Gov. Roy Cooper to begin announcing NC Cabinet appointments
Source: Raleigh News & Observer
RALEIGH
The first day of 2017 was one that had been decades in the making for Roy Cooper, who wasted little time in the new year before being sworn in as governor Sunday, just after the new year started.
And in the next few days, North Carolinians will also know more about the people Cooper wants to help run the state for the next four years. But later on Sunday, Cooper’s staff was still tight-lipped about who his appointees for Cabinet positions and other state leadership posts might be.
“I think we’ll start announcing names (Monday) and through the week,” said Ken Eudy, who is Cooper’s senior adviser in the new administration.
Eudy said Cooper was spending the day on the phone finalizing details with a few potential appointees – and that once they notify their current employers, the names will start to be made public.
Cooper has no shortage of contacts in state government circles. He joined the legislature in 1987 and has been attorney general the past 16 years. The Democrat defeated Republican Gov. Pat McCrory in a tight election that focused on the state’s LGBT law and education funding.
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Gettin' down to business right away!!
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