defeated Republican incumbent Justice Barbara Jackson in a three-candidate election to win a seat on the state's highest court.
The North Carolina Council of State elections of 2020 were held on November 3,2020,to select the ten officers of the North Carolina Council of State. These elections coincided with the presidential election,elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the Senate and elections to the North Carolina General Assembly and top state courts. Primary elections were held on March 3,2020,for offices for which more than one candidate filed per party.
Mark Keith Robinson is an American politician who served as the 35th lieutenant governor of North Carolina from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party,he was the party's nominee in the 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election. He is North Carolina's first Black lieutenant governor and was the first Black major party nominee for governor.
Mandy Krauthamer Cohen is an American internist,public health official,and healthcare executive who served as the 20th director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2023 to 2025. She was previously the executive vice president at Aledade and chief executive officer of Aledade Care Solution,a healthcare company.
Kathy Ellen Manning is an American lawyer and politician who represented the North Carolina's 6th congressional district from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party,her district was in the heart of the Piedmont Triad area,including Greensboro and High Point,as well as parts of Forsyth,Rockingham,and Caswell Counties.
The 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 5,2024,to elect the governor of North Carolina. Democratic state attorney general Josh Stein won his first term in office in a landslide,defeating Republican lieutenant governor Mark Robinson to succeed Democratic incumbent Roy Cooper,who was term-limited.
The North Carolina Council of State elections of 2024 were held on November 5,2024,to select the ten officers of the North Carolina Council of State. These elections coincided with the presidential election,elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the North Carolina General Assembly and top state courts. Primary elections took place on March 5,2024,for offices for which more than one candidate filed per party.
The 2024 North Carolina Attorney General election was held on November 5,2024,to elect the next attorney general of North Carolina. Democratic congressman Jeff Jackson defeated Republican and fellow congressman Dan Bishop in the contest to succeed Democratic incumbent Josh Stein,who did not seek re-election in order to run for governor. Republicans have not won a North Carolina attorney general election since 1896.
Yolanda Dechelle Hill Robinson is an American accountant and non-profit executive. As the wife of Former Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson,she served as the Second Lady of North Carolina from 2021 to 2025 and was the first African-American woman to serve as the state's second lady. Robinson's time in public life has been marked by controversy. An investigation by WBTV revealed that her husband did not disclose her role as a board member of American Leadership Academy North Carolina and two of its affiliated charter schools in a 2023 ethics filing. In 2024,the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced that she owed the state $132,000 for disallowed expenses following a compliance review of her non-profit organization,Balanced Nutrition,Inc.
Kody H. Kinsley is an American public servant and public health official. He serves as the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS). He was the first openly gay cabinet secretary in North Carolina history.
The spouse of the governor of North Carolina is given an honorary position,styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the State of North Carolina. They are the official hosts at the North Carolina Executive Mansion in Raleigh and the Governor's Western Residence in Asheville. To date,there has been one woman governor of the State of North Carolina,Bev Perdue,and therefore her husband,Bob Eaves,was the state's first and only first gentleman. Two of the state's first ladies were daughters,not wives,of governors:Helen Whitaker Fowle served as first lady during the administration of her widowed father,Governor Daniel Gould Fowle,and Angelia Lawrance Morrison served as first lady during the term of her widowed father,Governor Cameron A. Morrison,until his marriage to Sara Virginia Ecker Watts on April 2,1924.
