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North Carolina Democrats Want Their Governor to Be Kamala Harris’ VP

Roy Cooper is now ending his second term as governor of a state Democrats badly covet.

Roy Cooper
Gov. Roy Cooper, D-N.C., delivers remarks during a campaign event with President Joe Biden in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) Stephanie Scarbrough/AP

Democratic Party delegates in North Carolina want to see the Kamala Harris-Roy Cooper ticket happen.

The 168-member delegation pulled together for an emergency meeting on Sunday night to discuss a path forward after President Joe Biden’s decision to step out of the race as the Democratic nominee and throw his support behind Harris.

“At the meeting, we had a delegate offer a friendly amendment to our motion to support Kamala,” Jennifer Marshall, a DNC committee member, told NOTUS. “We voted unanimously to support Roy Cooper to run alongside her.”