RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Pat McCrory said Tuesday morning he would back Donald Trump for president.

 

Mark Binker of WRAL reports that the governor said his support is based on his pledge to support the Republican party's presidential nominee.

 

On the Democratic side of the ticket, Attorney General Roy Cooper says he will back Clinton.

 

"Yes Attorney General Cooper will support Secretary Clinton for president," Jamal Little, a spokesman for Cooper's campaign, said in an email. "He believes a Trump-McCrory ticket is bad for both our state and our country. We need thoughtful leaders who will work to move our state and country forward, not pull us apart with dangerous rhetoric and an extreme political agenda." 

 

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