Mayor Pat McCrory

Pat McCrory continues his big fundraising push, attracting another major GOP name to an event next month in Durham.Click to Continue »Read Full Story

McCrory says 2012 campaign message won't change Hours from formally entering the race, Republican candidate Pat McCrory said Monday that the departure of Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue from the 2012 gubernatorial campaign won't alter his message of overhauling North Carolina state government. McCrory, who will kick off his campaign Tuesday at a Guilford County meeting hall, said he's sticking with the same plan he had before Perdue announced last week that she won't seek re-election a move...Read Full Story

GOP activists say no one wants to take on McCrory After Pat McCrory lost his campaign for governor in 2008, he had to find a new job. He also got a second chance to impress conservative Republicans and make deeper statewide political connections. McCrory got the new job, working for a major law firm. And he worked the rubber-chicken circuit tirelessly, building up political IOUs during the 2010 mid-term elections. As a result, he's the first Republican since Lt. Gov. Jim Gardner in 1992 to...Read Full Story

McCrory starts run for NC governor with $2 million on hand Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, who will formally announce a run for governor later Tuesday, had more than $2 million in cash on hand at the end of last year, according to new campaign finance reports. The report, filed Monday, shows the Pat McCrory Committee received more than $2.6 million in contributions, $1.5 million coming in just the last six months of 2011. The same report shows McCrory's committee spent $470,000 during...Read Full Story

WFMY News 2One-On-One With NC Governor Candidate Pat McCroryWFMY News 2Greensboro, NC -- WFMY News 2 sat down for a one-on-one with Republican candidate for NC governor Pat McCrory. After Thursday's announcement about a $25 billion settlement between the federal government and five of the top banks in the country involved ...and more »Read Full Story