In his campaign announcement, Morgan criticized elected officials from both major parties for “trying to select the people’s leaders and determining our destinies.” He pledged to challenge the status quo that he said allows a select few to assert power over all of the state’s residents. The attorney general has already built “a campaign to win,” his campaign spokesperson, Kate Frauenfelder, said Tuesday. Morgan faces an uphill battle to compete with Stein, who raised $6 million in the first half of the year and landed early endorsements from many of the state's top Democrats. Mark Walker, former state legislator Andy Wells and retired health care executive Jesse Thomas. Mark Robinson, State Treasurer Dale Folwell, former U.S. Republicans have a full slate of gubernatorial candidates, including Lt. While Republicans have controlled the General Assembly since 2011 and currently hold a supermajority, they have only controlled the governor's office for four of the last 30 years. North Carolina's gubernatorial race is expected to be among the most competitive and expensive in the nation. “I am running on a platform that calls for a change to the system that allows the working people, children and families of North Carolina to be ignored and taken for granted.” NC's gubernatorial race to be among most competitive in nation “My vision is to provide all North Carolinians with fair opportunities in which they may thrive and succeed,” Morgan said Tuesday. North Carolina elections bill: North Carolina GOP finalize passage of an elections bill that could withstand a veto
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