Roy Cooper

Governor Roy Cooper is serving his second term as North Carolina’s 75th Governor.

The Governor is a lifelong North Carolinian, born and raised in Nash County, where he attended public schools and worked summers on the family farm before earning his degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Throughout his career, Governor Cooper has worked to build a stronger North Carolina where everyone has an opportunity to live in safe communities and get a quality education, a good job and access to affordable health care.

As Governor, he has helped create tens of thousands of new jobs and fought to boost public education and revitalize rural communities.

He has also taken strong action to fight climate change and make North Carolina a leader in the clean energy economy, appoint the most diverse Cabinet in the state’s history, make our state a more inclusive place to live and work and help families with policies like paid parental leave.

He has also led the state with a steady hand throughout a series of unprecedented crises, guiding the response to historic hurricanes and the COVID-19 pandemic as North Carolina had among the lowest COVID deaths and job losses per capita.

Governor Cooper is focused on ensuring that our people and communities have the tools to grow and thrive and that our state’s best days are ahead.