The chronicle’s rundown on the 2024 nc gubernatorial candidates

On the political horizon in North Carolina is a consequential election in on multiple levels. Not only will voters from Bryson City to Buxton go to the polls to cast ballots in a presidential election, but they will also choose a new governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and other important elected Council of State positions. Because of term limits, incumbent Gov.

Roy Cooper is forbidden to seek reelection this time around. Will voters repeat what they did in that election — where they chose the Democratic attorney general — or will they do what they did in , when they picked then-Lt. Bev Perdue to slide over to the bigger chair. Or, will voters find someone outside the current Council of State to be more appealing, like in , when they elected former Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory to the governorship.

Here is a complete list of who is running for Governor of North Carolina ahead of the primary election, set for March 5.

Two major candidates are vying for

Note: Former Congressman Mark Walker was in the race until dropping out in late October to run for his congressional seat again. Jesse Thomas — a retired health care executive who led the Medicaid plan offered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina — was also in this race, but dropped out to run for Secretary of State. Andy Wells, a member of the North Carolina Board of Transportation and a former state legislature member, also dropped out.

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