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I am running to be the Governor of North Carolina to restore the progressive, forward-thinking North Carolina where I grew up. I want to build on our rich history and fight for a level playing field for ALL our people.

I bring a rare wealth of experience to this race. My one-of-a-kind, never-before-seen skill set features 44 years of state government service, with 34 years as a judge. Such lengthy experience in state government combined with such extensive service on the bench has provided me with a unique depth and breadth of understanding of how state government works and the analysis of its complex issues. I am confident that I am the most qualified candidate for Governor to move North Carolina toward fulfilling its unlimited potential.

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Education

Fully fund Leandro – every child in North Carolina has a Constitutional right to a sound, basic education.
The GOP General Assembly has put up barriers to these basic rights. Rural areas languish. Students suffer.
No public money should be appropriated to private schools.
The GOP General Assembly has been defunding and destroying public education.
NC teacher salaries are about $12,000 per year below the national average, putting us 36th nationally.

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Health Care

North Carolina is one of only 10 states that have refused to expand Medicaid, which means that billions of federal dollars have gone to other states instead, rural hospitals have closed, and the NC economy has suffered greatly.
We need lower prescription drug costs.
We need more choices of health insurance plans.

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Gun Violence

It is too easy to get guns, and no one is safe. Everyone is touched.
The problem is reprehensible. Schoolchildren are vulnerable.
We need more stringent background checks.
We need to restrict the availability of ammunition and military-grade weapons..

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Criminal Justice Refocus

People need a way to leave prison and have meaningful lives.
Expungement, reentry, and job opportunities need to be studied and implemented.
We must help people rebuild their lives to include a future they can look forward to.
After a person has paid their debt to society, we need to provide hope and a way forward.

Meet Mike Morgan

A native of North Carolina, Mike Morgan was appointed as a Wake County District Court Judge by former Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., and he was subsequently elected to the judgeship by the voters of Wake County in 1996 and again in 2000.

Mike was elected to the Superior Court bench in 2004 for an eight-year term and was re-elected to the post in 2012. In his first statewide quest for elective office, Justice Morgan was elected in November 2016 to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Get to Know Mike

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Get to Know Mike Morgan

Michael Rivers Morgan was born in Cherry Point, North Carolina to Barbara and the late Leander R. Morgan and is the eldest of five children. The family resided in Washington, DC, until young Mike was the age of six when the family relocated to his mother's hometown of New Bern, North Carolina. As an eight-year-old fifth grader in 1964, Mike was the first Black student to attend all-white Trent Park Elementary School, becoming one of five Black students that year to integrate the New Bern public school system city-wide. In the eleventh grade, he became the first Black drum major of the marching band of New Bern Senior High School.

Upon graduating from the New Bern public school system at the age of sixteen, Mike earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in both History and Sociology from Duke University. He went on to obtain his Juris Doctor Degree with honors from North Carolina Central University School of Law, where he served as the student body president during his final year of law school.

Justice Morgan served on the legal staff of the North Carolina Department of Justice for ten years following law school, first as a research assistant, then as an Associate Attorney General, and later as an Assistant Attorney General. In 1989, he was appointed as an Administrative Law Judge with the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings. While in this capacity, he administered the oath of office to his father, the first and only African-American to serve as mayor of the City of New Bern. This historic event was featured nationally in an article titled "Swearing in His Dad" in the February 19, 1990 issue of Jet Magazine. In 1994, Justice Morgan was appointed as a Wake County District Court Judge by Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., and he was subsequently elected to the judgeship by the voters of Wake County in 1996 and again in 2000. He was elected to the Superior Court bench in 2004 for an eight-year term and was re-elected to the post in 2012. In his first statewide quest for elective office, Justice Morgan was elected in November 2016 to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. He is the only person in the history of North Carolina to have served in four different judgeships.

Justice Morgan is married to the former Audrey Phillips of Raleigh. Between them, they have an adult daughter, an adult son, and five grandchildren. Justice Morgan and his wife are active members of Rush Metropolitan AME Zion Church in Raleigh, where he serves as Chair of the Steward Board and in several other capacities.