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Beverly Perdue
Beverly Perdue
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 6, 2001
Governor Mike Easley
Preceded by Dennis A. Wicker
Born January 14, 1947 (1947-01-14) (age 61)
Grundy, Virginia
Political party Democratic Party
Spouse Bob Eaves
Profession School Teacher

Beverly Eaves "Bev" Perdue (Born January 14, 1947 [1] in Grundy, Virginia) is the current lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina and President of the North Carolina State Senate. A Lieutenant Governor is a high officer of state whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Michael Francis (Mike Easley (born March 23, 1950) is the governor of the U Dennis A Wicker is a North Carolina lawyer and politician from Sanford who served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1981-1993 Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grundy is a town in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grundy is a town in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States. The Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is the second highest elected official in the U The United States of America —commonly referred to as the North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States The North Carolina Senate is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. She is the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of North Carolina in the 2008 general election. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The Governor of North Carolina is the top executive of the government of the U If elected she will be North Carolina's first female governor.

Born in Grundy, Virginia, Perdue earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky; she then earned a master's degree in education and a doctoral degree in administration from the University of Florida. Grundy is a town in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States. The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public, Co-educational, University, and is also the state's land-grant university located The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research She worked in the fields of education and health care before entering politics.

Perdue, a Democrat, served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1986 to 1990, and in the North Carolina Senate from 1990 to 2000. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The North Carolina Senate is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. During her last three terms in the Senate, she served as one of the state's chief budget writers and was the first woman to hold this position. While she was in office, the General Assembly increased teacher pay and passed Governor Hunt's Excellent Schools Act and Smart Start. James Baxter Hunt Jr (born May 16, 1937 in Wilson NC) is a former four-term Democratic Governor of the U Smart Start is a North Carolina public-private initiative founded in 1993 that provides funding to local Non-profit organizations throughout the state Additionally she led the debate that created North Carolina's Clean Water Management Trust Fund.

In 2000, she defeated Republican Betsy Cochrane for the lieutenant governor's seat, becoming North Carolina's first female lieutenant governor; she was re-elected to a second term in 2004 and announced her candidacy for governor in 2008 on October 1, 2007 at her hometown, New Bern, North Carolina. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The North Carolina gubernatorial election of 2008 will be held on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the presidential, U Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States On October 22, 2007 Emily's List endorsed her campaign. EMILY's List is a Political action committee (PAC in the United States that aims to help elect female candidates who are pro-choice to office [1] She has received the endorsement of actor and director Andy Griffith who filmed a campaign ad endorsing her. Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American Actor, producer, Writer, director

On May 6, 2008, Perdue won the Democratic nomination for Governor, defeating State Treasurer Richard H. Moore and Dennis Nielsen. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Richard Hancock Moore (born Oxford, Granville County North Carolina, August 30 1960) is the current North Carolina State Treasurer [2] Charlotte Mayor Patrick McCrory won the Republican nomination, and the two will face each other in the general election. [3]

Should she win the general election, Perdue is considered a potential presidential candidate in the future. [4]

Perdue makes her home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and formerly lived in New Bern. Chapel Hill is a town in Durham and Orange counties in North Carolina and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC She is married to Bob Eaves and has two grown sons, Garrett and Emmett, and two dogs, Dosie and Zipper.

References

  1. ^ http://www.bevperdue.com/newsroom_details.asp?id=948

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