North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper opted not to be a candidate in Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate search in part due to concerns that his Republican lieutenant governor would try to assume control if he left the state to campaign as part of the Democratic ticket, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Cooper confirmed in a statement Monday night that he would not be a candidate to be Harris’ vice president, saying he was “honored” to be considered but “this just wasn’t the right time for North Carolina and for me to potentially be on a national ticket.” The governor, 67, withdrew from contention well before Harris’ vetting process began and never submitted the requisite material, according to two of the people. All three spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive search process.
Is it pretty common to have a governor lieutenant governor be of different parties? I’ve never heard of that before. Of course where I live the Republicans have controlled pretty much every state office for 40 straight years. Yet they still try to run on how shitty everything is…
It is uncommon. North Carolina is a weird state when it comes to politics, and it’s impressive that cooper has been as popular as he has been in the state.