Source: Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/30/20


Republicans will choose from two candidates for governor in the North Carolina primary who are already serving in state government: one who has been expected to run since Gov. Pat McCrory was in office, the other a little-known lawmaker who says she’s the better candidate to defeat first-term Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat. Lt. Gov. Dan Forest is finishing his second term as lieutenant governor, a job which former lieutenant governors acknowledge is often a stepping stone — but with no guarantee — to higher office.

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