North Carolina Governor

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1 Qualifications
2 Contact information
3 See also
4 External links
5 References

The North Carolina Governor is the top executive of the government of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The governor heads the Council of State. The governor is responsible for preparing and presenting the state budget to the General Assembly of North Carolina. Additionally,the governor of North Carolina has extensive powers of appointment of executive branch officials, some judges, and members of boards and commissions. The governor serves as Commander in Chief of the state military forces except when they are called into the service of the United States.

The current officeholder is Beverly Perdue.

Qualifications

at least 30 years old
a citizen of the United States for at least 5 years
a resident of North Carolina for at least 2 years

Contact information

Office of the Governor
20301 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-0301
Phone:919-733-4240
Fax:919-733-2120

External links

Office of the North Carolina Governor

References

Wikipedia, Governor of North Carolina

Portions of this article were adapted from Wikipedia.

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Current Governors

AL: Bob Riley^‡
AK: Sean Parnell (2010)
AZ: Jan Brewer
AR: Mike Beebe
CA: A. Schwarzenegger^‡
CO: Bill Ritter^Ω
CT: M. Jodi Rell^Ω
DE: Jack Markell
FL: Charlie Crist^Ω
GA: Sonny Perdue^‡

HI: Linda Lingle^‡
ID: Butch Otter
IL: Pat Quinn
IN: Mitch Daniels
IA: Chet Culver
KS: Mark Parkinson^Ω
KY: Steve Beshear
LA: Bobby Jindal
ME: John Baldacci^‡
MD: Martin O'Malley

MA: Deval Patrick
MI: Jennifer Granholm^‡
MN: Tim Pawlenty^Ω
MS: Haley Barbour
MO: Jay Nixon
MT: Brian Schweitzer
NE: Dave Heineman
NV: Jim Gibbons
NH: John Lynch
NJ: Chris Christie

NM: Bill Richardson^‡
NY: David Paterson
NC: Beverly Perdue
ND: John Hoeven
OH: Ted Strickland
OK: Brad Henry^‡
OR: Ted Kulongoski^‡
PA: Ed Rendell^‡
RI: Donald Carcieri^‡
SC: Mark Sanford^‡

SD: Mike Rounds^‡
TN: Phil Bredesen^‡
TX: Rick Perry
UT: Gary R. Herbert
VT: Jim Douglas^Ω
VA: Bob McDonnell
WA: Christine Gregoire
WV: Joe Manchin
WI: Jim Doyle^Ω
WY: Dave Freudenthal^‡

Gubernatorial elections, 2010

^‡ = Final term ends in 2010 because of state's term limits

^Ω = Term ends in 2010, not running for re-election

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