Roy Asberry Cooper III (born June 13, 1957) is an American attorney and politician who has served as North Carolina’s 75th governor since 2017. He was a Democrat who served as North Carolina’s 49th Attorney General from 2001 to 2017 and in the North Carolina General Assembly in both the House of Representatives and the Senate from 1987 and 2001.
Cooper narrowly defeated Republican incumbent Pat McCrory for the governorship in the 2016 election. On December 5, McCrory conceded the election, making Cooper the state’s first challenger to beat an incumbent governor. Cooper was sworn in on January 1, 2017.
Before he assumed office, the Republican-dominated legislature approved legislation to limit the governor’s power in a special session. Several of his vetoes of legislation have been overridden by the legislature. Cooper was re-elected to a second term in 2020, defeating Republican nominee and Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest.
Where does Roy Cooper live? Inside Roy Cooper’s home
They live in the Presidential Mansion. Roy Cooper is married to Kristin Cooper (Bernhardt), who works as a guardian ad litem in Wake County for foster children. They have three daughters, all of whom attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated.
Roy Asberry Cooper III was born in Nashville, North Carolina on June 13, 1957, to Beverly Batchelor and Roy Asberry Cooper II. His mother taught and his father practiced law. Cooper went to public school and spent his summers working on his parents’ tobacco plantation.
