What candidates for NC lieutenant governor said in our voter guide questionnaire
This fall, North Carolina voters will decide whether to elect Democrat Yvonne Lewis Holley or Republican Mark Robinson to be the state’s new lieutenant governor.
The lieutenant governor serves as president of the state Senate and would vote in the event of a tie. The lieutenant governor would also take over if the governor resigns, dies or becomes incapacitated.
Dan Forest has been lieutenant governor since being elected in 2012. But due to term limits, Forest can’t run again. Instead, he’s running this year as the Republican opponent of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.
See what Holley and Robinson said about what issue they’d champion, how they’d handle charter schools as a member of the State Board of Education and how they’d interact with the other statewide elected officials on the Council of State. Plus read about their education, work and civic involvement.
Regardless of who wins, the state will elect its first Black lieutenant governor.
How to access full voter guide
For our North Carolina voter guide, we compiled candidate information and responses for more than 90 races, including statewide and congressional elections and many key races in the Triangle and Charlotte areas.
Go to either the News & Observer voter guide at newsobserver.com/voter-guide, the Charlotte Observer voter guide at charlotteobserver.com/voter-guide or the Herald-Sun voter guide at heraldsun.com/voter-guide.
For more North Carolina government and politics news, listen to the Domecast politics podcast from The News & Observer and the NC Insider. You can find it on Megaphone, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.
